Senior Prescribing Pharmacist

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder is an experienced general practice pharmacist, who acts within their professional boundaries, supported and working alongside the team at Tollgate Medical Centre.

Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, the post holder will provide clinical pharmacy leadership for the practice, taking responsibility for, and not limited to, Structured Medication Reviews, areas of chronic disease management, medicines optimisation, quality improvement, the quality and outcomes framework and other enhanced services.

The post holder will be responsible for leading, training and coordinating the work of professionals within the organisation, to proactively and competently. The post holder will competently manage repeat prescribing systems, proactively dealing with acute and repeat prescription requests and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care. Where necessary the role would involve putting in place systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of patients in the GP practice.

The post holder will provide support to the practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries, ensuring integration with community and hospital pharmacy to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage GP workload.

You will work closely with colleagues within the Practice and the PCN to ensure adherence to prescribing formularies, and medicines optimisation programmes, whilst maintaining patient safety. Regular meetings within the PCN, community pharmacists, and the ICB Pharmacy team are essential to share learning and to be up-to-date with new guidelines and targets.

The role is pivotal to improving quality of care and operational efficiencies and so requires motivation and passion to deliver excellent service within general practice and the wider PCN.

This job description is intended as a basic guide to the scope and responsibilities of the post and is not exhaustive:

Primary Duties and Areas of Responsibility

Patient facing Clinical Medication Reviews

Patient facing medicines support

Telephone/video medicines support

Medicine information to practice staff and patients

Unplanned hospital admissions

Documents management

Consulting patients with minor ailments

Repeat prescribing

Signposting

Risk stratification

Service development

Information management

Medicines quality improvement

Medicines safety

Education and Training

Public health

Required skills and attributes

Ability to develop collaborative working relationships

Clinical knowledge, Skills and Experience

Management experience

Education, Training and Development

Research and Evaluation

Registration

Essential

Professional Registration

Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent)
• Clinical Pharmacy Diploma or equivalent training e.g. NHS Pathway training for PBPs Independent prescriber.
• CPPE

Desirable

• Leadership qualification
• Education & Training qualification

Experience

Essential

• Working as a pharmacist in General Practice full time (or equivalent) for more than 2 years as a Practice Based Pharmacist
• Experience of: teaching & training, clinical supervision and mentoring and coaching for change
• Management of self and others to achieve goals and targets

Desirable

• Leadership of other healthcare professionals, particularly pharmacists
• Experience of working across a range of pharmacy settings
• Experience of leading and developing multidisciplinary clinical teams

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

Tollgate Medical Centre

Address

Tollgate Medical Centre

220 Tollgate Road

London

E6 5JS

Employer's website

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