Job summary
We
are seeking highly motivated and experienced Senior Clinical Pharmacists to
join our well-established and successful team of thirteen pharmacists and two
pharmacy technicians. You will work across our network, providing dedicated
support to general practice and our local population. The post holder will work
with the Lead Pharmacist to provide support, direction and supervision to the
appointed clinical pharmacists working across general practice and clinical
leadership on medicines management and quality improvement initiatives.
The
successful candidate will be supported through shadowing, robust clinical
supervision arrangements and work alongside other clinicians as part of a
multi-disciplinary team in patient and non- patient facing roles. The post
holder will be supported with ongoing clinical learning and professional
development.
Our South Southwark PCN is made up of eighteen GP practices in four
neighbourhoods - Camberwell, Peckham, Nunhead and Dulwich, serving
approximately 154,000 patients, supported by their GP Federation, Improving
Health (IHL).
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting role which will contribute to the reshaping
of neighbourhood care for our populations, directed and supported by the South
Southwark Primary Care Network (PCN). The post holder will work within their
clinical competencies as part of a multi-disciplinary team to:
- Provide direct line management of appointed clinical
pharmacist(s)
- Monthly one-to one meeting with appointed clinical pharmacist(s)
- Planning and implementation of new staff inductions with
Education and Training Lead
- Provide supervision as Designated Practitioner(DP) and
Designated Prescribing Practitioner (DPP) for foundation trainee pharmacist(s)
- Working with Education and Training Lead to deliver training
- Responsible for training
- Support long-term condition management within the practice
including medication reviews.
- Provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and
quality improvement and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes
framework and enhanced services.
- Provide support on prescription/medication queries and
processes.
- Facilitate better working with community and hospital pharmacy.
- Other general tasks as required.
You will
contribute to ongoing service developments, providing data and progress
updates, and sharing insights into how the PCN could better support and care
for its population.
About us
Our South Southwark PCN is made up of eighteen GP practices in four
neighbourhoods - Camberwell, Peckham, Nunhead and Dulwich, serving
approximately 154,000 patients, supported by their GP Federation, Improving
Health (IHL).
The NHS Long Term Plan
describes the prominent role Primary Care Networks play in delivering
proactive, personalised, and more integrated health and social care for their
local populations. This will require collaborative working between
organisations including GP practices, acute and community health, social care
organisations and the voluntary and community sector. We are a large PCN with over 60 staff in post to date and
expanding over the coming year. We are committed to supporting and developing
our staff, knowing this is crucial to our success. We have robust systems in place, including
clinical supervision and peer support, and will continue to build on this as we
expand our PCN team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached full Job Description:
The
post holder has a responsibility to adhere to all IHL policies, procedures and
relevant legislation including the requirements of any professional bodies;
maintain satisfactory personal performances and professional standards and to
achieve agreed objectives for their role; attend mandatory training as
identified by IHL and contribute to their own development.
This is a summary of
job description and should not be regarded as an inflexible specification. Priorities may change in line with service
needs and new duties introduced after consultation with the post holder.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached full Job Description:
The
post holder has a responsibility to adhere to all IHL policies, procedures and
relevant legislation including the requirements of any professional bodies;
maintain satisfactory personal performances and professional standards and to
achieve agreed objectives for their role; attend mandatory training as
identified by IHL and contribute to their own development.
This is a summary of
job description and should not be regarded as an inflexible specification. Priorities may change in line with service
needs and new duties introduced after consultation with the post holder.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 5 years post qualification experience
- In-depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence- based healthcare.
- An understanding of general practice and challenges they currently face.
- An understanding of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills.
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients)
- Good IT skills
- Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information.
- Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate.
- Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions.
- Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision
Desirable
- Knowledge, awareness and experience of brief intervention and referral pathways (including community pharmacy) that provide opportunistic advice and support for preventable illness and/or long-term conditions receptive to lifestyle/pharmacological support.
- Experience of supervising junior pharmacists and trainee pharmacists
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent)
- Independent Prescriber (minimum 2 years experience)
- Specialist knowledge acquired through postgraduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience.
- CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 5 years post qualification experience
- In-depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence- based healthcare.
- An understanding of general practice and challenges they currently face.
- An understanding of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills.
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients)
- Good IT skills
- Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information.
- Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate.
- Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions.
- Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision
Desirable
- Knowledge, awareness and experience of brief intervention and referral pathways (including community pharmacy) that provide opportunistic advice and support for preventable illness and/or long-term conditions receptive to lifestyle/pharmacological support.
- Experience of supervising junior pharmacists and trainee pharmacists
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent)
- Independent Prescriber (minimum 2 years experience)
- Specialist knowledge acquired through postgraduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience.
- CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway
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).
