Clinical Pharmacist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Expertise in clinical medicines review and address public health and social needs of patients in GP practices

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

Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by 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 cycles

Implement drug withdrawals and alerts e.g. MHRA aimed at improving medicines safety

Work with primary care professional and patients to implement NICE and other evidence based guidelines

Run clinics where medicines are the main interventions

Contribute to multimorbidity 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 (e.g. around doses, side effects, adverse events, possible alternatives e.g. around out of stocks)

Undertake minor ailments triage: dealing with minor ailments and triaging patients appropriately

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

1.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

Substance misuse

Patients on high risk medicines

STOPP/START identified patients

Revolving door Hospital admissions

2.Improve prescribing practice through educational support for all prescribers within the practice

3.Lead on where changes in evidence require changes in prescribing across patient population e.g. where a drug is withdrawn or indications change

4.Liaise with colleagues in community pharmacy to align support for medicines adherence such as MUR and NMS

5.Support improvements in clinical care through practice based audit and implementing change

6.Prescribing advice to prescribers in practice e.g. temporary non availability of drugs

7.Ensure patient safety when they are transferred between care providers through reconciliation of prescribed medicines

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Completion of an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy, and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Completed the CPPE primary care pathway or be working towards it or willing to work towards it.

Desirable

• Independent Prescribing Qualification
• Master's degree in pharmacy (MPharm).

Experience

Essential

• Understanding of the work of General Practice
• Drive and determination to promote and support the role of pharmacy staff in General Practice
• Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate
• Demonstrates the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences
• Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine issues in core areas for long term conditions
• Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
• Work effectively independently and as a team member
• Understands the principles of equality and diversity and commitment to addressing health inequalities and patient empowerment
• Experience of providing and using information to support the delivery and performance management of services
• Ability to communicate effectively to a wide range of audiences, both written and verbal
• Ability to demonstrate personal professional resilience and seek advice when needed
• Ability to travel to various locations within the locality
• An Enhanced DBS check is required for the role

Desirable

• An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
• Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
• Experience in the use of various IT applications and the recording of clinical notes (EMISWeb, Docman)

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Hope Citadel Healthcare CIC

Address

Kingsway Medical Practice

Kingsway

Rochdale

Lancashire

OL164AT

Employer's website

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