Job summary
Crawley Care Collaborative PCN are looking for a Senior Clinical Pharmacist to join their team.
The post holder will work across two of the network practices with each of the practice teams and will be
assigned a lead clinical and operational contact for each contract.
ABC as the employer will provide support and
ensure access to the NHS England training programme as well as a local network of Clinical Pharmacists
working in general practice. Dependent on recruitment the post holder will work with a further clinical
pharmacist at a more junior level providing support and mentorship for this individual.
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.
This contract is until 31st March 2024.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is an experienced pharmacist, who acts within their professional boundaries. The post holder
will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role. The post holder will take responsibility
for areas of chronic disease management within the practice and undertake clinical medication reviews to
proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy, especially for older people, people in residential
care homes and those with multiple co-morbidities.
The post holder will provide primary support to general practice staff with regards to prescription and
medication queries. They will help support the repeat prescriptions system, deal with acute prescription
requests, medicine reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in
clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of patients in the GP practices.
The post holder will ensure that the practice integrates with community and hospital pharmacy to help utilise
skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage workload. The role
is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and passion to
deliver excellent service within general practice.
Please see full Job Description for further information.
About us
Alliance for Better Care Ltd (ABC) is the federation of the 44 East Surrey, Crawley Horsham and Mid Sussex GP practices, established in 2014, and now comprising twelve Primary Care Networks. ABC provide employment and management support to the Crawley Care Collaborative PCN comprising the following practices:
- Leacroft Medical Practice
- Bridge Medical Centre
- Southgate Medical Group
- Langley Corner Surgery
Job description
Job responsibilities
Primary Duties and Areas of Responsibility (from start of post)
Patient facing long-term condition clinics:
• See patients in multi‐morbidity clinics and in partnership with primary healthcare colleagues and implement improvements to patient’s medicines, including de-prescribing.
• Manage own case load and run long-term condition clinics where responsible for prescribing as an independent prescriber for conditions where medicines have a large component (e.g. medicine optimisation for stable angina symptom control, warfarin monitoring and dose adjustment for patients requiring long‐term anticoagulants).
• Review the on-going need for each medicine, a review of monitoring needs and an opportunity to support patients with their medicines ensuring they get the best use of their medicines (i.e. medicines optimisation).
• Whilst carrying out the above ensure document appropriately to support achievement of relevant QOF targets.
Patient facing Clinical Medication Review:
• Undertake Structured Medication Reviews with patients with multi‐morbidity and polypharmacy and implement own prescribing changes (as an independent prescriber) and order relevant monitoring tests.
Patient facing care/residential home clinical medication reviews:
• Future potential to manage own caseload of care home residents.
- Support and work with CCG Medicines Management (MM) Team to undertake clinical medication reviews with patients with multi‐morbidity and polypharmacy and implement own prescribing changes (as an independent prescriber) and order relevant monitoring tests.
Patient facing medicines support:
• Provide patient facing clinics for those with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines in the practice.
Telephone medicines support:
• Provide telephone support for patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines
Please see full Job Description for further information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Primary Duties and Areas of Responsibility (from start of post)
Patient facing long-term condition clinics:
• See patients in multi‐morbidity clinics and in partnership with primary healthcare colleagues and implement improvements to patient’s medicines, including de-prescribing.
• Manage own case load and run long-term condition clinics where responsible for prescribing as an independent prescriber for conditions where medicines have a large component (e.g. medicine optimisation for stable angina symptom control, warfarin monitoring and dose adjustment for patients requiring long‐term anticoagulants).
• Review the on-going need for each medicine, a review of monitoring needs and an opportunity to support patients with their medicines ensuring they get the best use of their medicines (i.e. medicines optimisation).
• Whilst carrying out the above ensure document appropriately to support achievement of relevant QOF targets.
Patient facing Clinical Medication Review:
• Undertake Structured Medication Reviews with patients with multi‐morbidity and polypharmacy and implement own prescribing changes (as an independent prescriber) and order relevant monitoring tests.
Patient facing care/residential home clinical medication reviews:
• Future potential to manage own caseload of care home residents.
- Support and work with CCG Medicines Management (MM) Team to undertake clinical medication reviews with patients with multi‐morbidity and polypharmacy and implement own prescribing changes (as an independent prescriber) and order relevant monitoring tests.
Patient facing medicines support:
• Provide patient facing clinics for those with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines in the practice.
Telephone medicines support:
• Provide telephone support for patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines
Please see full Job Description for further information.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent
- Independent prescriber
- Completed Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway/CPPE
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience
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
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare
- An appreciation of the nature of GPs and General Practice
- 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
- Recognise 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
- Produce timely and informative reports
- 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 and direct service provision
Other
Essential
- Self-motivation
- Adaptable
- Full driving license
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent
- Independent prescriber
- Completed Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway/CPPE
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience
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
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare
- An appreciation of the nature of GPs and General Practice
- 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
- Recognise 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
- Produce timely and informative reports
- 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 and direct service provision
Other
Essential
- Self-motivation
- Adaptable
- Full driving license
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).
