Job summary
Knaresborough & Rural Primary Care Network (PCN) is looking for an motivated and aspirational clinical pharmacist to join us.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our well established and experienced pharmacy team working closely with GPs and AHPs across the PCN and the wider locality .
Main duties of the job
You
will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role and
take responsibility for chronic disease management, medication reviews to
proactively manage patients with complex conditions and polypharmacy, improving
medicine optimisation and safety, supporting care homes, as well as practice
clinics.
If you have not already completed or commenced the CPPE patherway you
will be enrolled on the CPPE PCN pathway to support this role. and may be expected to
undertake the Independent Prescribing qualification. Both these learning
opportunities would be fully supported.
About us
Knaresborough & Rural PCN is comprised of 6 practices, Beech House Surgery, Eastgate Surgery and Stockwell Road Surgery all of which are situated within the boundaries of the beautiful town of Knaresborough. As well as Church Lane Surgery in Boroughbridge, Nidderdale Group Practice in Pately Bridge and Springbank Surgery in Green Hammerton.
As practices we work closely together to provide safe, effective, high quality care to improve the health and wellbeing of our local population.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job purpose
The post holder will be
critical in supporting the delivery of the new Primary Care Network Contract
Directed Enhanced Services (DES) specifications and will help lead improvements
to maximise safe, cost effective best practice to improve the quality of
patient care.
Key Responsibilities
Work as part
of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to clinically assess and
treat patients using their expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease
areas
Take
responsibility for the care management of patients with chronic diseases and
undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex
polypharmacy, especially the elderly, people in care homes, those with multiple
co-morbidities (in particular frailty, COPD and asthma) and people with
learning disabilities or autism (through STOMP Stop Over Medication
Programme)
Be a
prescriber, or be willing to undertake training to become a prescriber, and
work with and alongside the general practice team
Provide
specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the
public health and social care needs of patients at the PCNs practice(s) and to
help in tackling inequalities
Have a
leadership role in supporting further integration of general practice with the
wider healthcare teams (including community and hospital pharmacy) to help
improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage
general practice workload
Take a
central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical
research with medicines, liaison with specialist pharmacists (including mental
health and reduction of inappropriate antipsychotic use in people with learning
difficulties), liaison with community pharmacists and anticoagulation
To provide
support to pharmacist colleagues in the clinical aspects of medicine reviews,
clinical audit, practice research and governance
Share
outcomes of prescribing, clinical, service and patient outcomes audits within
the PCN and across the locality in order
to drive service and practice improvement
To respond to
and act on MHRA drug alerts, implementing and communicating any medication
changes required as a result
To monitor
medicines and prescribing expenditure at practice level and propose
efficiencies to ensure delivery within budget.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job purpose
The post holder will be
critical in supporting the delivery of the new Primary Care Network Contract
Directed Enhanced Services (DES) specifications and will help lead improvements
to maximise safe, cost effective best practice to improve the quality of
patient care.
Key Responsibilities
Work as part
of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to clinically assess and
treat patients using their expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease
areas
Take
responsibility for the care management of patients with chronic diseases and
undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex
polypharmacy, especially the elderly, people in care homes, those with multiple
co-morbidities (in particular frailty, COPD and asthma) and people with
learning disabilities or autism (through STOMP Stop Over Medication
Programme)
Be a
prescriber, or be willing to undertake training to become a prescriber, and
work with and alongside the general practice team
Provide
specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the
public health and social care needs of patients at the PCNs practice(s) and to
help in tackling inequalities
Have a
leadership role in supporting further integration of general practice with the
wider healthcare teams (including community and hospital pharmacy) to help
improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage
general practice workload
Take a
central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical
research with medicines, liaison with specialist pharmacists (including mental
health and reduction of inappropriate antipsychotic use in people with learning
difficulties), liaison with community pharmacists and anticoagulation
To provide
support to pharmacist colleagues in the clinical aspects of medicine reviews,
clinical audit, practice research and governance
Share
outcomes of prescribing, clinical, service and patient outcomes audits within
the PCN and across the locality in order
to drive service and practice improvement
To respond to
and act on MHRA drug alerts, implementing and communicating any medication
changes required as a result
To monitor
medicines and prescribing expenditure at practice level and propose
efficiencies to ensure delivery within budget.
Person Specification
Experience
Desirable
- Experience of working within primary care.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Ability to interpret complex clinical information and date on medicines to deliver face to face clinical care including managing a caseload.
- Competent user of Microsoft Office programmes, including Outlook, Excel and Word to create simple plans and reports.
- Ability to maintain effective working relationships and promote collaborative working.
Qualifications
Essential
- Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Vocational Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent.
- Commitment to become an independent prescriber.
Desirable
- Specialist knowledge through a postgraduate diploma or equivalent.
- Independent prescribing qualification.
Person Specification
Experience
Desirable
- Experience of working within primary care.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Ability to interpret complex clinical information and date on medicines to deliver face to face clinical care including managing a caseload.
- Competent user of Microsoft Office programmes, including Outlook, Excel and Word to create simple plans and reports.
- Ability to maintain effective working relationships and promote collaborative working.
Qualifications
Essential
- Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Vocational Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent.
- Commitment to become an independent prescriber.
Desirable
- Specialist knowledge through a postgraduate diploma or equivalent.
- Independent prescribing 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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
