Job summary
Provide expertise in clinical medicines review and address public health and social needs of patients of Robin Lane Health & Wellbeing Centre, Pudsey
Reduce inappropriate poly-pharmacy and wasteful prescribing through clinical medication review
Reconcile medicines following hospital discharge and work with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge.
Contribute to reductions in medicine related hospital admissions and readmissions by supporting patients to get the best outcomes from their medicines and identifying and addressing medicines related issues
Interface with community and hospital pharmacy colleagues and develop referral processes between primary care including the promotion of the repeat dispensing service
Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates
Manage patients and health care professionals medicine queries
Increase quality and safety of prescribing
Manage practice formularies to improve the quality, safety and cost effectiveness of prescribing
Work with primary care professional and patients to implement NICE and other evidence based guidelines
Run clinics where medicines are the main interventions e.g. anticoagulant monitoring clinics.
Contribute to multimorbidity reviews and multidisciplinary reviews
Provide medicines information and training to Practice healthcare professionals and admin staff
Main duties of the job
Please see the job specification for further details on the main duties and qualifications required for this position.
About us
Robin Lane Health & Wellbeing Centre is a GP surgery with a Wellbeing Centre and AQP Eye Clinic based in Pudsey, Leeds. We are a three GP partner training practice serving a population of 13,800 patients, and we use SystmOne. We offer training for medical students, nursing students and GP registrars. We are a forward thinking, multi-disciplinary team and we work supportively with our patient facing Care Navigation team. We have a modern purpose-built practice building and we are rated Outstanding by the CQC.
Robin Lane Health & Wellbeing Centre are an active member of the West Leeds Primary Care Network.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Core Responsibilities
1. Working within the practice based team to undertake medication reviews particularly in high risk groups such as:
- Frail elderly
- Poly-pharmacy
- Renal impairment
- Hepatic impairment
- Substance misuse
- Patients on high risk medicines
- STOPP/START identified patients
- Revolving door Hospital admissions
2. Improve prescribing practice through educational support for all prescribers within the practice
3. Lead on where changes in evidence require changes in prescribing across patient population e.g. where a drug is withdrawn or indications change
4. Liaise with colleagues in community pharmacy to align support for medicines adherence such as MUR and NMS
5. Support improvements in clinical care through practice based audit and implementing change
6. Prescribing advice to prescribers in practice e.g. temporary non availability of drugs
7. Ensure patient safety when they are transferred between care providers through reconciliation of prescribed medicines
8.Act as a source of medicines
information for all of the practice team and patients (e.g. around doses, side
effects, adverse events, possible alternatives e.g. around out of stocks)
9.Review daily Pathology
results for patients on known medicines
10.Implement drug withdrawals
and alerts e.g. MHRA aimed at improving medicines safety
11. Independent Pharmacist Prescriber
12. Mentor and leadership of practice pharmacy technician and pre-registration pharmacist
13. Promote and lead on eRD
14. Manage and complete FP10 monthly claims
15. Vaccination flu and COVID
16. Manage and report of Datix entries
17. Manage amber monitoring (neptune)
18. Collaborative working with local pharmacies, PCN, ICB and secondary care
19.Be familiar
with and adhere to the practice safeguarding policies, procedures, and
guidelines for both children and adults at risk of abuse or neglect. This must
be in conjunction with the Multi-agency Safeguarding Children and Safeguarding
Adults at risk of abuse or neglect Policy, Protocols, and guidelines.
