Job summary
An exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic Clinical
Pharmacist has arisen to join our team. The working hours for this position are
full time, flexible.
This position will support our clinical teams dealing with day-to-day
acute conditions alongside medication management including post discharge
synchronisation, medication reviews and repeat prescribing.
We are looking for an individual who has excellent communication skills and
adaptability to the ever-changing NHS. We will provide a friendly and
supportive environment to work in alongside development and training. You will work alongside our existing clinical pharmacists supporting our practices with medicines management.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will manage and undertake the following duties:
- Clinical medication management and optimisation
- Acute and minor aliment clinics within the candidates competency
framework
- Deal with incoming hospital discharges and third-party letters
- Repeat prescribing
- Supporting with QOF work
- Medicine safety and quality audits
- Care Quality Commission work
- Contractual target-based work
- Deal with medicine related queries
The successful applicant willwork within their clinical competencies as part of
a multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in clinical medicines
management, provide face to face and telephone structured medication reviews,
manage long-term conditions, ensure systems for safe prescribing, addressing
public health and social care needs of patients at the practice. The
post-holder will perform review of patients with polypharmacy especially for
older people, people in residential care homes and those with multiple
co-morbidities.
About us
As the biggest provider of GP services in the North West, we are proud to have 40+ surgeries all rated by the CQC as either Outstanding or Good.
SSP Health cares for over 220,000 patients. We pioneered federated practice almost 20 years ago, allowing us to innovate to both improve patient care and enhance the wellbeing of our GPs.
We have won many awards over the years, and recently won Clinical Improvement for Chronic Conditions GP Practice Award and were finalists at the HSJ Awards.
We have an excellent network of support available from our practices with opportunities for development available to those who are interested in progression
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder will work within their clinical competencies as part of
a multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in clinical medicines
management, provide face to face and telephone structured medication reviews,
manage long-term conditions, ensure systems for safe prescribing, addressing
public health and social care needs of patients at the practice. The
post-holder will perform review of patients with polypharmacy especially for
older people, people in residential care homes and those with multiple
co-morbidities.
This role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational
efficiencies so requires motivation to deliver an excellent service within
general practice.
Provide proactive leadership on medicines and prescribing systems to the
multidisciplinary team, patients and their carers.
Understand the pharmacy role in governance and be able to implement this
appropriately within the workplace
Maximise the use of technology and management systems to provide
management of safety, risk and information
Focusing on prevention of illness and personalised care, and supporting
patients to make informed decisions about their care and look after their own
health, by connecting them with the full range of statutory and voluntary
services
Deliver training and inform of prescribing updates, mentoring and
guidance to other clinicians and staff on medicine issues
Support the practices in improving the health of their patients through
the rational and safe use of medicines
Undertake responsibility for areas of QoF and Quality Contract and
undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with
complex polypharmacy
Co-ordinate and lead meetings ensuring key performance indicators are
identified and plans for achievement shared.
Work with the general practice team to ensure the practice is compliant
with CQC standards where medicines are involved
Provide advice for the GP management of more complex patients /
polypharmacy patients
Report medicines related incidents, contribute to investigations and
root cause analyses
Participate in serious incident investigations and multidisciplinary
case reviews
Computer data entry/data allocation and collation, processing and
recording information in accordance with practice procedures
Initiating contact with and responding to requests from patients, other
team members and associated healthcare professionals and providers
Participate in the primary care network MDT liaising with key
stake-holders to ensure consistency of patient care and benefit.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder will work within their clinical competencies as part of
a multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in clinical medicines
management, provide face to face and telephone structured medication reviews,
manage long-term conditions, ensure systems for safe prescribing, addressing
public health and social care needs of patients at the practice. The
post-holder will perform review of patients with polypharmacy especially for
older people, people in residential care homes and those with multiple
co-morbidities.
This role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational
efficiencies so requires motivation to deliver an excellent service within
general practice.
Provide proactive leadership on medicines and prescribing systems to the
multidisciplinary team, patients and their carers.
Understand the pharmacy role in governance and be able to implement this
appropriately within the workplace
Maximise the use of technology and management systems to provide
management of safety, risk and information
Focusing on prevention of illness and personalised care, and supporting
patients to make informed decisions about their care and look after their own
health, by connecting them with the full range of statutory and voluntary
services
Deliver training and inform of prescribing updates, mentoring and
guidance to other clinicians and staff on medicine issues
Support the practices in improving the health of their patients through
the rational and safe use of medicines
Undertake responsibility for areas of QoF and Quality Contract and
undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with
complex polypharmacy
Co-ordinate and lead meetings ensuring key performance indicators are
identified and plans for achievement shared.
Work with the general practice team to ensure the practice is compliant
with CQC standards where medicines are involved
Provide advice for the GP management of more complex patients /
polypharmacy patients
Report medicines related incidents, contribute to investigations and
root cause analyses
Participate in serious incident investigations and multidisciplinary
case reviews
Computer data entry/data allocation and collation, processing and
recording information in accordance with practice procedures
Initiating contact with and responding to requests from patients, other
team members and associated healthcare professionals and providers
Participate in the primary care network MDT liaising with key
stake-holders to ensure consistency of patient care and benefit.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within primary care
- Ability to manage and prioritise workload
- Proven ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Demonstrates understanding of the implications of local and national priorities for the practice and its population
- Demonstrates understanding of the pharmacy role in governance and is able to implement this appropriately within the workplace
- Good communication and record keeping skills
- Experience in using I.T based patient documentation systems
- Able to professionally and appropriately challenge differing opinions as a patient advocate.
- Experience and awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-terms conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice
- Able to work autonomously, using own clinical judgment to form clinical plan
- Dispensing skills as per protocols and patient group directives
- Knowledge of medical model of documentation
- Able to give appropriate telephone advice
- Understanding of health education/promotion
- Experience of following referral pathways
Desirable
- Experience of clinical audit and research projects
- Commitment to reducing health inequalities and proactively working with reach people from all communities
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in pharmacy with post graduate experience in pharmacy
- Medical prescriber
- Have completed CPPE-commissioned training pathway
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Committee
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Desirable
- Experience of Microsoft Office applications
- Experience of EMIS
- Able to promote a learning environment
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within primary care
- Ability to manage and prioritise workload
- Proven ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Demonstrates understanding of the implications of local and national priorities for the practice and its population
- Demonstrates understanding of the pharmacy role in governance and is able to implement this appropriately within the workplace
- Good communication and record keeping skills
- Experience in using I.T based patient documentation systems
- Able to professionally and appropriately challenge differing opinions as a patient advocate.
- Experience and awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-terms conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice
- Able to work autonomously, using own clinical judgment to form clinical plan
- Dispensing skills as per protocols and patient group directives
- Knowledge of medical model of documentation
- Able to give appropriate telephone advice
- Understanding of health education/promotion
- Experience of following referral pathways
Desirable
- Experience of clinical audit and research projects
- Commitment to reducing health inequalities and proactively working with reach people from all communities
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in pharmacy with post graduate experience in pharmacy
- Medical prescriber
- Have completed CPPE-commissioned training pathway
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Committee
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Desirable
- Experience of Microsoft Office applications
- Experience of EMIS
- Able to promote a learning 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).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
