Clinical Pharmacist

Job responsibilities

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

The post-holder will need to quickly become familiar with all functions of the Practice. There will be a need to work closely with all staff covering all departments in order to maintain appropriate levels of continuity and care.

Management of common/minor/self- limiting ailments

Telephone medicines support

Medicine information to practice staff and patients

Management of medicines at discharge from hospital

Signposting

Repeat prescribing

Risk stratification

Service development

Information management

Medicines quality improvement

Medicines safety

Implementation of local and national guidelines and formulary recommendations

Care Quality Commission

Public health

Support other members of the wider team as appropriate.

Training requirements will be monitored by yearly appraisal. Personal development will be encouraged and supported by the Practice. It is the individuals responsibility to remain up to date with recent developments.

Place of Work:

The main place of work will be based at Haresfield Surgery, but there may be times when travel is required to the practice branch Surgery in Kempsey.

Health & Safety:

Working within a healthcare environment, the post-holder must take responsibility for their own and others health, safety and security. This will include (but will not be limited to):

All staff within the department adhere to their individual responsibilities for infection control and health and safety, using a system of observation, audit and check, hazard identification, questioning, reporting and risk management.

Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of health and safety and infection control statutory and best practice guidelines and ensure implementation across the Practice.

Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines.

Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across the Practice.

Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills and initiate and manage the training of others in these areas.

Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards, and initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed.

Actively identifying, reporting on and correcting health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised.

Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, 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 staff.

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.

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 recognises 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 that is welcoming to the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Personal/Professional Development:

The post-holder will participate in any training program implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, 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 their own performance and take accountability for their own actions, either directly or under supervision.

Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on their own and the teams activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance.

Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patient needs.

Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.

Communication:

The post-holder should recognise 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.

Notes

This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities. This is a role which requires flexibility and adaptability, and it is expected that you will participate in a wide range of activities which are appropriate to your position, level of expertise and employment grade.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Honest and reliable.
• Flexible and cooperative
• Motivated and proactive
• Ability to use initiative and judgement
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to drive and deliver change effectively
• An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality.
• Ability to work without direct supervision and determine own workload priorities and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work as part of an integrated multi-skilled team.
• Adaptable, innovative, forward thinking and resilient.

Desirable

• Full UK driving licence

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong IT skills (generic)
• Excellent standard of grammar and spelling in the English language
• The ability to work effectively when busy and multi-task when required
• Work effectively independently and as a team member
• Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision
• The ability to deal with personal information sensitively and respect peoples right of confidentiality
• Excellent leadership skills
• Strategic thinker
• Proven problem solving & analytical skills
• Effective time management (Planning & Organising skills)
• Ability to develop, implement and embed policy and procedure
• Ability to motivate and train staff
• Ability to manage change.

Desirable

• Experience in using EMIS Clinical System
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills

Qualifications

Essential

• Mandatory Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPC)
• Masters Degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent
• Independent Prescribing Qualification

Desirable

• Leadership or Management qualification
• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Experience

Essential

• Experience of dealing directly with patients / customers
• Previous experience of working in a General Practice, NHS or Healthcare setting
• Previous experience that demonstrates accuracy and good attention to detail
• Experience in dealing with external organisations at management level.
• Experience of inducting, training and supporting staff.

Desirable

• In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence based healthcare
• An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
• Experience of working in a confidential environment

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).