Clinical Pharmacist

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Clinical Pharmacist, you will have the following key responsibilities in relation to delivering health services:

1. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using your expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas;

2. You will be a prescriber, or be completing training to become a prescriber, and work with and alongside the general practice team at Old Trafford Medical Practice;

3. You will be responsible for the care management of patients with chronic diseases and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy, especially the elderly, people in care homes, those with multiple co-morbidities (in particular frailty, COPD and asthma) and people with learning disabilities or autism (through STOMP Stop Over Medication Programme);

4. You will provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients at Old Trafford Medical Practice, and to help in tackling inequalities;

5. You will 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, whilst contributing to the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services;

6. You will support patients through structured medication reviews to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care;

7. You will have a leadership role in supporting further integration of general practice with the wider healthcare teams (including community and hospital pharmacy) to help improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage general practice workload;

8. You will develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals and the wider health and social care system; and

9. You will take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical research with medicines, liaison with specialist pharmacists (including mental health and reduction of inappropriate antipsychotic use in people with learning difficulties), liaison with community pharmacists and anticoagulation.

This is an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by the employing practice.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Be enrolled in, or have qualified from, an approved 18-month training pathway or equivalent that equips you to be able to practice and prescribe safely and effectively in a primary care setting (for example, the CPPE Clinical Pharmacist training pathways).

Desirable

• Completion of the approved 18-month training pathway that equips you to be able to practice and prescribe safely and effectively in a primary care setting (for example, the CPPE Clinical Pharmacist training pathways).

Experience

Desirable

• Experience of working in a primary care setting.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

North Trafford Primary Care Network

Address

70 Seymour Grove

Manchester

M16 0LW

Employer's website

https://www.delameremedicalpractice.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)