Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic, committed and motivated Clinical Pharmacist to join the team at Leyland Primary Care Network (PCN) to develop medicines optimisation services.
You must have experience of working in a similar role in General Practice or prove you have the potential and right skill set to undertake the role.
The successful candidate will have a patient facing role in managing long-term conditions; working directly with patients to assess and treat conditions, as well as promote self-care. You should have excellent written and verbal communication skills, experience of influencing others and conducting clinical medication reviews.
The successful candidate will join our current team of Clinical Pharmacists and will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to develop and run processes for repeat prescription re-authorisation, the management of medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing.
This role will
include delivering project work for the PCN around the Investment Impact Fund
(IIF) and the medicines safety module of the Quality Outcome Framework (QOF).
The Clinical Pharmacist will be aligned to our Sandy Lane and Central Park practices but may be required to provide support to other practices within the PCN Core Practice membership.
Main duties of the job
The key aims for the clinical pharmacist are:
1. To assist in the medicines related workload with prescribing colleagues.
2. Increase safety and quality of prescribed medicines
3. Provide support on medicines related issues to the whole practice team
4. Be a point of contact for patients regarding medicines queries
They should support the following clinical work:
1. Clinical Medication Review
2. Chronic Disease Management (for example, managing hypertension/Type 2 Diabetes/Asthma/COPD patients, polypharmacy review)
3. Use appropriate CCG provided clinical templates within the EMIS Web Clinical System
4. Medicines reconciliation on transfer between care providers
They should also support the following practice development work:
Prescribing Safety, Clinical audit, Local Enhanced Services support
Lead on prescription management (systems and processes, ensuring monitoring is being done, supporting clerical staff)
About us
We
are a forward thinking, innovative and proactive PCN of GP Practices covering a
population of over 48,000 patients.
Operating
from 6 premises over the geographical footprint of Leyland, Clayton Brook and and the villages of
Eccleston and Croston, our aim is to provide exemplary patient care, finding
innovative solution in general practice to deliver the best care we can to our
patients.
Our
practices are: Central Park Surgery, Clayton Brook Surgery, Moss Side Medical Centre, Sandy Lane Surgery, the Village Surgeries of Eccleston & Croston and Worden Medical Centre.
As the role requires travel between our constituent practices, candidates must have access to their own transport with a full driving licence.
We offer excellent terms and conditions including annual leave of between 27-33 days per year plus Bank Holidays, free onsite parking, uniform, access to ongoing training and development.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Professional
advice
To work as part of
the PCN team to contribute to the care of patients with a focus on medicines
optimisation
To produce
evidence-based information on prescribing and medicines optimisation issues
for GP practice staff, community pharmacists and members of the public.
To act as a source
of medicines information for practice staff.
To liaise with specialist
medicines information services as required, in order to deal with more complex
queries.
To provide
medicines optimisation advice and input into the PCN and wider multidisciplinary
team.
Through structured
medication reviews, support patients to take their medications to get the
best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care.
Act as a source of
medicines information for patients (e.g. regarding doses, side effects,
adverse events, possible alternatives for out of stocks).
Prescribing
support
To use practice
clinical computer systems as required to identify and monitor prescribing
issues at a PCN level
To contribute to
implementation of prescribing action plans within the PCN
practices which promote and implement high
quality prescribing and medicines optimisation, in conjunction with ICB medicines management colleagues.
To provide support
to the PCN to achieve targets in relation to areas within the medicines optimisation
action plan and national guidelines and targets such as NSFs, NICE guidance.
To develop and
deliver training of medicines optimisation issues for practice staff.
Support adherence
with national and local guidance and pathway to improve the quality, safety
and cost effectiveness of prescribing.
Work with primary
care professional and patients to implement NICE and other evidence based
guidelines.
Clinical
Services
To identify
patients, with a prior differential diagnosis by another healthcare professional
that would benefit from medication review optimise the medication as appropriate
utilising independent prescribing skills where appropriate.
To provide the
medication review as above in a range of settings including clinics, home visits
and care home visits.
Contribute to
reductions in medicine related hospital admissions and readmissions by
supporting patients to get the best outcomes from their medicines by
identifying and addressing medicines related issues.
Work with
community and primary care colleagues to support patients identified as high
need such as those with long term conditions.
Clinical
Governance
To be the
individual responsible for the dissemination of alerts from the Medicines and
Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, the National Patient Safety Agency and
the Chief Medical Officer. Each alert will contain an indication of the
timescales or urgency with which it should be actioned. The alert should be
distributed within this timescale. The individual will decide whether EMIS
searches need to be run in a timely manner to identify affected patients and
take appropriate actions as needed.
To contribute to
minimising the risks associated with medicines use, by reviewing prescribing
systems and identifying areas of risk, then providing training to practice staff
to modify their systems to manage these risks.
To contribute to
the development of policies and procedures to promote and monitor the safe
and secure handling of medicines throughout the practice.
Contribute to the
audit programme within the practice.
Research
and development
To participate in
the evaluation of the pilot programme by monitoring the defined indicators as
per NHS England.
To contribute to
the practice audit plan.
Professional
Supervision
To provide
professional supervision and support to the other GP clinical pharmacists
within the PCN as they join over the next few years.
To encourage the
sharing of good practice and peer review within the local PCN clinical
pharmacist network.
Other
duties
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 workloads.
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).
To undertake
ad-hoc projects, as agreed with line managers.
