Job summary
Due to the recent expansion of our site at Spofforth, The
Leeds Road Practice has an exciting opportunity to expand our pharmacy team. We
are looking for an enthusiastic clinical pharmacist to join our established
team of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
Main duties of the job
The
role of the clinical pharmacist in primary care is changing rapidly. The
provision of a prescription is the single most common outcome from a
consultation. Medicine monitoring and medicines safety has risen exponentially
over recent years and combined with the complexity of those living with
multiple long term conditions and frailty means clinical pharmacy is a core
part of general practice.
Primary
care needs to be ambitious to pro-actively help patients stay safe, well and
out of hospital as well as ensuring that general practice remains resilient in
their ability to provide the increasing range of services.
About us
The Leeds Road Practice has now been established for 50 years supporting the care of our patients across South Harrogate and the surrounding villages. We support a population of over 15,000 patients and provide care across 3 sites Leeds Road, Spofforth and Pannal. The new role would join our existing team of practice and PCN based pharmacists and technicians as well as our multidisciplinary team of GPs, ACPs (nurse and paramedic), Nurses, HCAs, PAs and phlebotomists. We support three local care homes through our PCN based care home team and provide a dispensing service to our patients living in our rural locality. We are a training practice supporting registrars, medical students and trainee pharmacists.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The following describes the key responsibilities that the
postholder will deliver and/or work towards delivering with supported and
on-going development.
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary
team in a patient facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using
their expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas.
- Take responsibility for the care
management of patients with chronic diseases and undertake clinical medication
reviews to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy, especially the
elderly, people in care homes and those with multiple co-morbidities
- Be a prescriber, or be willing to
undertake training to become a prescriber, and work with and alongside the
general practice team
- Provide specialist expertise in
the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the public health and
social care needs of patients to help in tackle inequality
- Provide leadership on
person-centred medicines optimisation (including ensuring prescribers in the
practice conserve antibiotics in line with local antimicrobial stewardship
guidance) and quality improvement, whilst contributing to the quality and
outcomes framework (QoF) and enhanced services
- Through structured medication
reviews, support patients to take their medications to get the best from them,
reduce waste and promote self care
- Have a leadership role in
supporting further integration of general practice with the wider healthcare
teams (including community and hospital pharmacy) to help improve patient
outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage general practice
workload
- Develop relationships and work
closely with other pharmacy professionals across neighbouring practices and the
wider health and social care system
- Take a central role in the
clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical research with medicines,
liaison with specialist pharmacists (including mental health and reduction of
inappropriate antipsychotic use in people with learning difficulties), liaison
with community pharmacists and anticoagulation
- To provide support to pharmacist
colleagues in the clinical aspects of medicine reviews, clinical audit, practice
research and governance
- Share outcomes of prescribing,
clinical, service and patient outcomes audits within our practice and across
the locality in order to drive service and practice improvement
- To respond to and act on MHRA
drug alerts, implementing and communicating any medication changes required as
a result
- To monitor medicines and
prescribing expenditure at practice level and propose efficiencies to ensure
delivery within budget.
- Be part of a professional
clinical network and have access to appropriate clinical supervision.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The following describes the key responsibilities that the
postholder will deliver and/or work towards delivering with supported and
on-going development.
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary
team in a patient facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using
their expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas.
- Take responsibility for the care
management of patients with chronic diseases and undertake clinical medication
reviews to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy, especially the
elderly, people in care homes and those with multiple co-morbidities
- Be a prescriber, or be willing to
undertake training to become a prescriber, and work with and alongside the
general practice team
- Provide specialist expertise in
the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the public health and
social care needs of patients to help in tackle inequality
- Provide leadership on
person-centred medicines optimisation (including ensuring prescribers in the
practice conserve antibiotics in line with local antimicrobial stewardship
guidance) and quality improvement, whilst contributing to the quality and
outcomes framework (QoF) and enhanced services
- Through structured medication
reviews, support patients to take their medications to get the best from them,
reduce waste and promote self care
- Have a leadership role in
supporting further integration of general practice with the wider healthcare
teams (including community and hospital pharmacy) to help improve patient
outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage general practice
workload
- Develop relationships and work
closely with other pharmacy professionals across neighbouring practices and the
wider health and social care system
- Take a central role in the
clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical research with medicines,
liaison with specialist pharmacists (including mental health and reduction of
inappropriate antipsychotic use in people with learning difficulties), liaison
with community pharmacists and anticoagulation
- To provide support to pharmacist
colleagues in the clinical aspects of medicine reviews, clinical audit, practice
research and governance
- Share outcomes of prescribing,
clinical, service and patient outcomes audits within our practice and across
the locality in order to drive service and practice improvement
- To respond to and act on MHRA
drug alerts, implementing and communicating any medication changes required as
a result
- To monitor medicines and
prescribing expenditure at practice level and propose efficiencies to ensure
delivery within budget.
- Be part of a professional
clinical network and have access to appropriate clinical supervision.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Pharmacist with GPhC
- Masters in Pharmacy degree
Desirable
- Independent prescribing
- Membership Primary Care Pharmacy Association (PCPA)
- Specialist knowledge through a postgraduate diploma or equivalent
Other Requirements
Essential
- Successful Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
- To maintain confidentiality at all times
- Full UK driving licence
Experience
Essential
- Compiling protocols and clinical guidelines
- Audit
Desirable
- Post registration experience
- Recent primary care or applicable experience
- Use of SystmOne or other clinical system
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Pharmacist with GPhC
- Masters in Pharmacy degree
Desirable
- Independent prescribing
- Membership Primary Care Pharmacy Association (PCPA)
- Specialist knowledge through a postgraduate diploma or equivalent
Other Requirements
Essential
- Successful Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
- To maintain confidentiality at all times
- Full UK driving licence
Experience
Essential
- Compiling protocols and clinical guidelines
- Audit
Desirable
- Post registration experience
- Recent primary care or applicable experience
- Use of SystmOne or other 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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
