Job summary
Would you like to join a growing, supportive medicines management team
in a large PCN? With the opportunity for personal development, impactful
quality improvement and patient facing clinics? If so ChAMP PCN have the
perfect role for you.
Innovations in Primary Care (IPC), are a federation of the GP Practices
within the Coastal West Sussex area and we are looking for a Clinical
Pharmacist to work for the ChAMP Primary Care Network (PCN).
The successful candidate will work across the sites within the network
with peer support and collaboration provided. ChAMP PCN is a group of 8 practices
across Chichester which covers Southbourne through to Tangmere. The Pharmacy
team consists of 4 Pharmacists and 5 Pharmacy technicians who work together for
the needs of the PCN. We are looking to expand our PCN Pharmacy team and are looking for Clinical Pharmacists to join the team.
This role would be perfectly suited for anyone who lives in the Sussex,
Hampshire and Surrey areas due to the location and network links available.
Main duties of the job
The PCN Clinical Pharmacist will be responsible for a combination of patient facing work such as medication reviews, chronic disease management, prescription queries and management of medicines through transfer of care. They will also play a significant role in service and quality improvement through audits of relevant work processes, sharing of best practice and current guidance with regard to prescribing and through work in medicines optimisation.
The successful candidate will be supported in terms of clinical learning and professional development through regular access to a GP clinical supervisor, other clinical pharmacists and through a formal education pathway through the Centre of Postgraduate Pharmacy Education. As part of a growing team of Clinical Pharmacists there is also a programme of peer support events and team meetings in place.
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, we would love to hear from you.
Benefits of applying:
- NHS Pension
- Flexible working
- Progression Pathway (Independent Prescribing)
- Full time and Part time hours available
- Possibility of hybrid working
- Peer Support provided regularly (every 6 weeks)
- Clinical Supervision and Support
ChAMP PCN is made up of the following eight practices:
- Cathedral Medical Centre
- Langley House Surgery
- Lavant Road Surgery
- Parklands Surgery
- Selsey Medical Practice
- Southbourne Surgery
- Tangmere Medical Centre
- Witterings Medical Centre
The practices with vacancies available are: Cathedral Medical Group, Selsey Medical Centre, Lavant Road Surgery,
Tangmere Medical Centre and Southbourne Surgery.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Clinically assess and treat patients using
expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas.
- Be prescribers, or committed to completing
training to become prescribers.
- Contribute to the delivery of effective daily
processes for the transfer of care between hospitals and GPs including
effective signposting, recommendation of medication changes and communication
accordingly.
- Support colleagues and patients with medication
queries and monitoring.
- Take responsibility for the care management of
patients with chronic diseases.
- Undertake clinical medication reviews to
proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy.
- Focus especially on the elderly, people in care
homes, those with multiple co-morbidities (in particular frailty, COPD and
asthma) and people with learning disabilities or autism.
- Provide specialist expertise in the use of
medicines, while helping to address both the public health and social care
needs of patients.
- Through the use of audit and action planning,
help to tackle inequalities.
- Provide leadership on person-centred medicines
optimisation (including ensuring prescribers in the practice conserve
antibiotics in line with local antimicrobial stewardship guidance) and quality
improvement.
- Contribute to the General Practice quality and
outcomes framework (QOF) and enhanced services.
- Use structured medication reviews to support
patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and
promote self-care.
- Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development
and implementation of new services that have medicinal components (e.g. advice
on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets).
- Work with general practice teams to ensure that
practices are compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved.
- Take a lead role in some aspects of supporting
further integration of General Practice with other healthcare teams to help
improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage
general practice workload.
- Specifically, contribute to the Quality
Improvement Schemes (QIS) for practices (e.g. to reduce prescribing spend and
unplanned admissions)
- Develop relationships and work closely with
other pharmacy professionals across Primary Care Networks and the wider health
and social care system
- Take a central role in the clinical aspects of
shared care protocols, clinical research with medicines, liaison with
specialist pharmacists, liaison with community pharmacists and anticoagulation.
- Undertake the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway.
- Provide Clinical Supervision for assigned Pharmacy Technicians.
The above list of duties is not exhaustive and may be subject to change as deemed
necessary.
Please see attached job description for full details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Clinically assess and treat patients using
expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas.
- Be prescribers, or committed to completing
training to become prescribers.
- Contribute to the delivery of effective daily
processes for the transfer of care between hospitals and GPs including
effective signposting, recommendation of medication changes and communication
accordingly.
- Support colleagues and patients with medication
queries and monitoring.
- Take responsibility for the care management of
patients with chronic diseases.
- Undertake clinical medication reviews to
proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy.
- Focus especially on the elderly, people in care
homes, those with multiple co-morbidities (in particular frailty, COPD and
asthma) and people with learning disabilities or autism.
- Provide specialist expertise in the use of
medicines, while helping to address both the public health and social care
needs of patients.
- Through the use of audit and action planning,
help to tackle inequalities.
- Provide leadership on person-centred medicines
optimisation (including ensuring prescribers in the practice conserve
antibiotics in line with local antimicrobial stewardship guidance) and quality
improvement.
- Contribute to the General Practice quality and
outcomes framework (QOF) and enhanced services.
- Use structured medication reviews to support
patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and
promote self-care.
- Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development
and implementation of new services that have medicinal components (e.g. advice
on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets).
- Work with general practice teams to ensure that
practices are compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved.
- Take a lead role in some aspects of supporting
further integration of General Practice with other healthcare teams to help
improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage
general practice workload.
- Specifically, contribute to the Quality
Improvement Schemes (QIS) for practices (e.g. to reduce prescribing spend and
unplanned admissions)
- Develop relationships and work closely with
other pharmacy professionals across Primary Care Networks and the wider health
and social care system
- Take a central role in the clinical aspects of
shared care protocols, clinical research with medicines, liaison with
specialist pharmacists, liaison with community pharmacists and anticoagulation.
- Undertake the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway.
- Provide Clinical Supervision for assigned Pharmacy Technicians.
The above list of duties is not exhaustive and may be subject to change as deemed
necessary.
Please see attached job description for full details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master of Pharmacy (or equivalent)
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 2 years experience as a pharmacist
- Experience of common acute and long-term conditions
Desirable
- More than 2 years experience as a pharmacist
- Previous experience of working in a GP surgery
- Experience of medication reviews relevant in General Practice
Registration
Essential
- Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Strong problem solver
- Works effectively independently
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
- Rigorous in following legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies and codes of conduct
- Committed to continuous professional development
- Ability to apply research evidence base into the workplace
- Excellent verbal communication skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- IT literate
- Be willing to commit to/have completed the CPPE pathway
Desirable
- Track record of improving work processes
- Up to date knowledge of CQC regulations in General Practice
- Good understanding and history of quality improvement work through audit
- User of TPP SystmOne and/or EMIS Web
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master of Pharmacy (or equivalent)
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 2 years experience as a pharmacist
- Experience of common acute and long-term conditions
Desirable
- More than 2 years experience as a pharmacist
- Previous experience of working in a GP surgery
- Experience of medication reviews relevant in General Practice
Registration
Essential
- Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Strong problem solver
- Works effectively independently
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
- Rigorous in following legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies and codes of conduct
- Committed to continuous professional development
- Ability to apply research evidence base into the workplace
- Excellent verbal communication skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- IT literate
- Be willing to commit to/have completed the CPPE pathway
Desirable
- Track record of improving work processes
- Up to date knowledge of CQC regulations in General Practice
- Good understanding and history of quality improvement work through audit
- User of TPP SystmOne and/or EMIS Web
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
