Job summary
Specialist Clinical Pharmacist - Primary Care (Wallsend PCN)
We have a great opportunity for pharmacists wishing to develop their careers as part of our progressive team, with a national reputation for innovation and development. Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has a diverse and supportive clinical pharmacy team with a proven track record of providing high quality, patient-centred care. With the highest proportion of pharmacist prescribers in the country, our clinicians use their skills to support patients wherever they are across primary and secondary care (hospital, home, or care home).
Our team offer you a unique clinical, patient-facing role that allows pharmacists to develop or maintain their skills within primary care. Where desired, our large pharmacy team can allow job plans to be structured to work across both primary and secondary care. For pharmacists looking to work and develop entirely within the primary care setting, full access to acute trust teams and resources will help to enable system wide approach to patient care, and designed around you to make the most of your skill set.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for enthusiastic pharmacists to support medicines optimisation across Wallsend Primary Care Network to help meet their population needs. This clinical patient-facing role will involve delivering the national agenda for primary care, including structured medication reviews for older people living with frailty, enhancing medicines support for care homes and their residents, ensuring that care is personalised to 'what matters' to patients.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England.
In addition to acute hospital pharmacy services we provide pharmacists and technicians to four of our local primary care networks with a combined population of 190,000. We also deliver locally commissioned integrated pharmacy services to care homes, frailty, living well with pain and palliative care.
We are one of the best performing NHS organisations in England, with a focus on staff experience as well as the experience of patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide specialist clinical pharmacy services within primary care. Primary care encompasses general medical practice, as well as people requiring care in their own homes or in residential care homes.
- To provide leadership on matters pertaining to medicines optimisation within primary care , to advise on medicines use (risk, clinical governance, research and development, formulary, expenditure) and to develop/audit relevant protocols and guidelines.
- To assist in the provision of expert advice on pharmaceutical matters and that pertaining to medicines management (particularly within own area of responsibility). Medicines optimisation encompasses the selection, purchasing, delivery, prescribing, supply, administration and review of medicine to optimise the contribution they make to produce informed and desired outcomes of patient care.
- To manage the care of specific patients, as part of the team.
- To ensure that there is compliance with medicines legislation particularly within own assigned area of responsibility.
- To undertake teaching and to supervise less experienced pharmacists, technical staff, students etc.
- To participate in multi-disciplinary team meetings as appropriate.
- To contribute to collection of clinical key performance indicators.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide specialist clinical pharmacy services within primary care. Primary care encompasses general medical practice, as well as people requiring care in their own homes or in residential care homes.
- To provide leadership on matters pertaining to medicines optimisation within primary care , to advise on medicines use (risk, clinical governance, research and development, formulary, expenditure) and to develop/audit relevant protocols and guidelines.
- To assist in the provision of expert advice on pharmaceutical matters and that pertaining to medicines management (particularly within own area of responsibility). Medicines optimisation encompasses the selection, purchasing, delivery, prescribing, supply, administration and review of medicine to optimise the contribution they make to produce informed and desired outcomes of patient care.
- To manage the care of specific patients, as part of the team.
- To ensure that there is compliance with medicines legislation particularly within own assigned area of responsibility.
- To undertake teaching and to supervise less experienced pharmacists, technical staff, students etc.
- To participate in multi-disciplinary team meetings as appropriate.
- To contribute to collection of clinical key performance indicators.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Vocational masters degree in pharmacy (or equivalent)
- Previous pre-registration training
- Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Independent prescribing qualification or commitment to achieving following appointment
- Relevant post-registration hospital experience
- IT skills to at least ECDL standard or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society and/or other professional groups to facilitate continuing professional development
- Achieved or working towards a postgraduate clinical qualification
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Vocational masters degree in pharmacy (or equivalent)
- Previous pre-registration training
- Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Independent prescribing qualification or commitment to achieving following appointment
- Relevant post-registration hospital experience
- IT skills to at least ECDL standard or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society and/or other professional groups to facilitate continuing professional development
- Achieved or working towards a postgraduate clinical qualification
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
