Job summary
Are you a PCN Pharmacist looking to join a forward thinking Primary Care Network in a senior clinical management role?
This role is working alongside our existing Lead PCN Pharmacist in a part time, job share role, jointly leading our team of Senior Clinical Pharmacists.
Do you share our values of being 'inspiring,caring, and working asone team'?
Do you want to work in a new and pioneering, integrated healthcare model that joins Primary and Secondary care to improve the healthcare of Sandwell residents?
Then join us atYour Health Partnership Primary Care Network!
Your Health Partnership is a cutting edge Primary Care Network working as part of Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust. We pride ourselves on being both innovative and bold as we plan and deliver services to our patients. We are seeking to recruit an independent prescribing senior clinical pharmacist to join our expanding Medicines Management Team in a management role. This exciting opportunity will mean working alongside other members of the primary care team to support medicine optimisation within our extensive and diverse network of GP surgeries.
General Practice is constantly changing and it is an exciting time to join us and become part of our ever growing, supportive, and forward thinking primary care network. Your Health Partnership Primary Care Network highly values the expertise of clinical pharmacists, and we view them as a fundamental part of developing the future of primary care services.
Main duties of the job
A key role will be involved in developing a strong relationship with our local care homes and through activities such as patient facing structured medication reviews, outlined in the NHS Network Contract Direct Enhanced Service document. Clinical pharmacists are also key to improving access for out patients, as 20% of our calls to the PCN are related to prescription or medication queries. The potential to improve patient care and experience in this area is significant - we want you to help shape this change!
The successful applicant will need to share the same high quality values of Your Health Partnership Primary Care Network and work as part of a team which includes GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Nurse, Physician Associates, and Social Prescribers.
About us
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country - one of the country's most culturally diverse areas. It's a friendly and welcoming place - a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.
We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.
Our values - Ambition, Respect and Compassion - are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.
Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to "Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population." It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It's what makes us unique.
We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose.When we say we're 'with you all the way' we want you to know that we mean it.Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails
Including:
- Team management
- Independent Prescriber
- Contribute to reducing medicines-related hospital admissions
- Prescribing support for others
- Support practice to deliver QOF/PCCF
- Conduct clinical audits
- Develop/shape PCN Pharmacy Team
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails
Including:
- Team management
- Independent Prescriber
- Contribute to reducing medicines-related hospital admissions
- Prescribing support for others
- Support practice to deliver QOF/PCCF
- Conduct clinical audits
- Develop/shape PCN Pharmacy Team
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience post registration in primary, community or secondary care pharmacy
- Significant post qualifying experience as a pharmacist
- Experience operating as an Independent Prescriber in a range of clinical areas
- Experience and an awareness of the breadth of common acute and long term conditions that are likely to be seen in General Practice
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in Pharmacy (or equivalent) + Pre-registration year and Specialist knowledge gained through post graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy/therapeutics or equivalent level of knowledge/qualification
- Registered member of General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Registered Independent Prescriber
Desirable
- Membership pf the Primary Care Pharmacy Association
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Communication/Verbal Skills
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety
Knowledge
Essential
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-- based healthcare.
- An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practices.
- An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
- Excellent IT skills
- Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
- Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
- Gain acceptance for recommendations and influence/motivate/persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations/agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers
- Safeguarding and other mandatory training
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience post registration in primary, community or secondary care pharmacy
- Significant post qualifying experience as a pharmacist
- Experience operating as an Independent Prescriber in a range of clinical areas
- Experience and an awareness of the breadth of common acute and long term conditions that are likely to be seen in General Practice
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in Pharmacy (or equivalent) + Pre-registration year and Specialist knowledge gained through post graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy/therapeutics or equivalent level of knowledge/qualification
- Registered member of General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Registered Independent Prescriber
Desirable
- Membership pf the Primary Care Pharmacy Association
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Communication/Verbal Skills
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety
Knowledge
Essential
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-- based healthcare.
- An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practices.
- An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
- Excellent IT skills
- Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
- Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
- Gain acceptance for recommendations and influence/motivate/persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations/agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers
- Safeguarding and other mandatory training
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).