20.All
employees should undertake mandatory safeguarding children, adults and MCA
training (as appropriate to role) including updates and other professional
development activities to ensure training compliancy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Core Responsibilities
1. Working within the practice based team to undertake medication reviews particularly in high risk groups such as:
- Frail elderly
- Poly-pharmacy
- Renal impairment
- Hepatic impairment
- Substance misuse
- Patients on high risk medicines
- STOPP/START identified patients
- Revolving door Hospital admissions
2. Improve prescribing practice through educational support for all prescribers within the practice
3. Lead on where changes in evidence require changes in prescribing across patient population e.g. where a drug is withdrawn or indications change
4. Liaise with colleagues in community pharmacy to align support for medicines adherence such as MUR and NMS
5. Support improvements in clinical care through practice based audit and implementing change
6. Prescribing advice to prescribers in practice e.g. temporary non availability of drugs
7. Ensure patient safety when they are transferred between care providers through reconciliation of prescribed medicines
8.Act as a source of medicines
information for all of the practice team and patients (e.g. around doses, side
effects, adverse events, possible alternatives e.g. around out of stocks)
9.Review daily Pathology
results for patients on known medicines
10.Implement drug withdrawals
and alerts e.g. MHRA aimed at improving medicines safety
11. Independent Pharmacist Prescriber
12. Mentor and leadership of practice pharmacy technician and pre-registration pharmacist
13. Promote and lead on eRD
14. Manage and complete FP10 monthly claims
15. Vaccination flu and COVID
16. Manage and report of Datix entries
17. Manage amber monitoring (neptune)
18. Collaborative working with local pharmacies, PCN, ICB and secondary care
19.Be familiar
with and adhere to the practice safeguarding policies, procedures, and
guidelines for both children and adults at risk of abuse or neglect. This must
be in conjunction with the Multi-agency Safeguarding Children and Safeguarding
Adults at risk of abuse or neglect Policy, Protocols, and guidelines.
20.All
employees should undertake mandatory safeguarding children, adults and MCA
training (as appropriate to role) including updates and other professional
development activities to ensure training compliancy.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Completion of an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy, and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Minimum of 2 years post graduate experience in pharmacy, as demonstrated within a practice portfolio
- May hold or be working towards a prescribing qualification
- May hold or be working towards a postgraduate pharmacy qualification
Experience
Essential
- COLLABORATIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
- 1. Recognises the roles of other colleagues within the organisation and their role to patient care
- 2. Demonstrates use of appropriate communication to gain the co-operation of relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and peer colleagues, and other professionals, other NHS/private organisations e.g. CCGs)
- 3. Demonstrates ability to work as a member of a team
- 4. Is able to recognise personal limitations and refer to more appropriate colleague(s) when necessary
- 5. Liaises with CCG colleagues including CCG Pharmacists on prescribing related matters to ensure consistency of patient care and benefit
- 6. Liaises with CCG pharmacists and Heads of Medicines Management/ Optimisation to benefit from peer support
- 7. Liaises with other GP Practices and staff as needed for the collective benefit of patients
- LEADERSHIP
- 1. Demonstrates understanding of the pharmacy role in governance and is able to implement this appropriately within the workplace
- 2. Demonstrates understanding of, and contributes to, the workplace vision
- 3. Demonstrates ability to improve quality within limitations of service
- 4. Reviews last years progress and develops clear plans to achieve results within priorities set by others
- 5. Demonstrates ability to motivate self to achieve goals
- MANAGEMENT
- 1. Demonstrates understanding of the implications of national priorities for the team and/or service
- 2. Demonstrates understanding of the process for effective resource utilisation
- 3. Demonstrates understanding of, and conforms to, relevant standards of practice
- 4. Demonstrates ability to identify and resolve risk management issues according to policy/protocol
- 5. Follows professional and organisational policies/procedures relating to performance management
- 6. Demonstrates ability to extend boundaries of service delivery within the team
- EDUCATION, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
- 1. Understands and demonstrates the characteristics of a role model to members in the team and/or service
- 2. Demonstrates understanding of the mentorship process
- 3. Demonstrates ability to conduct teaching and assessment effectively according to a learning plan with supervision from a more experienced colleague
- 4. Demonstrates self-development through continuous professional development activity
- 5. Participates in the delivery of formal education programmes
- 6. Demonstrates an understanding of current educational policies relevant to working areas of practice and keeps up to date with relevant clinical practice
- RESEARCH AND EVALUATION
- 1. Demonstrates ability to critically evaluate and review literature
- 2. Demonstrates ability to identify where there is a gap in the evidence base to support practice
