Clinical Pharmacists

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key responsibilities

Provide clinical support to the surgeries within the Bridgwater Bay Primary Care Network as an independent pharmacist prescriber, consulting with patients by telephone and video consultation,

Provide clinical support to patients in care and nursing homes.

Carry out structured medication reviews for all patient cohorts.

Support the PCN practices to improve medicines reconciliation on discharge, formulary compliance, repeat prescribing management and medication reviews.

Support Bridgwater Bay PCN and Somerset ICB plans to reduce medicines waste in primary care.

Interpret and provide complex medicines information to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.

To provide information, advice and guidance on the safe, rational, effective and economical use of medicines.

Undertake clinical audit and other outcome measures to support patient care and safety.

Create and implement medicine related guidelines, policies and SOPs as appropriate to the different service areas.

Provide and receive complex, sensitive information and communication relating to pharmaceutical care of patients.

Provide prescribing service within sphere of competency to patients in primary care, as a pharmacist independent prescriber.

To develop, advise, agree and implement action plans at a practice level, monitor the effect of changes made and ensure that any benefits are maintained in the longer term. This will include:

Reviewing prescribing data for the practices to highlight areas where there is scope for improving the clinical effectiveness of prescribing.

Obtaining agreement with the practices to implement medicines optimisation projects with the overall aim of following national prescribing guidance and cost effective prescribing.

Advising GPs and other health professionals on cost effective prescribing and aiding rationalisation of drug choice via formulary/guideline/protocol development.

Record clinical activity, interventions, KPIs and to monitor the outcome of interventions.

Provide training on medicines on a regular basis to GP surgery staff, patients and carers in all relevant aspects of medicine use.

Support the pharmacy technicians working within the PCN.

To maintain knowledge of developments in pharmacy practice on a regular basis in line with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) CPD requirements

To fulfil the professional requirements of the Code of Ethics and Standards of Good professional Practice of the GPhC

The post holder will be responsible to the SHS Lead Pharmacist and Primary Care Network Clinical Director but will be expected to use their own initiative to make complex decisions within defined parameters with little supervision.

Requirement to participate in the national training scheme for pharmacists in primary care.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional registration with GPhC
• Certificate or MSc/Diploma Pharmacy Practice (or equivalent experience)
• Evidence of continued professional development (CPD)

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacist in primary care, community or hospital pharmacy
• At least 2 year post-registration pharmacy experience
• Clinical pharmacy experience
• Clinical audit experience
• Knowledge and understanding of Primary Care

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of the personalised care approach
• Knowledge of EMIS Web
• Knowledge of Teamnet
• Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
• Understanding of the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on communities, individuals, their families and carers
• Strong organisational skills, including planning, prioritising, time management and record keeping
• Knowledge of how the NHS works, including primary care and PCNs
• Ability to recognise and work within limits of competence and seek advice when needed
• Understanding of the needs of children with mental and emotional needs/ children with disabilities long term conditions particularly in relation to promoting their independence
• Knowledge of long term conditions and the complexities involved: medical, physical, emotional and social
• Knowledge of, and ability to work to policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance, and health and safety

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Bridgwater Bay Primary Care Network

Address

Victoria Park Health & Wellbeing Hub

Victoria Park Drive

Bridgwater

Somerset

TA6 7AS

Employer's website

https://www.bridgwaterbayhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)