Job summary
An
exciting opportunity has arisen to become part of our large pharmacy team at
Shrewsbury PCN. We are actively
recruiting with our partner Shropshire Community Trust, where the
Medicines Management Team has a long-standing history of delivering high
quality services to support the community.
This is a permanent role with clinical and leadership opportunities.
At
Shrewsbury PCN we have an established clinical team to help to deliver the
Direct Enhanced Service (DES) for our patients. Our PCN is made up of 15 practices
and you will be allocated dedicated practices, in addition, you will also spend
time working at the hub in Shrewsbury business park and local care homes within
the network.
- Full Time: 37.5 hours per week
- Multiple positions available
- Location: Practices in Shrewsbury PCN
Main duties of the job
Your clinical work will involve the management of long-term conditions, structured medication reviews, deprescribing and supporting staff with medication queries. In addition to this, we are also undertaking some exciting work with our patients that take high dose opiates or gabapentoids for chronic pain to ensure dosing is safe as per NHS England guidance to reduce mortality due to the overuse of these agents.
You will be an experienced clinical pharmacist and hold a prescribing qualification. You will supervise and manage the pharmacy technicians and clinical pharmacists within your team. You will be a key member of the practice teams and an integral part of the team working across the network.
You will be supported with your training and developmental needs. The Trust and PCN will provide:
- one to one mentorship with a dedicated GP during induction phase
- regular team meetings focussing on group-based learning to support clinical knowledge
- a senior management team with a clinical background
- peer mentorship from our Principal Pharmacist
- regular access to clinical supervision
- access to CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway (if not already completed)
About us
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based
health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and
some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing,
health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very
specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us
to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to
work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve.
Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can
feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to
work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages
applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender,
ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are
committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good
working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To play
a lead role in supporting Shrewsbury PCN with the delivery of the Enhanced
Health in Care Homes specification within the DES.
Work
closely with care home staff and the wider multidisciplinary team within the
network to improve the health and wellbeing of care home residents.
To
manage a caseload of care home residents, undertaking weekly reviews within the
care home.Patients may require clinical assessment or may need
adjustments to their medications.
Undertake
structured medication reviews to an agreed format with care homes patients with
multi-morbidity and polypharmacy and implement prescribing changes (as an
independent prescriber) and order any relevant monitoring tests.
To
provide clear communication and feedback between Care Homes and GP Care Home
leads on the current health of their patients, attending MDT meetings as
appropriate.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To play
a lead role in supporting Shrewsbury PCN with the delivery of the Enhanced
Health in Care Homes specification within the DES.
Work
closely with care home staff and the wider multidisciplinary team within the
network to improve the health and wellbeing of care home residents.
To
manage a caseload of care home residents, undertaking weekly reviews within the
care home.Patients may require clinical assessment or may need
adjustments to their medications.
Undertake
structured medication reviews to an agreed format with care homes patients with
multi-morbidity and polypharmacy and implement prescribing changes (as an
independent prescriber) and order any relevant monitoring tests.
To
provide clear communication and feedback between Care Homes and GP Care Home
leads on the current health of their patients, attending MDT meetings as
appropriate.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in pharmacy or equivalent
- Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Independent prescriber or currently working towards with completion of qualification within 3 months
- Postgraduate clinical qualification and/or significant relevant clinical experience to demonstrate similar level of knowledge
Experience
Essential
- Significant post-qualification experience
- Experience of working with the elderly, or patients in residential institutions
- Experience of staff line management and development of people
Knowledge and skills
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 interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Able to demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients)
- Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions.
- 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
- Produce timely and informative reports
- Wide range of IT skills, including video/telephone consultations, and experience of Primary Care Record Management software such as Emis.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in pharmacy or equivalent
- Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Independent prescriber or currently working towards with completion of qualification within 3 months
- Postgraduate clinical qualification and/or significant relevant clinical experience to demonstrate similar level of knowledge
Experience
Essential
- Significant post-qualification experience
- Experience of working with the elderly, or patients in residential institutions
- Experience of staff line management and development of people
Knowledge and skills
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 interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Able to demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients)
- Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions.
- 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
- Produce timely and informative reports
- Wide range of IT skills, including video/telephone consultations, and experience of Primary Care Record Management software such as Emis.
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).
