Clinical Pharmacist

Job description

Job responsibilities

KEY RELATIONSHIPS:

• The relevant GP surgery for day-to-day operational work

Staff and patients of the practices in the Mendip Primary Care Network, other professionals, other NHS/private organisations e.g. CCG and the general public.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Patient facing Long-term condition reviews - Take responsibility for the care management of patients with chronic diseases where medicine optimisation is required. E.g. COPD, asthma.

Review and rationalise patients medication after discharge from secondary care, particularly patients with long-term conditions.

Patient facing clinical medication reviews - Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and make appropriate recommendations for the clinical team on prescribing and monitoring. Through structured medical reviews the post holder will support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care.

Patient facing care home medication reviews - Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and make appropriate recommendations for the clinical team on prescribing and monitoring. Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration.

Management of common/minor/self-limiting ailments whilst working within a scope of practice and limits of competence. Signposting to practice dispensary, community pharmacy and referring to GPs or other healthcare professionals as appropriate.

Management of repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates.

Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst addressing both the public health and social care needs of patients in the Mendip PCN and help in tackling inequalities.

To have a leadership role in supporting further integration of general practice with the wider health care teams (community and hospital pharmacy) to help improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage general practice workload. The role has the potential to significantly improve the quality of care and safety for patients.

Develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across PCNs 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, community pharmacists and anticoagulation.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
• Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent)
• Specialist knowledge acquired through postgraduate diploma
• level or equivalent training/experience

Desirable

• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• A member of or working towards Faculty membership of the
• Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
• Independent prescriber or working towards/intent of gaining
• independent prescribing qualification

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience.
• In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding
• of the principles of evidencebased healthcare.

Desirable

• An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practices.
• An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing,
• concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving
• prescribing.

Skills knowledge

Essential

• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive
• information in an understandable form to a variety of
• audiences (e.g. patients)
• Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general
• medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term
• conditions.
• Good IT skills

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

Mendip Country Practice

Address

Mendip Country Practice

Church Street

Coleford

Radstock

BA3 5NQ

Employer's website

https://www.mendipcp.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)