Job summary
- Provide professional specialist medicines management advice to GPs, practice nurses, community pharmacists, community nurses and other health professionals to promote the safe, effective and high quality, cost effective use of medicines in all prescribing decisions.
- To identify, develop and promote quality improvements in medicines management across community pharmacy & GP practices ensuring that best practice is adopted
- Provide support for the medicines management technician(s)/facilitator(s) to deliver the medicines management goals of the CCG
- To contribute to the development and implementation of the CCG prescribing strategy and medicines management initiatives across the CCG
- To encourage better pharmaceutical understanding throughout the primary health care team, including training of GPs practice nurses, practice staff, attached staff, community pharmacists and pharmacy staff
- Undertake risk assessment and management and ensure compliance with medicines legislation
- Liaise with prescribing colleagues primary and secondary care to ensure consistency with District-wide prescribing strategies
- To contribute to the development & implementation of new medicines
management initiatives and services within GP practices, community pharmacies and community providers
- Contribute to the clinical medication review service to care homes and other workstreams as required.
Main duties of the job
To provide and receive complex information relating to medicines and medicines management, this includes clinical information regarding patient care, technical medicines management/therapeutics information and prescribing activity data derived from audit data and similar sources, the post holder will need to receive this from and provide it to patients, carers and other health professionals. He/she may need to persuade the recipients of the validity and relevance of the information/argument, and negotiate actions in line with Medicines Management goals. the post holder may have to adjust his/her communication style and content to take account of the other persons language difficulties, intellectual abilities, background knowledge, etc
o this includes advice on choice of drug treatment, including choice of drug(s), side effects and doses
o this advice will be in response to review and analysis of patient prescriptions
o this will also involve ensuring compliance with medicines legislation, National Patient Safety Agency advisory notices and other established good practice to manage and minimise risk.
To propose and implement policy or service changes that impact within and beyond the post holders own role, including work within the practice, community pharmacies and by community nurses. This includes the development of prescribing / medicines management guidelines and protocols.
About us
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health and quality of life for all individuals in the communities we serve,
delivering an invaluable service to our clients and patients, providing a positive
and safe experience for all our patient care.
Upton Lane Medical
Centre requires the highest standards of personal and professional conduct from
all of its employees. All employees must comply with the Code of Professional
Conduct appropriate to their professional governing body and to Upton Lane
Medical Centre Code of Conduct, which is embedded in the Conduct
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide professional specialist medicines management advice to GPs, practice nurses, community pharmacists, community nurses and other health professionals to promote the safe, effective and high quality, cost effective use of medicines in all prescribing decisions.
- To identify, develop and promote quality improvements in medicines management across community pharmacy & GP practices ensuring that best practice is adopted
- Provide support for the medicines management technician(s)/facilitator(s) to deliver the medicines management goals of the CCG
- To contribute to the development and implementation of the CCG prescribing strategy and medicines management initiatives across the CCG
- To encourage better pharmaceutical understanding throughout the primary health care team, including training of GPs practice nurses, practice staff, attached staff, community pharmacists and pharmacy staff
- Undertake risk assessment and management and ensure compliance with medicines legislation
- Liaise with prescribing colleagues primary and secondary care to ensure consistency with District-wide prescribing strategies
- To contribute to the development & implementation of new medicines
management initiatives and services within GP practices, community pharmacies and community providers
- Contribute to the clinical medication review service to care homes and other workstreams as required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide professional specialist medicines management advice to GPs, practice nurses, community pharmacists, community nurses and other health professionals to promote the safe, effective and high quality, cost effective use of medicines in all prescribing decisions.
- To identify, develop and promote quality improvements in medicines management across community pharmacy & GP practices ensuring that best practice is adopted
- Provide support for the medicines management technician(s)/facilitator(s) to deliver the medicines management goals of the CCG
- To contribute to the development and implementation of the CCG prescribing strategy and medicines management initiatives across the CCG
- To encourage better pharmaceutical understanding throughout the primary health care team, including training of GPs practice nurses, practice staff, attached staff, community pharmacists and pharmacy staff
- Undertake risk assessment and management and ensure compliance with medicines legislation
- Liaise with prescribing colleagues primary and secondary care to ensure consistency with District-wide prescribing strategies
- To contribute to the development & implementation of new medicines
management initiatives and services within GP practices, community pharmacies and community providers
- Contribute to the clinical medication review service to care homes and other workstreams as required.
Person Specification
.
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience.
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence based healthcare.
- An appreciation of the nature of GPs and General Practices or hos-pital experience
- An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strate-gies for improving prescribing
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy, MPharm
- Clinical Diploma
- Certificate in Independent Prescrib-ing
Person Specification
.
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience.
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence based healthcare.
- An appreciation of the nature of GPs and General Practices or hos-pital experience
- An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strate-gies for improving prescribing
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy, MPharm
- Clinical Diploma
- Certificate in Independent Prescrib-ing
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).
