Clinical Pharmacist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Summary

The post holder will work within their clinical competencies to provide specialist pharmaceutical support, including with working with members of the wider healthcare team to improve care and support safe and effective prescribing.

The role will have a patient facing element either face to face or telephone - including chronic disease management, repeat prescription management and structured medication reviews. This will also include the management and review of patients with polypharmacy.

The post holder will need to be proactively involved in quality improvement and audit as well as managing some aspects of the Quality and Outcomes Framework.

There will also be the requirement for the post holder to contribute to the provision of out of hours/extended hours/improved access services.

The post holder will be supported to help develop the role and work to improve the care and outcomes for the patients across the PCN.

To play a pivotal role in the delivery of high quality primary health care within the practice.

Job Summary

Clinical medication reviews for patients with single or multiple long term conditions where medicines optimisation is required

To reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals or intermediate care and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post-discharge and to reduce risk of readmission.

To be involved in multidisciplinary clinical meetings within the Practice and PCN where appropriate

Contribute to the provision of out of hours/on call/extended services for the practice and the patients. These can include patient facing and telephone consultations, signposting to other services and/or healthcare professionals where appropriate, while working within scope of practice and limits of competence.

To manage repeat prescription requests, resolving queries where possible within scope of practice. To ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required.

Implement changes to medicines in line with MHRA alerts, product withdrawal or shortage and other local or national guidance

To maintain full and complete records of all patient contacts using appropriate clinical templates and coding

To undertake a proactive role in audit and quality improvement implementing recommendations where appropriate.

Provide independent information to patients with regard to medicines and prescribing changes, initiating further support from other healthcare professionals where appropriate

Participate in review and setting of policies relating to medicines management and prescribing and help ensure practices prescribe in accordance with local guidelines and formulary

To identify areas of clinical risk and make recommendations to support the introduction of new working practices that will optimise the quality of prescribing and make more efficient use of network resources.

To monitor network practices prescribing against the local health economy and make recommendations for GPs or amend within scope of practice, based on findings.

To maintain own clinical and professional competence and be responsible for own continuous professional development

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council.

Desirable

• GPhC Independent Prescriber Qualification is desirable.

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of two years working as a pharmacist

Desirable

• Experience in managing pharmacy services in primary care
• Broad knowledge of General Practice

Skills and Personal Qualities

Essential

• - Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• - Strong IT skills
• - Clear, polite telephone manner
• - Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
• - Ability to promote best practice regarding all pharmaceutical matters
• - Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
• - Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• - Good interpersonal skills
• - Problem solving & analytical skills
• - Ability to follow policy and procedure

Desirable

• - EMIS Web Clinical System

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

Eastfield House Surgery

Address

6 St John's Road

Newbury

Berkshire

RG14 7LW

Employer's website

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