PCN Clinical Pharmacist

Job summary

The post holder will work with the wider Greater Middlesbrough Primary Care Network (PCN) team to ensure that all aspects of the Primary Care Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service and its associated service specifications, relevant to this post, are realised.

The post holder will take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management within practices and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy.

The post holder will provide primary support to general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries and help support the repeat prescription system. They will deal with acute prescription requests and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care for patients. They will support the development and delivery of systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice whilst addressing both public and social care needs of patients in primary care.

The post holder will provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement and manage some aspects of the Quality and Outcomes Framework and Investment and Impact Fund where appropriate.

The role is pivotal to improving quality of care for patients and operational efficiencies within primary care and therefore requires motivation and passion to deliver excellent service within general practice.

Main duties of the job

Responsibilities may include but not be limited to the following:

See patients with LTC(s) where medicines optimisation is required and review the on-going need for each medicine, making recommendations to GPs for medicine improvement where appropriate

Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and make recommendations on prescribing and monitoring

Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration

Attend and refer patients to multidisciplinary team meetings

Where appropriate and required, provide patient facing clinics and / or phone consultations for those with questions and concerns about their medicines in the practice

Reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into care homes

Manage caseload of patients with common/self-limiting/minor ailments while working within a scope of practice and limits of competence – signposting to community pharmacy and referring to GPs or other healthcare professionals where appropriate

Set up and manage systems to ensure continuity of medicines supply to high-risk groups of patients identification of cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through pre-prepared practice computer searches

About us

Would you be interested in joining our friendly team of multidisciplinary healthcare professionals to deliver medicines optimisation services across a network of GP practices. Greater Middlesbrough PCN is looking for dynamic clinical pharmacists to join our highly skilled and experienced team of primary care clinicians. An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our network; if you are interested in developing your skills in primary care then we would love to hear from you.  We are looking for experienced and motivated clinical pharmacists to join our existing team to support our GPs and the wider primary care workforce. Working within your professional boundaries, you will be responsible for working collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary primary care teams across practices within the PCN.   If you are committed and enthusiastic & looking for an exciting role within an evolving and innovative primary care setting; and if you are interested in progressing your development and contributing to the development of innovative models of primary healthcare in Middlesbrough, then we would be delighted to hear from you.