Job responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY
Responsible
for supporting the partners in implementing effective medicine management within
the practice, identifying areas for improvement, and initiating and managing
change.
JOB
RESPONSIBILITIES
Develop and manage a
medicines management plan and deliver patient services as determined by practice
policy and local and national guidance.
Develop and manage the medicines
management team, including delivery of training, in order to maximise
cost-effective prescribing and improve the quality of patient care.
Patient
services
Provide medication review services to patients via
clinics in the practice, and residential and nursing homes, and to deliver
pharmaceutical care plans that maximise cost-effective prescribing and improve
the quality of patient care.
Assist partners with the appropriate monitoring
and management of their prescribing budgets.
Prepare evidence-based resources and information
to support the medicine management team and all other relevant health
professionals in the implementation of rational cost-effective prescribing.
Help plan, develop and support the introduction of
new working processes within the practice to optimise the quality of
prescribing.
Responsibility
for administration
To provide regular support and feedback to practice
on prescribing action plans
To update and maintain accurate patient medication
records on the practices clinical computer systems, including advice given and
action taken.
To advise the primary health care team on the safe
and secure handling of controlled drugs and other medicines, ensuring
compliance with medicines legislation.
To be responsible for the updating of all PGDs at
both sites
To action all alerts to check whether it has any
relevance to the practice, and complete proof of action
Drug safety alert review
To be the lead in the practice for PQS
To be the Antibiotic Champion for the
practice
Communication
The post-holder should
recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will
strive to:
Communicate effectively with other team members
Communicate effectively with patients and carers
Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of
communication and respond accordingly.
Confidentiality:
In the course of seeking treatment, patients
entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to
their health and other matters. They do
so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their
privacy and act appropriately
In the performance of the duties outlined in this
job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information
relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare
workers. They may also have access to
information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such
information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential
Information relating to patients, carers,
colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only
be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and
procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and
sensitive data
Health & safety:
The post-holder will implement and lead on a full
range of promotion and management their own and others health and safety and
infection control as defined in the practice Health & Safety policy, the
practice Health & Safety manual, and the practice Infection Control policy
and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):
Using personal security systems within the
workplace according to practice guidelines
Awareness of national standards of infection
control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional
requirements, and good practice guidelines
Correct use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Use and monitoring of the correct use of Standard
Operating Procedures for cleaning and infection control
Responsible for correct hand hygiene of self and
others
Ownership of infection control and clinically
based patient care protocols, and implementation of those protocols within the
team
Active observation of current working practices
across the team in relation to infection control, cleanliness and related
activities, ensuring that procedures are followed and weaknesses / training
needs are identified, escalating issues as appropriate
Identifying the risks involved in work activities
and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across
clinical and patient process
Making effective use of training to update
knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others across the
full range of infection control and patient processes
Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in
relation to infection control, ensuring that provision of hand-cleansing
facilities, wipes etc. are sufficient to ensure a good clinical working
environment. Lack of facilities to be escalated as appropriate.
Safe management of sharps procedures, including
training, use, storage and disposal
Using appropriate infection control procedures,
maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile, and safe way, free from
hazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed or escalation
to responsible management
Actively identifying, reporting, and correcting
health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised
Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas
generally clean, sterile, identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to
other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the
maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in
consultation (where appropriate) with other sector managers
Undertaking periodic infection control training
(minimum twice annually)
Routine management of own team / team areas, and
maintenance of work space standards
Waste management, including collection, handling,
segregation, container management, storage and collection
Spillage control procedures, management and
training
Decontamination control procedures, management and
training, and equipment maintenance
Maintenance of sterile environments
Correct cleaning of equipment used for near
patient testing, such as blood glucose monitoring equipment and smokelysers,
using the manufacturers instructions as appropriate
Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and
promoting the welfare of children.
Equality and diversity:
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of
patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of
peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice
procedures and policies, and current legislation
Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs
of patients, carers and colleagues
Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of
the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings
priorities and rights.
Personal/Professional development:
The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented
by the practice as part of this employment, with such training to include:
Participation in an annual individual performance
review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own
personal and/or professional development
Taking responsibility for own development,
learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who
are undertaking similar work
Quality:
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice,
and will:
Alert other team members to issues of quality and
risk
Assess own performance and take accountability for
own actions, either directly or under supervision
Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by
reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve
and enhance the teams performance
Work effectively with individuals in other
agencies to meet patients needs
Effectively manage own time, workload and
resources
Communication:
The post-holder should
recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will
strive to:
Communicate effectively with other team members
Communicate effectively with patients and carers
Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods
of communication and respond accordingly
Contribution to the Implementation of Services:
The post-holder will:
- Apply
practice policies, standards and guidance
- Discuss
with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines
will affect own work
- Participate
in audit where appropriate