Job summary
We are recruiting a pharmacist
to join our Pharmacy team in North Petherton Surgery. You willprovide Pharmacy services within the Integrated Care Team.
Also support, promote and implement high quality, evidence-based, cost-effective and
safe use of medicines. This includes patient medication reviews, helping the
practice achieve prescribing targets and supporting the implementation of
national and local guidance in order to improve patient care.
Pay rate - £21.85 - £28.75 per hour, depending on experience.
Working hours - 15 hours per week, working pattern to be discussed at interview.
Closing date - 09th October 2024
Main duties of the job
Provide sessional clinical support to Martock and South
Petherton surgeries as an independent pharmacist prescriber (ideally), seeing
patients and leading on medicines optimisation.
Support the surgery to improve medication reviews, medicines
optimisation and formulary adherence.
Actively participate in regular weekly care home
multi-disciplinary team meetings, providing advice on appropriate medications
and de-prescribing where appropriate, as well as ad-hoc support to the care
home teams.
Support the practice clinical team to authorise patient
medication requests.
Support Symphony and Somerset CCG plans to reduce medicines
waste in primary care.
Interpret and provide complex medicines information to patients,
carers and healthcare professionals.
To provide information, advice and guidance on the safe,
rational, effective and economical use of medicines.
Undertake clinical audit and other outcome measures to support
patient care and safety.
Create and implement medicine related guidelines, policies and
SOPs as appropriate to the different service areas.
Provide and receive complex, sensitive information and
communication relating to pharmaceutical care of patients.
Provide prescribing service within sphere of competency to
patients in primary care, as pharmacist independent prescriber.
About us
To
provide primary care based pharmacy services for North Petherton Surgery.
To
support, promote and implement high quality, evidence-based, cost-effective and
safe use of medicines.
Job description
Job responsibilities
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Provide sessional clinical support to the practice as an independent pharmacist prescriber (ideally), seeing patients and leading on medicines optimisation.
Support the surgery to improve medication reviews, medicines optimisation and formulary adherence.
Actively participate in regular weekly care home multi-disciplinary team meetings, providing advice on appropriate medications and de-prescribing where appropriate, as well as ad-hoc support to the care home teams.
Support the practice clinical team to authorise patient medication requests.
Support Symphony and Somerset CCG plans to reduce medicines waste in primary care.
Interpret and provide complex medicines information to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.
To provide information, advice and guidance on the safe, rational, effective and economical use of medicines.
Undertake clinical audit and other outcome measures to support patient care and safety.
Create and implement medicine related guidelines, policies and SOPs as appropriate to the different service areas.
Provide and receive complex, sensitive information and communication relating to pharmaceutical care of patients.
Provide prescribing service within sphere of competency to patients in primary care, as pharmacist independent prescriber.
To develop, advise, agree and implement action plans at a practice level, monitor the effect of changes made and ensure that any benefits are maintained in the longer term. This will include:
- Reviewing prescribing data for the practice to highlight areas where there is scope for improving the clinical effectiveness of prescribing.
- Obtaining agreement with the practice to implement medicines optimisation projects with the overall aim of following national prescribing guidance and cost effective prescribing.
- Advising GPs and other health professionals on cost effective prescribing and aiding rationalisation of drug choice via formulary/guideline/protocol development.
Record clinical activity, interventions, KPIs and to monitor the outcome of interventions.
Provide training on medicines on a regular basis to GP surgery staff, patients and carers in all relevant aspects of medicine use.
To maintain knowledge of developments in pharmacy practice on a regular basis in line with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) CPD requirements
To fulfil the professional requirements of the Code of Ethics and Standards of Good professional Practice of the GPhC
The post holder will be responsible to the SHS Lead Pharmacist and Practice Clinical Lead, but will be expected to use their own initiative to make complex decisions within defined parameters with little supervision.
Job description
Job responsibilities
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Provide sessional clinical support to the practice as an independent pharmacist prescriber (ideally), seeing patients and leading on medicines optimisation.
