Job summary
Clinical Pharmacy in General Practice is part
of an exciting programme of transformation to develop a new model of care which
addresses our ambition to deliver person-centred, coordinated care across the
district. The Clinical Pharmacy in General Practice model is supported by the
direction of national policy including the Five Year Forward View and GP
Forward View where there is a need to better utilise the role of pharmacy
within primary care to pro-actively help patients stay safe and well and out of
hospital as well as helping to reduce the demands on general practice.
Pharmacy technicians play an important role,
complementing clinical pharmacists, community pharmacists and other members of
the PCN multi- disciplinary team. Pharmacy technicians are different to
clinical pharmacists as they are not able to prescribe or make clinical
decisions, instead working under supervision to ensure effective and efficient
use of medicines.
Pharmacy technicians core role
responsibilities will cover clinical, and technical and administrative
categories.
Main duties of the job
Undertake patient facing and patient supporting
roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared decision-making
conversations with patients.
Carry out medicines optimisation tasks
including effective medicine administration (e.g. checking inhaler technique),
supporting medication reviews and medicines reconciliation. Where required,
utilise consultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they
use their medicines effectively.
As determined by the PCN, support
medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and
synchronising medicines for patient transfers between care settings, linking
with local community pharmacies
Support the Clinical Pharmacist in
Structured Medication Reviews (SMR)
i.e. organise necessary monitoring tests
prior to SMR
Provide expertise to address both the
public health and social care needs of
patients, including lifestyle advice, service information, and help in tackling local health inequalities.
Manage shared care protocols and
liaise with Clinical Pharmacists for more complex patients.
Support initiatives for antimicrobial
stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing locally.
Support the Medicines Manager with all
workload duties
Deputise the Medicines Manager in their
absence and management of the Prescription Staff
About us
We are a large practice with a patient list size of circa 15,400. We are a Partnership of 6, with 9 Salaried GPs, a nursing team of 5, an experienced managerial team of 7 (Business and Finance Manager, Deputy Practice Manager, Patient Services Managers, Medicines Managers) and a friendly group of administrative and reception staff. We are a training as well as a learning practice and regularly have 6 Specialist Trainees, a Foundation Year 2 doctor and undergraduate students based here. We also offer learning opportunities to other grades and have a large apprenticeship programme operating for clinical, managerial and administrative staff. We are active in our local, supportive, Primary Care Network and have excellent relationships with external stakeholders.
We have a strong culture of patient safety, high quality and empathy. Our Mission Statement reflects our values as a Practice with patients being at the heart of all of our activities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
Undertake patient facing and patient supporting
roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared decision-making
conversations with patients.
Carry out medicines optimisation tasks
including effective medicine administration e.g. checking inhaler technique,
supporting medication reviews and medicines reconciliation. Where required,
utilise consultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they
use their medicines effectively.
As determined by the PCN, support
medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and
synchronising medicines for patient transfers between care settings, linking
with local community pharmacies
Support the Clinical Pharmacist in
Structured Medication Reviews SMR
i.e. organise necessary monitoring tests
prior to SMR
Provide expertise to address both the
public health and social care needs of
patients, including lifestyle advice, service information, and help in tackling local health inequalities.
Manage shared care protocols and
liaise with Clinical Pharmacists for more complex patients.
Support initiatives for antimicrobial
stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing locally.
Technical and Administrative
Support the PCN multi-disciplinary
team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation processes are being followed.
Implement efficient ordering and
return processes and reducing medication wastage.
Provide training and support on the
legal, safe and secure handling of medicines, including the implementation of
the Electronic Prescription Service EPS.
Promotion
of Electronic Repeat Dispensing eRD and online ordering
Develop relationships with other
pharmacy professionals and members of the multi-disciplinary team to support
integration across health and social care including primary care, community
pharmacy, secondary care and mental health.
Support practice reception teams in
streaming general prescription requests,
so as to allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to review the more clinically
complex requests.
Support the implementation of national
prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other
primary care settings.
Support the PCN to deliver on QIPP
agenda, QOF and locally commissioned enhanced
services
Supporting quality improvement
measures and contributing to the Quality
and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services;
Support the PCN in reviewing and
developing practice policies for CQC
requirements
Support the Medicines Manager with all
workload duties
Deputising the Medicines Manager in their
absence and management of the Prescription Staff
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
Undertake patient facing and patient supporting
roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared decision-making
conversations with patients.
Carry out medicines optimisation tasks
including effective medicine administration e.g. checking inhaler technique,
supporting medication reviews and medicines reconciliation. Where required,
utilise consultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they
use their medicines effectively.
As determined by the PCN, support
medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and
synchronising medicines for patient transfers between care settings, linking
with local community pharmacies
Support the Clinical Pharmacist in
Structured Medication Reviews SMR
i.e. organise necessary monitoring tests
prior to SMR
Provide expertise to address both the
public health and social care needs of
patients, including lifestyle advice, service information, and help in tackling local health inequalities.
Manage shared care protocols and
liaise with Clinical Pharmacists for more complex patients.
Support initiatives for antimicrobial
stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing locally.
Technical and Administrative
Support the PCN multi-disciplinary
team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation processes are being followed.
Implement efficient ordering and
return processes and reducing medication wastage.
Provide training and support on the
legal, safe and secure handling of medicines, including the implementation of
the Electronic Prescription Service EPS.
Promotion
of Electronic Repeat Dispensing eRD and online ordering
Develop relationships with other
pharmacy professionals and members of the multi-disciplinary team to support
integration across health and social care including primary care, community
pharmacy, secondary care and mental health.
Support practice reception teams in
streaming general prescription requests,
so as to allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to review the more clinically
complex requests.
Support the implementation of national
prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other
primary care settings.
Support the PCN to deliver on QIPP
agenda, QOF and locally commissioned enhanced
services
Supporting quality improvement
measures and contributing to the Quality
and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services;
Support the PCN in reviewing and
developing practice policies for CQC
requirements
Support the Medicines Manager with all
workload duties
Deputising the Medicines Manager in their
absence and management of the Prescription Staff
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
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Desirable
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Experience
Essential
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Desirable
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
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Desirable
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Experience
Essential
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Desirable
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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.