Clinical Pharmacist Independent Prescriber

Job summary

The post holder is a senior clinical pharmacist working within Worcester City PCN and its general practice teams. Acting within their professional boundaries, supporting the safe, effective and cost-effective prescribing of medicines, optimising medicines use, improving patient outcomes and lead medicines-related initiatives.

Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role, the post holder will provide primary support to general practice staff on prescription and medication queries, undertake medicines reconciliation following transfer of care and implement systems for safer prescribing. They will conduct structured medication reviews, particularly for high-risk patients and those with complex polypharmacy, and run clinics to support chronic disease management. In addition, they will manage a caseload of patients with common, minor or self-limiting ailments while providing expert medicines advice to both healthcare colleagues and patients.

The pharmacist will take a lead role in prescription management, including oversight of the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process, contribute to quality improvement by implementing evidence-based prescribing changes. They will collaborate with commissioning organisations and wider PCN team to support the delivery of the Quality Prescribing and Medicines Service QPMS, Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service DES, Quality and Outcomes Framework QOF and Local Enhanced Service LES at both practice and PCN level.

Main duties of the job

Undertake structured medication reviews, face-to-face or remotely, focusing on high-risk groups such as care home residents, housebound patients and patients with polypharmacy or complex chronic conditions

Reconcile medicines following hospital discharge, ensuring continuity of therapy and safe handover with community pharmacists

Implement MHRA alerts, drug withdrawals and evidence-based guideline changes within the practice or across the PCN

Support chronic disease management clinics, e.g., hypertension, diabetes, asthma, COPD, osteoporosis, mental health

Contribute to multi-morbidity reviews - QOF domains and register improvements

Lead prescription management processes, including repeat prescribing authorisation, including reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions, medicines reaching review dates, ensuring drug monitoring is being done and prescribing clerks support

Provide medicines information, training and prescribing advice to practice staff

Collaborate with community and hospital pharmacy colleagues to align services, e.g. Discharge Medicines Service, New Medicine Service

Identify high-risk patient cohorts through computer searches, e.g. AnalyseRx, to reduce harm and prevent avoidable admissions

Participate in audits, quality improvement initiatives and local medicines optimisation schemes, e.g. QPMS, DSQS, QIPP

About us

Vertis Health is a fast-growing provider of community-based healthcare services to NHS patients within South Worcestershire. The organisation utilises the excellent clinical expertise that already resides within the local NHS environment and harnesses it with efficient administration pathways to provide patients with more convenient and accessible services. We hope that by doing this we will not only deliver pathway improvements to patients but also go some way to relieving the growing volume pressures that are being experienced within local hospitals and GP practices.

Employer details

Employer name

SW Healthcare

Address

St. Johns House Medical Centre

299 Bromyard Road

Worcester

WR2 5FB

Employer's website

http://www.swhealthcare.org.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

SW Healthcare

Address

St. Johns House Medical Centre

299 Bromyard Road

Worcester

WR2 5FB

Employer's website

http://www.swhealthcare.org.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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