Support the surgery to improve medication reviews, medicines optimisation and formulary adherence.
Actively participate in regular weekly care home multi-disciplinary team meetings, providing advice on appropriate medications and de-prescribing where appropriate, as well as ad-hoc support to the care home teams.
Support the practice clinical team to authorise patient medication requests.
Support Symphony and Somerset CCG plans to reduce medicines waste in primary care.
Interpret and provide complex medicines information to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.
To provide information, advice and guidance on the safe, rational, effective and economical use of medicines.
Undertake clinical audit and other outcome measures to support patient care and safety.
Create and implement medicine related guidelines, policies and SOPs as appropriate to the different service areas.
Provide and receive complex, sensitive information and communication relating to pharmaceutical care of patients.
Provide prescribing service within sphere of competency to patients in primary care, as pharmacist independent prescriber.
To develop, advise, agree and implement action plans at a practice level, monitor the effect of changes made and ensure that any benefits are maintained in the longer term. This will include:
- Reviewing prescribing data for the practice to highlight areas where there is scope for improving the clinical effectiveness of prescribing.
- Obtaining agreement with the practice to implement medicines optimisation projects with the overall aim of following national prescribing guidance and cost effective prescribing.
- Advising GPs and other health professionals on cost effective prescribing and aiding rationalisation of drug choice via formulary/guideline/protocol development.
Record clinical activity, interventions, KPIs and to monitor the outcome of interventions.
Provide training on medicines on a regular basis to GP surgery staff, patients and carers in all relevant aspects of medicine use.
To maintain knowledge of developments in pharmacy practice on a regular basis in line with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) CPD requirements
To fulfil the professional requirements of the Code of Ethics and Standards of Good professional Practice of the GPhC
The post holder will be responsible to the SHS Lead Pharmacist and Practice Clinical Lead, but will be expected to use their own initiative to make complex decisions within defined parameters with little supervision.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GPhC registration as a Pharmacist
- Certificate or MSc/Diploma Pharmacy Practice (or equivalent experience)
Desirable
- Independent prescribing qualification
Experience
Essential
- At least 2 years post-registration pharmacy experience
- Clinical Pharmacy experience
- Clinical audit experience
- Knowledge and understanding of Primary Care
Desirable
- Previously experience of working within integrated healthcare organisations or teams
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team
- Ability to work alone without direct supervision when required
- Good time management and organisational skills, ability to prioritise effectively
- Ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to communicate effectively with members of the public and other healthcare professionals
- Ability to train other members of staff
- Ability to use Microsoft Office applications e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook
- Excellent Communication and influencing skills
- Professional appearance & demeanour
- Adaptable to change: flexible in accepting new procedures and policies
- Ability to demonstrate initiative: proactive and self-motivated
- Progressive and continuing professional development
- Enthusiastic
- Assertive
- Hold current UK driving licence and be able to drive between practices and care homes with business cover on insurance
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GPhC registration as a Pharmacist
- Certificate or MSc/Diploma Pharmacy Practice (or equivalent experience)
Desirable
- Independent prescribing qualification
Experience
Essential
- At least 2 years post-registration pharmacy experience
- Clinical Pharmacy experience
- Clinical audit experience
- Knowledge and understanding of Primary Care
Desirable
- Previously experience of working within integrated healthcare organisations or teams
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team
- Ability to work alone without direct supervision when required
- Good time management and organisational skills, ability to prioritise effectively
- Ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to communicate effectively with members of the public and other healthcare professionals
- Ability to train other members of staff
- Ability to use Microsoft Office applications e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook
- Excellent Communication and influencing skills
- Professional appearance & demeanour
- Adaptable to change: flexible in accepting new procedures and policies
- Ability to demonstrate initiative: proactive and self-motivated
- Progressive and continuing professional development
- Enthusiastic
- Assertive
- Hold current UK driving licence and be able to drive between practices and care homes with business cover on insurance
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).
