Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Pharmacist to join the Care Collaborative Primary Care Network. The post
holder will report to the Senior Clinical Pharmacist and GP Clinical Lead within
the Primary Care Network for clinical supervision. They will also have strong
working relationships with the Practice Managers and other clinicians in the
network.
Alliance for Better Care CIC will provide consistent employment support
throughout the appointment.
As part of the clinical duties in both roles, the successful candidates
will join the multi-disciplinary staff in providing comprehensive care and will
work with patients, carers, and families.
ABC
as employer will provide support and ensure access to the NHSE England training
programme as well as a local network of Clinical Pharmacists working in general
practice.
This post is part of the Additional Roles
Reimbursement Scheme for Primary Care Networks funded by NHS England and
includes funded access to the Clinical Pharmacist Training Pathway for any
further modules required to complete the pathway.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is a Pharmacist, who acts within their professional boundaries, supporting and working alongside a team of pharmacists in general practice. In this role they will be supported by a Senior Clinical Pharmacist.
The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role.
This is a fixed term role until 31st March 2024.
Full and part time considered.
About us
Alliance for Better Care CIC (ABC) is the federation of the 44 East Surrey, Crawley, Horsham, and Mid Sussex GP practices, established in 2014, and now comprising 12 Primary Care Networks. ABC provide employment and management support to the Primary Care Network comprising the following practices:
- Greystone House Surgery
- Moat House
- The Wall House Surgery
Job description
Job responsibilities
PCN Care Home/Anticipatory Care Pharmacist Responsibilities:
- To promote high quality, safe, evidence based and cost-effective prescribing in a care home setting and ensure prescribing conforms to relevant legislation
- Responsible for ensuring the development and delivery of the medicines optimisation agenda in Care Homes/Anticipatory Care and liaising with partners and other stakeholders on a regular basis
- Ensuring that relevant activity and outcome data is recorded and reported in a timely fashion
- To attend the Anticipatory Care Home MDT weekly, supporting the multi-disciplinary team
- To work closely with the Senior PCN Clinical Pharmacist and the Anticipatory Care GP
- Ensuring the PCN meet the requirement as specified in the EHCH (Enhanced Health in Care Homes) Specification and the Anticipatory Care Specification
- To answer care home medicines queries, both urgent and non-urgent to a variety of people (by email, telephone, verbal, written)
- Plan, organise and conduct clinical and structured medication reviews with the aim of reducing unnecessary polypharmacy, either remotely or/and face to face
- Work with autonomy organising and planning work projects, meetings and training sessions for care home and clinical staff
- To liaise with care homes and EHCH colleagues to provide medicine support, information and training
- Support the EHCH team to develop strong multidisciplinary working relationships with stakeholders and partners, e.g. Care Homes, GP Surgeries, Community Pharmacists, PCN Pharmacists, Local Authority, Commissioners and Clinical Governance Leads
- Plan and conduct structured medication reviews (SMRs), cost-effective prescribing and de-prescribing of medications
- Lead audits across the PCN to improve quality
PCN Primary Care Pharmacist responsibilities:
- Support practices with clinical and structured medication reviews and prioritise these based on PCN goals
- Deal with a wide range of medication queries from patients and staff, face to face or by telephone
- Support and be involved with management of common/minor/self-limiting ailments via triage
- Ensure patients receive timely post discharge medication reconciliation and correct transcribing of medication from clinic letters
- Participate in service development in the PCN practices e.g. patient information leaflets, treatment pathways, prescribing guidance
- Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in areas directed by the GPs, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the relevant practice team
- Monitor practice prescribing against the local health economy’s RAG list and make recommendations to GPs for medicines that should be prescribed by hospital doctors (red drugs) or subject to shared care (amber drugs)
- Support other healthcare professionals in the primary care team with medication optimisation and proactive support for teaching new members of staff
- Provide leadership to non-clinical staff with dealing with repeat prescriptions and queries from patients
Please see the full job description for further information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
PCN Care Home/Anticipatory Care Pharmacist Responsibilities:
- To promote high quality, safe, evidence based and cost-effective prescribing in a care home setting and ensure prescribing conforms to relevant legislation
- Responsible for ensuring the development and delivery of the medicines optimisation agenda in Care Homes/Anticipatory Care and liaising with partners and other stakeholders on a regular basis
- Ensuring that relevant activity and outcome data is recorded and reported in a timely fashion
- To attend the Anticipatory Care Home MDT weekly, supporting the multi-disciplinary team
- To work closely with the Senior PCN Clinical Pharmacist and the Anticipatory Care GP
- Ensuring the PCN meet the requirement as specified in the EHCH (Enhanced Health in Care Homes) Specification and the Anticipatory Care Specification
- To answer care home medicines queries, both urgent and non-urgent to a variety of people (by email, telephone, verbal, written)
- Plan, organise and conduct clinical and structured medication reviews with the aim of reducing unnecessary polypharmacy, either remotely or/and face to face
- Work with autonomy organising and planning work projects, meetings and training sessions for care home and clinical staff
- To liaise with care homes and EHCH colleagues to provide medicine support, information and training
- Support the EHCH team to develop strong multidisciplinary working relationships with stakeholders and partners, e.g. Care Homes, GP Surgeries, Community Pharmacists, PCN Pharmacists, Local Authority, Commissioners and Clinical Governance Leads
- Plan and conduct structured medication reviews (SMRs), cost-effective prescribing and de-prescribing of medications
- Lead audits across the PCN to improve quality
PCN Primary Care Pharmacist responsibilities:
- Support practices with clinical and structured medication reviews and prioritise these based on PCN goals
- Deal with a wide range of medication queries from patients and staff, face to face or by telephone
- Support and be involved with management of common/minor/self-limiting ailments via triage
- Ensure patients receive timely post discharge medication reconciliation and correct transcribing of medication from clinic letters
- Participate in service development in the PCN practices e.g. patient information leaflets, treatment pathways, prescribing guidance
- Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in areas directed by the GPs, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the relevant practice team
- Monitor practice prescribing against the local health economy’s RAG list and make recommendations to GPs for medicines that should be prescribed by hospital doctors (red drugs) or subject to shared care (amber drugs)
- Support other healthcare professionals in the primary care team with medication optimisation and proactive support for teaching new members of staff
- Provide leadership to non-clinical staff with dealing with repeat prescriptions and queries from patients
Please see the full job description for further information.
