Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for full details of this position.
JOB PURPOSE
Provide expertise in clinical medicines review and address public health and social needs of patients in the Practice
Reduce inappropriate poly-pharmacy and wasteful prescribing through clinical medication review
Reconcile medicines following hospital discharge and work with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge.
Contribute to reductions in medicine related hospital admissions and readmissions by supporting patients to get the best outcomes from their medicines and identifying and addressing medicines related issues
Interface with community and hospital pharmacy colleagues and develop referral processes between primary care professionals including the promotion of the repeat dispensing service
Oversee and support the dispensary function of the Practice
Oversee the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process, including reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates
Manage patients and health care professionals medicine queries
Increase quality and safety of prescribing through mechanisms such as audit and PDSA (PLAN DO STUDY ACT) cycles
Manage practice formularies to improve the quality, safety and cost effectiveness of prescribing
Implement drug withdrawals and alerts eg MHRA, aimed at improving medicines safety
Work with primary care professionals and patients to implement NICE and other evidence based guidelines
Work with Commissioning organisations and Stay Well Healthcare to comply with local medicines optimisation schemes and projects
Support and hold clinics where medicines are the main interventions eg asthma clinics
Contribute to multi-morbidity reviews and multidisciplinary reviews
Provide medicines information and training to Practice healthcare professionals and admin staff
Review daily Pathology results for patients on known medicines
Act as a source of medicines information for all of the practice team and patients (eg around doses, side effects, adverse events, possible alternatives eg around out of stocks)
Ultimately to undertake minor ailments triage; dealing with minor ailments and triaging patients appropriately
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
Working within the practice based team to undertake medication reviews particularly in high risk groups such as:
Frail elderly, Poly-pharmacy, Renal impairment, Hepatic impairment, Asthma, diabetes, hypertension and Rheumatoid and Dmard drug monitoring, Substance misuse, Patients on high risk medicines, STOPP/START identified patients and Revolving door Hospital admissions
Ensure patient safety when they are transferred between care providers through reconciliation of prescribed medicines
Lead for medicines optimisation scheme compliance, including care home support; discharge reviews; medication reviews; and QIPP
Qualifications and Training for the Role
NB: it is anticipated that the level of qualification held may vary according to the level of position and the components of the role being undertaken
Completion of an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy, and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Behavioral Competencies and Skills for this Job Expert Professional Practice
Demonstrates general pharmaceutical skills and knowledge in core areas
Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general pharmaceutical care programmes for patients in core areas, including disease states / long term conditions identified by local Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment
Collaborative Working Relationships
Recognises the roles of other colleagues within the organisation and their role to patient care
Demonstrates use of appropriate communication to gain the co-operation of relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and peer colleagues, and other professionals, other NHS/private organisations eg CCGs)
Where the South Worcestershire CCG has entered into an arrangement with Stay Well Healthcare for the provision of a service relevant to this role, it is assumed that the term CCG above, should apply to all other individuals working under that agreement.
Leadership
Demonstrates understanding of the pharmacy role in governance and is able to implement this appropriately within the workplace
Demonstrates understanding of, and contributes to, the workplace / practice vision
Demonstrates ability to improve quality within limitations of service
Reviews last years progress and develops clear plans to achieve results within set priorities
Demonstrates ability to motivate self to achieve goals
Management
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
Demonstrates ability to identify and resolve risk management issues according to policy/protocol
Follows professional and organisational policies/procedures relating to performance management
Demonstrates ability to extend boundaries of service delivery within the team
Education, Training and Development
Understands and demonstrates the characteristics of role model to members of their team
Demonstrates understanding of the mentorship process
Demonstrates ability to conduct teaching and assessment effectively according to a learning plan with supervision from a more experienced colleague
Demonstrates self-development through continuous professional development activity
Participates in the delivery of formal education programmes
Demonstrates an understanding of current educational policies relevant to working areas of practice and keeps up to date with relevant clinical practice
Research and Evaluation
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
Confidentiality:
In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately
In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder will have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source, and held in any format, is to be regarded as strictly confidential
Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data
