Job responsibilities
The post holder will work within
their clinical competencies to provide specialist
pharmaceutical support to clinical and admin staff
primarily in Villette Surgery and to all practices of
the East PCN, including working with members of the wider healthcare team to improve
care and support together with safe and effective
prescribing having undergone an approved
18-month training pathway e.g. the CPPE Clinical Pharmacist training pathway
The role includes a patient-facing element, delivered either
face-to-face or via telephone. Responsibilities include chronic disease
management, such as heart failure, hypertension, and hypercholesterolaemia, as
well as pharmaceutical weight management. The postholder will also be involved
in repeat prescription management and conducting structured medication reviews.
In addition, the role requires managing and reviewing patients
with polypharmacy and those with opiate misuse. The practice also utilises
pharmacy support within care homes, where the pharmacy team plays an active
role. Furthermore, the team is involved in shared care monitoring.
The post holder will need to be proactively involved in quality
improvement and audit as well
as managing some aspects of the Quality and Outcomes Framework, Local Enhanced
Services (LES), and Local Incentive Schemes (LIS).
The post holder may also be
required to contribute to the provision of out-of-hours, extended hours, and
improved access services, as needed.
The
post holder will be supported in developing the role and will work to improve
care and patient outcomes across Sunderland East PCN. They will play a pivotal
role in the delivery of high-quality primary healthcare.
Support will be provided within the practice
through a GP mentor, as well as across the PCN. Local practices have expressed
an interest in forming a pharmacist group to facilitate the sharing of ideas
and provide mutual support between practices
Key Responsibilites
Clinical medication reviews for
patients with single or multiple long term conditions where medicines
optimisation is required
To reconcile medicines following
discharge from hospitals or intermediate care and working with patients and
community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need
post-discharge and to reduce risk of readmission.
To
be involved in multidisciplinary clinical
meetings within the Practice
and PCN where appropriate
Contribute to the provision
of out of hours/on call/extended services for the practice and the patients.
These can include
patient facing and telephone consultations, signposting to other
services and/or healthcare professionals where appropriate, while working
within scope of practice and limits of competency if needed
To manage repeat prescription
requests, resolving queries where possible within scope of practice. To ensure
patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required.
Implement changes to medicines in
line with MHRA alerts, product withdrawal or shortage and other local or
national guidance
Undertake opiate reduction
and cessation management
To maintain full and complete
records of all patient contacts using appropriate clinical templates and coding
To undertake a proactive role in
audit and quality improvement implementing recommendations where appropriate
Provide independent information to
patients about medicines and prescribing changes, initiating further support
from other healthcare professionals where appropriate
Participate in review and setting
of policies relating to medicines management and prescribing and help ensure
practices prescribe in accordance with local guidelines and formulary
To identify areas of clinical risk
at network level and make recommendations to support the introduction of new
working practices that will optimise the quality of prescribing and make more
efficient use of network resources.
To monitor network practices
prescribing against the local health economy and make recommendations for GPs
or amend within scope of practice, based on findings.
To maintain own clinical and
professional competence and be responsible for own continuous professional
developmet
Work with the practice to ensure full compliance with Care Quality
Commission standards for safe and effective care
