Job responsibilities
Job Summary
The
post holder is a pharmacist, who acts within their professional boundaries,
working alongside a team of pharmacists in general practice and within the
Primary Care Network (PCN).
They
will improve patients’ health outcomes and the efficiency of the primary care
team by providing direct, accessible and timely medicines and expertise
including face to face contact with patients.
The
post holder will be an integral part of the general practice team, working in
each practice and across the PCN, as well as part of a wider pharmacist network
and multidisciplinary team. They will work to optimise medication issues to improve
patient care and safety and support clinical staff in the management of
patients.
As
part of their employment, the post holder will achieve qualifications from an
accredited training pathway, including independent prescribing, equipping the
clinical pharmacist to be able to practice and prescribe safely and effectively
in a primary care setting.
The
supervision and mentorship network will be provided to support the clinical
pharmacist.
The
following are the core responsibilities of the PCN clinical pharmacist. There
may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks. This will be
dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:
a.
To
work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to
clinically assess and treat patients using expert knowledge of medicines for
specific disease areas
b.
To
act as the PCN point of contact for all medicine related matters, establishing
positive working relationships
c.
To
liaise with the practices and, where practicable, to standardise the medicines
management process across the PCN
d.
To
consult patients within defined levels of competence and independently
prescribe acute and repeat medication
e.
To
receive referrals and directed patients from triage services and other
clinicians
f.
To
receive and resolve medicines queries from patients and other staff
g.
To
provide medication review services for patients in the practice and during
domiciliary visits to the local nursing home
h.
To
manage a caseload of complex patients
i.
To
manage therapeutic drug monitoring system and recall of patients taking high
risk drugs, i.e. anticoagulants, anticonvulsants and DMARDs etc.
j.
To
deliver long term conditions clinics and home visits particularly for patients
with complicated medication regimes and prescribe accordingly
k.
To
provide pharmaceutical consultations to patients with long term conditions as
an integral part of the multidisciplinary team
l.
To
review medications for newly registered patients
m.
To
improve patient and carer understanding of, confidence in and compliance with
their medication
n.
To
encourage cost-effective prescribing throughout the PCN
o.
To
liaise with practices and implement and embed a robust repeat prescribing
system for use across all practices
p.
To
provide advice and answer medication related queries from patients and staff
q.
To
organise and oversee the PCN’s medicines optimisation systems including the
repeat prescribing and medication review systems
r.
To
improve the quality and effectiveness of prescribing through clinical audit and
education to improve performance against NICE standards and clinical and
prescribing guidance.
s.
To
develop yourself and the role through participation in clinical supervision,
training and service redesign activities
t.
To
ensure appropriate supervision of safe storage, rotation and disposal of
vaccines and drugs. To apply infection-control measures within the practice
according to local and national guidelines
u.
To
provide subject matter expertise on medication monitoring, implementing and
embedding a system
v.
To
support clinicians with the management of patients suffering from drug and
alcohol dependencies
w.
To
actively signpost patients to the correct healthcare professional
x.
To
manage a caseload of complex patients and potential care institutions and to
provide advice for the GP management of more complex patients or areas such as
addictive behaviours, severe mental illness or end of life care
y.
To
review the latest guidance ensuring the practice conforms to NICE, CQC etc.
z.
To
provide targeted support and proactive reviews for vulnerable, complex patients
and those at risk of admission and re-admission to secondary care
aa.
To
handle prescription queries and requests directly
bb.
To
provide proactive leadership on medicines and prescribing systems to the PCN
multidisciplinary team, patients and their carers
cc.
To
support in the delivery of enhanced services and other service requirements on
behalf of the PCN
dd.
To
participate in the management of patient complaints when requested to do so and
participate in the identification of any necessary learning brought about
through clinical incidents and near-miss events
ee.
To
undertake all mandatory training and induction programmes
ff.
To
contribute to and embrace the spectrum of clinical governance
gg.
To
attend a formal appraisal with their manager at least every 12 months. Once a
performance/training objective has been set, progress will be reviewed on a
regular basis so that new objectives can be agreed
hh.
To
contribute to public health campaigns (e.g. flu clinics) through advice or
direct care
ii.
To
maintain a clean, tidy, effective working area at all times.
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