To work in a
professional manner complying with confidentiality and data protection policies
and guidance.
To undertake any
other duties relevant to medicines optimisation as agreed with line managers.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Professional
advice
To work as part of
the PCN team to contribute to the care of patients with a focus on medicines
optimisation
To produce
evidence-based information on prescribing and medicines optimisation issues
for GP practice staff, community pharmacists and members of the public.
To act as a source
of medicines information for practice staff.
To liaise with specialist
medicines information services as required, in order to deal with more complex
queries.
To provide
medicines optimisation advice and input into the PCN and wider multidisciplinary
team.
Through structured
medication reviews, support patients to take their medications to get the
best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care.
Act as a source of
medicines information for patients (e.g. regarding doses, side effects,
adverse events, possible alternatives for out of stocks).
Prescribing
support
To use practice
clinical computer systems as required to identify and monitor prescribing
issues at a PCN level
To contribute to
implementation of prescribing action plans within the PCN
practices which promote and implement high
quality prescribing and medicines optimisation, in conjunction with ICB medicines management colleagues.
To provide support
to the PCN to achieve targets in relation to areas within the medicines optimisation
action plan and national guidelines and targets such as NSFs, NICE guidance.
To develop and
deliver training of medicines optimisation issues for practice staff.
Support adherence
with national and local guidance and pathway to improve the quality, safety
and cost effectiveness of prescribing.
Work with primary
care professional and patients to implement NICE and other evidence based
guidelines.
Clinical
Services
To identify
patients, with a prior differential diagnosis by another healthcare professional
that would benefit from medication review optimise the medication as appropriate
utilising independent prescribing skills where appropriate.
To provide the
medication review as above in a range of settings including clinics, home visits
and care home visits.
Contribute to
reductions in medicine related hospital admissions and readmissions by
supporting patients to get the best outcomes from their medicines by
identifying and addressing medicines related issues.
Work with
community and primary care colleagues to support patients identified as high
need such as those with long term conditions.
Clinical
Governance
To be the
individual responsible for the dissemination of alerts from the Medicines and
Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, the National Patient Safety Agency and
the Chief Medical Officer. Each alert will contain an indication of the
timescales or urgency with which it should be actioned. The alert should be
distributed within this timescale. The individual will decide whether EMIS
searches need to be run in a timely manner to identify affected patients and
take appropriate actions as needed.
To contribute to
minimising the risks associated with medicines use, by reviewing prescribing
systems and identifying areas of risk, then providing training to practice staff
to modify their systems to manage these risks.
To contribute to
the development of policies and procedures to promote and monitor the safe
and secure handling of medicines throughout the practice.
Contribute to the
audit programme within the practice.
Research
and development
To participate in
the evaluation of the pilot programme by monitoring the defined indicators as
per NHS England.
To contribute to
the practice audit plan.
Professional
Supervision
To provide
professional supervision and support to the other GP clinical pharmacists
within the PCN as they join over the next few years.
To encourage the
sharing of good practice and peer review within the local PCN clinical
pharmacist network.
Other
duties
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 workloads.
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).
To undertake
ad-hoc projects, as agreed with line managers.
To work in a
professional manner complying with confidentiality and data protection policies
and guidance.
To undertake any
other duties relevant to medicines optimisation as agreed with line managers.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Completion of an undergraduate degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
Desirable
- Membership Primary Care Pharmacy Association (PCPA)
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Minimum of two years experience as a pharmacist, demonstrated within a practice portfolio
- May hold or be working towards an independent prescribing qualification
- May hold or be working towards a post-graduate qualification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of two years experience as a pharmacist, demonstrated within a practice portfolio
- Experience and an awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-terms conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice
- Demonstrates ability to integrate general practice with community and hospital pharmacy teams community groups
- Experience of partnership/collaborative working and of building relationships across a variety of organisations
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare
- Knowledge of IT systems, including ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet to create simple plans and reports
- Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information.
- Understand the principles of research governance
- Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively with people at all levels by telephone, email and face to face
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiation skills, organisational skills with the ability to constructively challenge the view and practices of managers and clinicians
- Effective time management (planning and organising)
- Demonstrate personal accountability, emotional resilience and work well under pressure
- Able to provide leadership and to finish work tasks
Desirable
- Good clinical system IT knowledge of EMIS
- Understanding of the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on communities
- Able to plan, manage, monitor and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Completion of an undergraduate degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
Desirable
- Membership Primary Care Pharmacy Association (PCPA)
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Minimum of two years experience as a pharmacist, demonstrated within a practice portfolio
- May hold or be working towards an independent prescribing qualification
- May hold or be working towards a post-graduate qualification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of two years experience as a pharmacist, demonstrated within a practice portfolio
- Experience and an awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-terms conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice
- Demonstrates ability to integrate general practice with community and hospital pharmacy teams community groups
- Experience of partnership/collaborative working and of building relationships across a variety of organisations
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare
- Knowledge of IT systems, including ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet to create simple plans and reports
- Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information.
- Understand the principles of research governance
- Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively with people at all levels by telephone, email and face to face
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiation skills, organisational skills with the ability to constructively challenge the view and practices of managers and clinicians
- Effective time management (planning and organising)
- Demonstrate personal accountability, emotional resilience and work well under pressure
- Able to provide leadership and to finish work tasks
Desirable
- Good clinical system IT knowledge of EMIS
- Understanding of the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on communities
- Able to plan, manage, monitor and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions
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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.
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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).
