Job responsibilities
The successful applicant will need to:
Provide expertise in clinical medicines review and address public health and
social needs of patients in GP practices
Reduce inappropriate poly-pharmacy and wasteful prescribing through clinical
medication review
Reconcile medicines following hospital discharge and work with patients and
community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post
discharge.
Contribute to reductions in medicine related hospital admissions and
readmissions by supporting patients to get the best outcomes from their
medicines and identifying and addressing medicines related issues
Interface with community and hospital pharmacy colleagues and develop referral
processes between primary care professionals including the promotion of the
repeat dispensing service
Manage the repeat prescribing process by reviewing requests for
repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates
Manage patients and health care professionals medicine queries
Increase quality and safety of prescribing through mechanisms such as audit and
PDSA cycles
Manage practice formularies to improve the quality, safety and cost
effectiveness of prescribing
Implement drug withdrawals and alerts e.g. MHRA aimed at improving medicines
safety
Work
with primary care professional and patients to implement NICE and other
evidence based guidelines
Run
clinics where medicines are the main interventions e.g. anticoagulant
monitoring clinics.
Contribute to multi morbidity reviews and multidisciplinary reviews
Provide medicines information and training to Practice healthcare professionals
and admin staff
Review daily Pathology results for patients on known medicines
Act
as a source of medicines information for all of the practice team and patients
(e.g. around doses, side effects, adverse events, possible alternatives and out of stock medication)
Undertake minor ailments triage: dealing with minor ailments and triaging
patients appropriately
CORE
RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Working within the practice based team to undertake medication reviews particularly in high risk groups.
2. Improve
prescribing practice through educational support for all prescribers within the
practice
3. Lead on where changes in evidence require changes in
prescribing across patient population e.g. where a drug is withdrawn or
indications change
4. Liaise with colleagues in community pharmacy to align
support for medicines adherence such as MUR and NMS
5. Support improvements in clinical care through practice
based audit and implementing change
6. Prescribing advice to prescribers in practice e.g.
temporary non availability of drugs
7. Ensure patient safety when they are transferred between
care providers through reconciliation of prescribed medicines
QUALIFICATIONS
& TRAINING FOR THIS JOB
NB: it is anticipated that the level of qualification held
may vary according to the level of position and the components of the role
being carried out
Completion of an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy, and registration with the
General Pharmaceutical Council
Minimum of 2 years post graduate experience in pharmacy
May
hold or be working towards a prescribing qualification
May
hold or be working towards a postgraduate pharmacy qualification
Has
an awareness of the breadth of common acute and long term conditions that are
likely to be seen in a general medical practice
EXPERT PROFESSIONAL
PRACTICE
Demonstrates general pharmaceutical skills and knowledge in core areas
Is
able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general pharmaceutical care
programmes for patients in core areas, including disease states / long term
conditions identified by local Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment
Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct
service provision as an individuals
Demonstrates ability to use skills in a range of routine situations requiring
analysis or comparison of a range of options
Recognises priorities when problem-solving and identifies deviations from the
normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate
Is
able to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures
and codes of conduct
Involves patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting
adherence as per NICE guidance
COLLABORATIVE WORKING
RELATIONSHIPS
Recognises the roles of other colleagues within the organisation and their role in patient care
Demonstrates use of appropriate communication to gain the co-operation of
relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and peer colleagues, and
other professionals, other NHS/private organisations e.g. CCGs)
Demonstrates ability to work as a member of a team
Is
able to recognise personal limitations and refer to more appropriate
colleague(s) when necessary
Liaises with CCG colleagues including CCG Pharmacists on prescribing related
matters to ensure consistency of patient care and benefit
Liaises with CCG pharmacists and Heads of Medicines Management/ Optimisation to
benefit from peer support
Liaises with other GP Practices and staff as needed for the collective benefit
of patients
LEADERSHIP
Demonstrates understanding of the pharmacy role in governance and is able to
implement this appropriately within the workplace
Demonstrates understanding of, and contributes to, the workplace vision
Demonstrates ability to improve quality within limitations of service
Reviews last years progress and develops clear plans to achieve results within
priorities set by others
Demonstrates ability to motivate self to achieve goals
MANAGEMENT
Demonstrates understanding of the implications of national priorities for the
team and/or service
Demonstrates understanding of the process for effective resource utilisation
Demonstrates understanding of, and conforms to, relevant standards of practice
Demonstrates ability to identify and resolve risk management issues according
to policy/protocol
Follows professional and organisational policies/procedures relating to
performance management
Demonstrates ability to extend boundaries of service delivery within the team.
EDUCATION,TRAINING AND
DEVELOPMENT
Understands and demonstrates the characteristics of a role model to members in
the team and/or service
Demonstrates understanding of the mentorship process
Demonstrates ability to conduct teaching and assessment effectively according
to a learning plan with supervision from a more experienced colleague
Demonstrates self-development through continuous professional development
activity
Participates in the delivery of formal education programmes
Demonstrates an understanding of current educational policies relevant to
working areas of practice and keeps up to date with relevant clinical practice
RESEARCH AND
EVALUATION
Demonstrates ability to critically evaluate and review literature
Demonstrates ability to identify where there is a gap in the evidence base to
support practice
Demonstrates ability to generate evidence suitable for presentation at local
level
Demonstrates ability to apply the research evidence base into working practice
Demonstrates understanding of the principles of research governance
Demonstrates ability to work as a member of the research team
