PCN Lead Clinical Pharmacist - Chanctonbury

Innovations in Primary Care

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Job summary

Innovations in Primary Care (IPC), a federation of the GP Practices within the Coastal West Sussex area is looking for a PCN Lead Clinical Pharmacist to work for the Chanctonbury PCN.

The purpose of the role is to co-ordinate the work of PCN pharmacy team, ensuring maximum effectiveness in delivering on PCN priorities. To provide mentorship and support to pharmacists and pharmacy technicians within the PCN.

Main duties of the job

The role of PCN Lead Clinical Pharmacist is to ensure collaboration between Clinical Pharmacist and Pharmacy Technicians within the PCN team. The Lead Clinical Pharmacist will develop close links and initiatives between primary and secondary care as well as community pharmacy partners to build fruitful relationships with local practices and the wider system. The post-holder will work closely with the PCN Management team, particularly Clinical Directors and Prescribing Leads, to ensure that PCN priorities around Structured Medication Review and Medicines Optimisation are identified, communicated, and addressed. The PCN Lead Clinical Pharmacist will be a key point of contact for other pharmacy professionals within the PCN team, supporting progress in their roles through support, sharing best practice and providing a voice for the team.

This role is intended to sit alongside and as an extension of a current post as a PCN Clinical Pharmacist.

About us

IPC is an innovative and ethical company providing high quality, integrated, patient-focused NHS services. We achieve this by harnessing the collective knowledge, skills, experience and energy of our clinicians and staff. If you believe in the importance and effectiveness of providing excellent care where patients need it and would like to apply to join us in this role, we would love to hear from you.

Chanctonbury PCN is made up of the following four practices:

Billingshurst Surgey
The Glebe Surgery
Henfield Medical Centre
Steyning Medical Practice

Date posted

03 August 2022

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£48,500 to £53,770 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

A2638-22-8231

Job locations

Units 8-11 Orchard Industrial Estate

10-12 Fitzalan Road

Arundel

West Sussex

BN18 9JS

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job details

The precise role of each PCN Lead Clinical Pharmacist will vary slightly depending upon which Primary Care Network the post-holder works for but will be made up of many of the following:

• Work alongside the PCN Management and wider team to identify areas of prescribing requiring improvement and provide leadership in implementing suggested changes;

• Ensure the pharmacy team deliver the requirements of structured medication reviews and medicines optimisation;

• Work with external partners (e.g.; CCG and community pharmacies) to support collaboration in delivery of priorities and targets. Work across organisational boundaries to engage in interagency collaboration;

• Help the PCN Management team identify priority areas of work and provide regular updates to the PCN Board on the delivery of identified priorities for the pharmacy team;

• Promote new ways of working and ensure shared best practice;

• Co-ordinate workload across the team to reduce duplication, increase learning and develop team member strengths and interests;

• Ensure effective induction of new team members and provide clinical supervision and mentorship to support team’s development and capacity

• Build good relationships with practices and help embed the role of Clinical Pharmacist and Pharmacy Technicians to maintain clarity of direction and expectations of pharmacy team;

• Create a supportive culture by encouraging innovation and ideas for improvement through continuous review, quality and service improvements;

• Promote and facilitate an active and positive learning environment to enable others to achieve their potential, particularly by encouraging and supporting reflective practice;

• Facilitate opportunities for team members to learn from each other (e.g.; through improved communication, team meetings, shadowing, etc.);

• Support the creation and delivery of integrated and personalised care models that promotes

continuity of care for patients with long-term-conditions and complex needs;

• Lead and coordinate clinical audits through collection and use of process and prescribing data to

support quality improvement projects and initiatives;

• Lead on development of policy and procedures to improve quality of structured medication reviews

and medicines optimisation;

• Advise PCN Management team and PCN Board of prescribing and medicine management variation

and put forward ways to address health inequalities and improve patient care;

• Create, promote and support the use of audit tools to support continuous quality improvement in

prescribing and medicine optimisation data across the PCN as specified in QoF/DES/QIS guidance;

• Lead and support the promotion of health literacy projects across the PCN to help promote

patients’ self-care;

• Promote public health interventions and initiatives in the PCN to improve patients’ experience of

service and health outcomes;

• Commit to your own personal and clinical development

The above list of duties is not exhaustive and may be subject to change as deemed necessary