- 3. Demonstrates ability to generate evidence suitable for presentation at local level
- 4. Demonstrates ability to apply the research evidence base into working practice
- 5. Demonstrates understanding of the principles of research governance
- 6. Demonstrates ability to work as a member of the research team
- EXPERT PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
- 1. Demonstrates general pharmaceutical skills and knowledge in core areas
- 2. Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general pharmaceutical care programmes for patients in core areas, including disease states / long term conditions identified by local Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment
- 3. Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision as an individuals
- 4. Demonstrates ability to use skills in a range of routine situations requiring analysis or comparison of a range of options
- 5. Recognises priorities when problem-solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate
- 6. Is able to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct
- 7. Involves patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence as per NICE guidance
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Completion of an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy, and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Minimum of 2 years post graduate experience in pharmacy, as demonstrated within a practice portfolio
- May hold or be working towards a prescribing qualification
- May hold or be working towards a postgraduate pharmacy qualification
Experience
Essential
- COLLABORATIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
- 1. Recognises the roles of other colleagues within the organisation and their role to patient care
- 2. Demonstrates use of appropriate communication to gain the co-operation of relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and peer colleagues, and other professionals, other NHS/private organisations e.g. CCGs)
- 3. Demonstrates ability to work as a member of a team
- 4. Is able to recognise personal limitations and refer to more appropriate colleague(s) when necessary
- 5. Liaises with CCG colleagues including CCG Pharmacists on prescribing related matters to ensure consistency of patient care and benefit
- 6. Liaises with CCG pharmacists and Heads of Medicines Management/ Optimisation to benefit from peer support
- 7. Liaises with other GP Practices and staff as needed for the collective benefit of patients
- LEADERSHIP
- 1. Demonstrates understanding of the pharmacy role in governance and is able to implement this appropriately within the workplace
- 2. Demonstrates understanding of, and contributes to, the workplace vision
- 3. Demonstrates ability to improve quality within limitations of service
- 4. Reviews last years progress and develops clear plans to achieve results within priorities set by others
- 5. Demonstrates ability to motivate self to achieve goals
- MANAGEMENT
- 1. Demonstrates understanding of the implications of national priorities for the team and/or service
- 2. Demonstrates understanding of the process for effective resource utilisation
- 3. Demonstrates understanding of, and conforms to, relevant standards of practice
- 4. Demonstrates ability to identify and resolve risk management issues according to policy/protocol
- 5. Follows professional and organisational policies/procedures relating to performance management
- 6. Demonstrates ability to extend boundaries of service delivery within the team
- EDUCATION, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
- 1. Understands and demonstrates the characteristics of a role model to members in the team and/or service
- 2. Demonstrates understanding of the mentorship process
- 3. Demonstrates ability to conduct teaching and assessment effectively according to a learning plan with supervision from a more experienced colleague
- 4. Demonstrates self-development through continuous professional development activity
- 5. Participates in the delivery of formal education programmes
- 6. Demonstrates an understanding of current educational policies relevant to working areas of practice and keeps up to date with relevant clinical practice
- RESEARCH AND EVALUATION
- 1. Demonstrates ability to critically evaluate and review literature
- 2. Demonstrates ability to identify where there is a gap in the evidence base to support practice
- 3. Demonstrates ability to generate evidence suitable for presentation at local level
- 4. Demonstrates ability to apply the research evidence base into working practice
- 5. Demonstrates understanding of the principles of research governance
- 6. Demonstrates ability to work as a member of the research team
- EXPERT PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
- 1. Demonstrates general pharmaceutical skills and knowledge in core areas
- 2. Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general pharmaceutical care programmes for patients in core areas, including disease states / long term conditions identified by local Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment
- 3. Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision as an individuals
- 4. Demonstrates ability to use skills in a range of routine situations requiring analysis or comparison of a range of options
- 5. Recognises priorities when problem-solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate
- 6. Is able to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct
- 7. Involves patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence as per NICE guidance
Desirable
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).
