Job responsibilities
JOB DESCRIPTION
Job
Title:
PCN Clinical Pharmacist Prescriber
Team:
Reporting to: Pharmacy Team Leader
Responsible to:
Business Manager
for Townships 2 Primary
Care
Network
Accountable to:
Township 2 PCN
member practices
Location:
Practices within
the Primary Care
Network
Salary:
Depending on experience
Hours:
8 to 21 hours per
week
Contract Length:
Permanent
JOB SUMMARY
The Clinical
Pharmacist will work closely with the
PCN Pharmacy Team and will provide
clinical support to the pharmacy technicians and clinicians. The pharmacist will support the PCN and practice clinical
team with queries
around medication, acute prescription requests and medicines
reconciliation following discharge from another care provider, medication
reviews, supporting self-care, minimising clinical risk, answering complex
medicines queries, and aiming to reduce wasted medicines. The post holder must be a prescriber.
The post holder
will be undertaking structured medication reviews, improving medicine
optimisation and safety,
supporting care homes,
as well as running practice
clinics, as set out
in the national service specification structured medication reviews in the GP
contract. You will also be actioning
acute prescription requests and conducting medicines reconciliation.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
The following are
the core responsibilities of the PCN Clinical Pharmacist. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks.
This will be dependent upon factors such as
workload and staffing levels:
To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team whilst in a supporting function to the Pharmacy
Team and other clinicians and within agreed procedures
Undertake medication reviews to support improved
patient outcomes including:
increased medication adherence
stopping medications that are causing harm,
Participate in pharmacy meetings, and
other meetings to improve engagement and to promote issues relevant to
prescribing and medicines optimisation.
Support the Medicines Optimisation
team in the delivery of the Medicines Optimisation strategy in Sheffield.
Handle function specific information, which may be sensitive, complex or confidential and appropriately
recording, transferring and/or coordinating such information in accordance with
the Data Protection Act; Caldecott Guidelines and the Confidentiality Code of
Conduct
Be
responsible for the organisation, planning
and of own workload to meet set
deadlines.
Utilise GP practice clinical
systems to conduct
prescribing audits e.g. SystmOne/Emis.
Ensure that all major MHRA drug alerts,
where appropriate and within levels
of competence, are acted upon within practices
over an appropriate time
frame and to advise on any medication changes that occur as a result.
Undertake training and development, to
ensure the required knowledge and skills for practice-based work.
Carry out other duties which are
appropriate to the skills and competencies of the post holder and grade.
Establish and maintain effective
working relationships with GP practices, CCG and other healthcare
professionals/stakeholders across the PCN.
Provide direct support and advice to GP practices and health professionals to promote and implement high quality prescribing to
the benefit of patients.
Provide peer support to other clinical
pharmacists in the PCN