Clinical Pharmacist GP Surgery

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

The practice pharmacist will be responsible for support to the practices with medication related matters, including reviews, queries and the delivery of the repeat prescription service. They will be actively involved in supporting medication reviews of patients in primary care with Long Term Conditions, Multi-morbidity and Frailty, including mitigating the clinical risk of their medication.

They will also be part of the group that implements effective medicines optimisation within the practice, identifying areas for improvement, and initiating and managing change.

They will be an active participant in the network of pharmacists for mentorship, continued professional development, and to ensure that interfaces between community pharmacy, GP practices, acute and community trusts and the Medicines Optimisation Team are productive and effective.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Patient services

To provide a medication review and query services to patients via the telephone or face to face clinics in the practice. Where suitable to provide domiciliary visits and in residential and nursing homes, and to deliver pharmaceutical care plans that maximise cost-effective prescribing and improve the quality of patient care.

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 provide pharmaceutical advice to the Patient Services Team on acute, recurring or repeat prescriptions.

To oversee medicines management in Long Term Conditions during clinics, including the overall management of medication related issues in those clinics.

To support GPs and other clinicians in addressing polypharmacy and medication compliance issues across the range of patients to whom this applies (i.e. patients with Long Term Conditions, Multi-morbidity, Frailty, Dementia, Learning Disability)

To support the practice with medication related work at the interface between the practice and acute/community trusts (e.g. following hospital clinics or discharge) or community pharmacists (eg weekly blister pack dispensing, or unclaimed prescription action.) This includes ensuring safe systems for medication reconciliation at these interfaces.

To help plan, develop and support the introduction of new working processes within the practice to optimise the quality of prescribing.

To present at patient group meetings or other appropriate events to give advice on the appropriate use of medicines.

To produce patient information leaflets and posters and run medicine awareness projects throughout the year.

Assist Partners with the appropriate monitoring and management of their prescribing budgets and achieving the aims of the BOB Medicines Optimisation process.

Undertake risk assessment and management and ensure compliance with medicines legislation and best practice for monitoring and ongoing prescribing of medicines.

Lead on medicine optimisation in line with the National Institute for Health and Care ( NICE) recommendations

Increase quality and safety of prescribing through audit.

Manage practice formularies to improve the quality, safety and cost effectiveness of prescribing in line with local and national schemes and QIPP

Implement drug withdrawals and alerts i.e. MHRA aimed at improving patient safety.

Contribute to multidisciplinary reviews

Review appropriate pathology results for patients on known medication.

Improve on prescribing practice through education

Report any safety/prescribing concerns

Responsibility for administration

To update and maintain accurate patient medication records on the practices clinical computer systems including advice given and action taken.

To advise the primary health care team on the safe and secure handling of controlled drugs and other high-risk medicines, ensuring compliance with medicines legislation.

To provide regular support and feedback to practice on prescribing action plans.

To participate and conduct clinical and systems audit related to prescribing and medications.

Communication

The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

Communicate effectively with other team members, patients and carers.

Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Current registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
• Masters Degree in Pharmacy, MPharm
• Current Hepatitis B immunity certificate

Desirable

• Clinical Diploma
• Current resuscitation certificate
• Current child protection training
• Prescribing qualification

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 hospital experience
• An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Ability to work under pressure, manage demanding workload (when necessary)
• Aware of needs of patients, relatives and carers
• Adhere to confidentiality requirements
• Ability to cope with patients under extreme stress from both social and clinical circumstances
• Ability to handle change and unexpected urgent requirements
• Skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Flexible, caring and empathetic
• Self motivated
• Professional approach Presentable appearance
• Reliable, punctual and committed to work

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

Falkland Surgery

Address

Falkland Surgery

Monks Lane

Newbury

Berkshire

RG14 7DF

Employer's website

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