Intern Clinical Pharmacist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached PDF for full Job Description.

Summary of role:

The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role to:

· Optimise the use of medicines

· Improve the safety and quality of prescribing

· Perform specific elements of general practices’ clinical workload

The post holder will be as an independent prescriber, working within their own competency or working towards the qualification.

Collaborative working relationships

· Recognise the roles of other colleagues within the organisation and their role to patient care

· Demonstrate the use of appropriate communication to gain the co-operation of relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and peer colleagues, other professionals, other NHS/private organisations e.g. CCGs)

· Demonstrate ability to work as a member of a team

· Recognise personal limitations and refer to more appropriate colleagues(s) when necessary

· Actively work toward developing and maintaining effective working relationships both within and outside the practice and locality

· Foster and maintain strong links with all services across locality

· Explore the potential for collaborative working and take opportunities to initiate and sustain such relationships

· Demonstrate ability to integrate general practice with community and hospital pharmacy teams

· Liaise with CCG colleagues including CCG pharmacists and technicians on prescribing related matters to ensure consistency of patient care and benefit

· Liaise with CCG pharmacists and Head of Medicines Management to benefit from peer support

· Liaise with other stakeholders as needed for the collective benefit of patients

Knowledge, skills and experience

· Work towards an independent prescribing qualification

· Prioritise when problem-solving and identify deviations from normal pattern, referring to seniors or GPs when appropriate

· Follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct

· Involve patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and support adherence as per NICE guidelines

Leadership

· Apply clinical governance, implementing appropriately within the workplace

· Engage with Patient Participation Groups (PPGs) in development of the clinical pharmacist role in practices

· Improve quality within the limitations of the service

· Review yearly progress and develop clear plans to achieve results within priorities set by others

· Motivate self to achieve goals

· Promote diversity and equality in people management techniques and lead by example.

Management

· Effectively implement local and national priorities for the team and/or service

· Demonstrate an understanding of the process for effective resource utilisation

· Demonstrate an understanding of and conform to relevant standards of practice

· Identify and resolve risk management issues according to policy/protocol

· Follow professional and organisational policies/procedures relating to performance management

· Adapt to extended boundaries within the delivery of the service

Education, training and development

· Participate in formal education programmes relevant to the role including CPPE GP Education Pathway and Independent Prescribing (if not already complete).

· Act as role model to members in the team and/or service

· Demonstrate an understanding of the mentorship process

· Conduct teaching and assessment effectively according to a learning plan with supervision from more experienced colleagues

· Participate in continuous professional development activity; working alongside senior clinical pharmacist to identify areas to develop

· Demonstrate an understanding of current education policies relevant to working areas of practice and keep up to date with relevant clinical practice

· Ensure there is appropriate clinical supervision in place to support development

· Enrol in review and appraisal systems with the organisation

Research and Evaluation

· Critically evaluate and review literature

· Identify gaps in evidence base to support practice

· Generate evidence suitable for presentations at practice and local level

· Apply research evidence base into work place

· Understand principles of research governance

Healthy and Safety/Risk Management

· The post-holder must comply at all times with the practice’s health and safety polices, in particular by following agreed safe working procedures and reporting incidents using organisation’s incident reporting system.

Equality and Diversity

· The post-holder must co-operate with all policies and procedures designed to ensure equality of employment. Co-workers, patients and visitors must be treated equally irrespective of gender, ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion

Respect for Patient Confidentiality

· The post-holder should respect patient confidentiality at all times and not divulge patient information unless sanctioned by the requirements of the role

Special Working Conditions

· The post-holder is required to travel independently between practice sites, to patient homes, care homes and to attend meetings hosted by other agencies

· The post-holder will have contact with body fluids i.e. wound exudates, urine etc. while in clinical practice

Person Specification

Skills, knowledge and Experience

Essential

• An understanding of general practice and how it works
• An understanding of the context of prescribing in primary care and strategies for its improvement
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills including within patient consultations
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to implement medicines optimisation
• Good IT skills including the ability to obtain and analyse complex technical information
• Recognise priorities when problem solving and identify deviations from the normal pattern, able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate
• Able to work under pressure, prioritise workloads and to meet deadlines.
• Work effectively both independently and as a team member

Desirable

• In-depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients)
• Produce timely and informative reports

Qualifications

Essential

• Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent)

Desirable

• Specialist knowledge acquired through post-graduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience
• Independent prescriber or working towards/intent of gaining independent prescribing qualification

Professional Registration

Essential

• Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council

Desirable

• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• A member of or working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Other Requirements

Essential

• Self-motivation
• Adaptable
• Immunisation status

Desirable

• Full driving licence

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

Primary Care Sheffield

Address

722 Prince of Wales Road

Sheffield

South Yorkshire

S9 4EU

Employer's website

http://www.primarycaresheffield.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)