Job summary
Are
you looking for a new challenge? We have an exciting opportunity within our PCN
based in Reading. We need someone who would like to join our pharmacy team
working across two sites contained by a single surgery PCN of around 30,000
patients.
We
are seeking a qualified pharmacist that wants to develop and manage medicines
optimisation services within the practice.
Working with a highly skilled multi-disciplinary team within our surgery
you will support the practice with medication reviews, queries and the delivery
of the repeat prescription service.
Main duties of the job
Responsible
for support to the practice with medication reviews, queries and the delivery
of the repeat prescription service.
Responsible for
supporting the partners in implementing effective medicine management within
the practice. To identify areas for
improvement and then initiate and manage the changes.
About us
We are a well-established innovative training practice which embraces change daily. If you want to work in a supportive practice which recognises the importance of teamwork, CPD and mentoring within a positive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Services
- Working Closely with GPs to resolve day-to-day medicines issues
- Addressing medicines adherence with patients
- Managing and prescribing for long-term conditions in clinic, often in conjunction with practice nurses, to optimise the management of patients condition(s) without impacting any co-morbid conditions(s) or medication(s).
- Ensuring patients on high risk drugs are complying with appropriate monitoring
- Triaging and managing common ailments
- Responding to acute medicine requests
- Reviewing patients on complex medication regimens and reducing unwarranted poly-pharmacy
- Taking part in multidisciplinary case reviews
- Carrying out face-to-face or telephone follow up with patients
- Signposting patients to appropriate services and other healthcare professionals (e.g. community pharmacists)
- Developing pharmacist led QOF domain pathways, either supporting patients to manage their condition, or via telephone / video call / face to face contact according to patient choice/need
Prescription Management
- Reconciliation of medicines in outpatient and discharge letters including liaison with hospital, community and primary care colleagues to ensure correct medicines are continued following transfer of care
- Supporting the GPs and other practice staff to deliver on Medicines Optimisation agenda, QOF and locally commissioned enhanced services
- Working with the practice team to deliver repeat prescriptions reviews especially for care home residents, people prescribed poly pharmacy and frail older people
- Training dispensers or prescribing receptionists in processing prescription requests and queries
- Converting acute medicine requests into repeat medicines, where appropriate
- Point of contact for the practice for all medicines-related queries for healthcare professionals and patients
- Supporting Community Pharmacists in ensuring NOMAD or Batch prescriptions are up to date including confirming any stopped or initiated medications with the patient and community pharmacy team
- Implementing and monitoring a practices adherence to a repeat prescription policy
Audit and Education
- Conducting clinical audits as part of the multidisciplinary team
- Answering medicine information enquiries from GPs, other healthcare professionals and patients
- Implementing, in conjunction with the practice team, systems for monitoring medicines use
- Contributing to clinical education of other healthcare professionals
- Providing leadership of quality improvements programmes that involve medicines
Medicines Management
Working with the ICB Medicines Optimisation Team, GPs and practices nurses to agree, and then manage, practice formularies to improve the choice and cost effectiveness of medicines
- Implementing NICE guidance through audit and feedback, formulary management and educational sessions with the wider primary healthcare team and patients
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Services
- Working Closely with GPs to resolve day-to-day medicines issues
- Addressing medicines adherence with patients
- Managing and prescribing for long-term conditions in clinic, often in conjunction with practice nurses, to optimise the management of patients condition(s) without impacting any co-morbid conditions(s) or medication(s).
- Ensuring patients on high risk drugs are complying with appropriate monitoring
- Triaging and managing common ailments
- Responding to acute medicine requests
- Reviewing patients on complex medication regimens and reducing unwarranted poly-pharmacy
- Taking part in multidisciplinary case reviews
- Carrying out face-to-face or telephone follow up with patients
- Signposting patients to appropriate services and other healthcare professionals (e.g. community pharmacists)
- Developing pharmacist led QOF domain pathways, either supporting patients to manage their condition, or via telephone / video call / face to face contact according to patient choice/need
Prescription Management
- Reconciliation of medicines in outpatient and discharge letters including liaison with hospital, community and primary care colleagues to ensure correct medicines are continued following transfer of care
- Supporting the GPs and other practice staff to deliver on Medicines Optimisation agenda, QOF and locally commissioned enhanced services
- Working with the practice team to deliver repeat prescriptions reviews especially for care home residents, people prescribed poly pharmacy and frail older people
- Training dispensers or prescribing receptionists in processing prescription requests and queries
- Converting acute medicine requests into repeat medicines, where appropriate
- Point of contact for the practice for all medicines-related queries for healthcare professionals and patients
- Supporting Community Pharmacists in ensuring NOMAD or Batch prescriptions are up to date including confirming any stopped or initiated medications with the patient and community pharmacy team
- Implementing and monitoring a practices adherence to a repeat prescription policy
Audit and Education
- Conducting clinical audits as part of the multidisciplinary team
- Answering medicine information enquiries from GPs, other healthcare professionals and patients
- Implementing, in conjunction with the practice team, systems for monitoring medicines use
- Contributing to clinical education of other healthcare professionals
- Providing leadership of quality improvements programmes that involve medicines
Medicines Management
Working with the ICB Medicines Optimisation Team, GPs and practices nurses to agree, and then manage, practice formularies to improve the choice and cost effectiveness of medicines
- Implementing NICE guidance through audit and feedback, formulary management and educational sessions with the wider primary healthcare team and patients
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Person Specification
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).