Lead Clinical Pharmacist

Job responsibilities

Leadership:

Provide proactive leadership on medicines and prescribing systems to the PCN and multidisciplinary team, patient and carers

Lead on the development and roll out of patient facing services and clinics which improve patients outcomes

Line Manage the Clinical Pharmacy team and Pharmacy technicians, providing structured regular supervisions, appraisals and ensure clinical supervision is available and relevant.

Deliver training, monitoring and guidance to the Pharmacy team and direct and oversee the work of this team and the Pharmacy technicians, ensuring their time is utilised effectively across the PCN.

Working in partnership with the PCN Manger, managing the Pharmaceutical elements of the DES/ IIF ensuring all monitoring is completed, concerns and issues are raised in a timely manner and offer a solution focussed service.

Be the main contact for Practices with Pharmacist related requirements including but not limited to: recruitment, inductions, staffing rotas, issues/ concerns in performance, work load and work focus

Clinical:

Provide pharmaceutical consultations to patients with long term conditions as an integral part of multidisciplinary team

Deliver high quality medication reviews and develop bespoke medicines treatment plans for patients (particularly the elderly, complex patients, and those at high risk of admission)

Provide a high quality prescribing service, supporting the GP team as and when required

Organise and oversee the medicines optimisation system including repeat prescribing and medication reviews system

Improve the safety and quality of prescribing following hospital admissions and attendance

Improve the quality and effectiveness of prescribing through clinical audit and education to improve performance against NICE standards, prescribing guidance and other clinical standards

Contribute to the achievement and maintenance of good to outstanding CQC registration status.

Self -development:

Develop yourself and the role through participation in clinical supervision, training and CPD

Manage your time effectively to ensure opportunities for growth

Research and offer suggestions for development and training opportunities

Experience

Essential

• In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence - based healthcare.
• An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing.
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients).
• Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions.
• Good IT skills.
• Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information.
• Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate.
• Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines.
• Gain acceptance for recommendations and influence/motivate/persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations/agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers.
• Work effectively, independently and as a team member.
• Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise.
• Meets DBS reference standards and has a clear criminal record, in line with the law on spent convictions
• Scheduling and rota management.
• Adaptable.
• Self-Motivation.
• Safeguarding and other mandatory training.
• Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis, including to visit people in their own homes.
• Immunisation status

Desirable

• An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practices.
• Produce timely and informative reports.
• Professional leadership.
• Mentoring.

Qualifications

Essential

• Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Candidates should be able to align their skills with those highlighted in the Multi-Professional Framework for ACP.
• Relevant degree qualification.
• Independent prescriber.
• Completion of CPPE Pathway or provide evidence of exemption.

Desirable

• Membership Primary Care Pharmacy Association (PCPA).
• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
• Minimum of 4 years post - qualification experience.
• MSc. Advanced Clinical Practice.

Qualifications

Essential

• Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Candidates should be able to align their skills with those highlighted in the Multi-Professional Framework for ACP.
• Relevant degree qualification.
• Independent prescriber.
• Completion of CPPE Pathway or provide evidence of exemption.

Desirable

• Membership Primary Care Pharmacy Association (PCPA).
• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
• Minimum of 4 years post - qualification experience.
• MSc. Advanced Clinical Practice.

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).