Person Specification
Research and Evaluation
Essential
- Demonstrates ability to critically evaluate and review literature
- Demonstrates ability to identify where there is a gap in the evidence base to support practice
- Demonstrates ability to generate evidence suitable for presentation at local level
- Demonstrates ability to apply the research evidence base into working practice
- Demonstrates understanding of the principles of research governance
- Demonstrates ability to work as a member of the research team
Qualifications
Essential
- Undergraduate degree in Pharmacy (MPharm)
Desirable
- Clinical Diploma
- Postgraduate Certificate in Pharmacy Practice
- Independent Prescriber
Skills, Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years experience post-qualification
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based medicine and healthcare
- Good knowledge of service developments in medicines, prescribing, NHS policy and other relevant policy directives
- A good understanding of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
- Ability to solve problems effectively and timely and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and when to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate
- Excellent understanding and implementation of legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct
- Good understanding of patient centred care and impact on care quality and outcomes
- Good understanding of patients role in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence as per NICE guidance
- 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)
- Ability to plan, prioritise, manage, monitor, advise and review clinical and general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions
- Good IT skills
- Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
- Able to work under pressure and challenging situations to meet deadlines
- Produce timely and informative reports
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
- Experience of committees/working groups
- Drug information experience
- Experience in writing complex and high quality reports
- Experience in audit, research and analysis of highly complex information related to improving clinical quality
Desirable
- Experience in supervising staff
- Experience of independent patient consultation, review and recommendations/prescribing
Leadership
Essential
- Demonstrates understanding of the pharmacy role in governance and is able to implement this appropriately within the workplace
- Demonstrates understanding of, and contributes to organisational vision
- Demonstrates ability to improve quality within limitations of service
- Reviews progress and develops clear plans to achieve results within priorities set by others
- Demonstrates ability to motivate self to achieve goals
Management
Essential
- Demonstrates understanding of the implications of national priorities for the team and/or service
- Demonstrates understanding of the process for effective resource utilisation
- Demonstrates understanding of, and conforms to, relevant standards of practice
Desirable
- Demonstrates ability to identify and resolve risk management issues according to policy/protocol
Professional Registration
Essential
- Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- A member of or working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Person Specification
Research and Evaluation
Essential
- Demonstrates ability to critically evaluate and review literature
- Demonstrates ability to identify where there is a gap in the evidence base to support practice
- Demonstrates ability to generate evidence suitable for presentation at local level
- Demonstrates ability to apply the research evidence base into working practice
- Demonstrates understanding of the principles of research governance
- Demonstrates ability to work as a member of the research team
Qualifications
Essential
- Undergraduate degree in Pharmacy (MPharm)
Desirable
- Clinical Diploma
- Postgraduate Certificate in Pharmacy Practice
- Independent Prescriber
Skills, Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years experience post-qualification
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based medicine and healthcare
- Good knowledge of service developments in medicines, prescribing, NHS policy and other relevant policy directives
- A good understanding of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
- Ability to solve problems effectively and timely and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and when to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate
- Excellent understanding and implementation of legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct
- Good understanding of patient centred care and impact on care quality and outcomes
- Good understanding of patients role in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence as per NICE guidance
- 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)
- Ability to plan, prioritise, manage, monitor, advise and review clinical and general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions
- Good IT skills
- Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
- Able to work under pressure and challenging situations to meet deadlines
- Produce timely and informative reports
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
- Experience of committees/working groups
- Drug information experience
- Experience in writing complex and high quality reports
- Experience in audit, research and analysis of highly complex information related to improving clinical quality
Desirable
- Experience in supervising staff
- Experience of independent patient consultation, review and recommendations/prescribing
Leadership
Essential
- Demonstrates understanding of the pharmacy role in governance and is able to implement this appropriately within the workplace
- Demonstrates understanding of, and contributes to organisational vision
- Demonstrates ability to improve quality within limitations of service
- Reviews progress and develops clear plans to achieve results within priorities set by others
- Demonstrates ability to motivate self to achieve goals
Management
Essential
- Demonstrates understanding of the implications of national priorities for the team and/or service
- Demonstrates understanding of the process for effective resource utilisation
- Demonstrates understanding of, and conforms to, relevant standards of practice
Desirable
- Demonstrates ability to identify and resolve risk management issues according to policy/protocol
Professional Registration
Essential
- Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- A member of or working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
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
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Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
