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Expression of Interest - Clinical Pharmacist

MIAA Solutions

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Job summary

This is an Expression of Interest advert for Clinical Pharmacist roles within Primary Care within the Cheshire & Merseyside region. This advert is presented by MIAA Solutions, who recruit to a range of roles within this area.

Please register your interest by clicking 'Apply' and submitting a copy of your CV. Your details will be saved in our candidate pool and you will be notified once suitable vacancies become available.

Our Service

If you would like a conversation regarding roles in Cheshire and Merseyside please email anita.denton@miaa.nhs.uk to discuss.

Further information can be found at https://cmgeneralpracticejobs.nhs.uk/

Main duties of the job

Clinical pharmacists work in primary care as part of a multidisciplinary team in a patient facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas. They will be prescribers, or if not, can complete an independent prescribing qualification following completion of the 18-month Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) pathway.

Clinical Pharmacists work with and alongside the general practice team, taking responsibility for patients with chronic diseases and undertaking clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy, especially for the elderly, people in care homes and those with multiple comorbidities.

About us

Introduced on 1st July 2019, The Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service (DES) includes funding to PCNs through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS). This scheme is designed to recruit up to 26,000 full time equivalent staff into Primary Care, and enables PCNs to recruit across specific roles until the end of 2023/2024.

The Cheshire & Merseyside ARRS recruitment support offer is designed to support local PCNs to grow capacity through these specified roles in General Practice, and to help resolve the workforce shortage.

The C&M General Practice Jobs platform has been developed by NHS England and Improvement North West, in partnership with MIAA Solutions, to support PCNs to recruit to ARRS roles and promote a sustainable and thriving general practice workforce across Cheshire and Merseyside. For further information please see the link to the platform included in this advert.

Date posted

19 August 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience Band 6 - 8a

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

M0026-23-0081

Job locations

PCN's and GP Practices

within and close to Wirral

Post Code area

CH41 5AL


Job description

Job responsibilities

Skills and Competencies

Working with GPs and patients to address medicine adherence.

Reviewing patients on complex medicine regimens.

Triaging and managing common ailments.

Responding to acute medicine requests.

Managing and prescribing for long-term conditions (often with the practice nurse)

Holding minor ailment clinics.

Prescription management.

Dealing with medication for patients recently discharged from hospital.

Helping the practice deliver on the patients recently discharged from hospital.

Helping the practice deliver on the Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) and Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF) agenda and enhanced services.

Delivering repeat prescription reviews.

Being the point of contact for all medicine-related queries.

Overseeing the practices repeat prescription policy.

Taking over clinical medicines reviews from GPs.

Audit and education.

Medicines management.

In dispensing practices, pharmacists can take responsibility for the business management of the dispensary.

Supervision

The PCPEP is for pharmacists employed as part of the NHS England primary care network contract Directed Enhanced Service (DES) additional roles reimbursement scheme.

The PCN DES advises that all clinical pharmacists will be part of a professional clinical network and will always be clinically supervised by a senior clinical pharmacist and GP clinical supervisor.

The clinical supervisor for pharmacists will usually be a GP but if the pharmacist works in a care home, the clinical supervisor could be a consultant geriatrician.

Each clinical pharmacist will receive a minimum of one supervision session per month by a senior clinical pharmacist.

All clinical pharmacists will have access to an assigned GP clinical supervisor for support and development.

As the number of clinical pharmacists working within PCNs increases, this should be on a ratio of one senior clinical pharmacist to five clinical pharmacists, and in all cases appropriate peer support and supervision must be in place.

Further information can be found on the CPPE website

Job description

Job responsibilities

Skills and Competencies

Working with GPs and patients to address medicine adherence.

Reviewing patients on complex medicine regimens.

Triaging and managing common ailments.

Responding to acute medicine requests.

Managing and prescribing for long-term conditions (often with the practice nurse)

Holding minor ailment clinics.

Prescription management.

Dealing with medication for patients recently discharged from hospital.

Helping the practice deliver on the patients recently discharged from hospital.

Helping the practice deliver on the Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) and Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF) agenda and enhanced services.

Delivering repeat prescription reviews.

Being the point of contact for all medicine-related queries.

Overseeing the practices repeat prescription policy.

Taking over clinical medicines reviews from GPs.

Audit and education.

Medicines management.

In dispensing practices, pharmacists can take responsibility for the business management of the dispensary.

Supervision

The PCPEP is for pharmacists employed as part of the NHS England primary care network contract Directed Enhanced Service (DES) additional roles reimbursement scheme.

The PCN DES advises that all clinical pharmacists will be part of a professional clinical network and will always be clinically supervised by a senior clinical pharmacist and GP clinical supervisor.

The clinical supervisor for pharmacists will usually be a GP but if the pharmacist works in a care home, the clinical supervisor could be a consultant geriatrician.

Each clinical pharmacist will receive a minimum of one supervision session per month by a senior clinical pharmacist.

All clinical pharmacists will have access to an assigned GP clinical supervisor for support and development.

As the number of clinical pharmacists working within PCNs increases, this should be on a ratio of one senior clinical pharmacist to five clinical pharmacists, and in all cases appropriate peer support and supervision must be in place.

Further information can be found on the CPPE website

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Doctor of Pharmacy (Mpharm)

Experience

Essential

  • For Full Job Description and Person Specification please see attached
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Doctor of Pharmacy (Mpharm)

Experience

Essential

  • For Full Job Description and Person Specification please see attached

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

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

MIAA Solutions

Address

PCN's and GP Practices

within and close to Wirral

Post Code area

CH41 5AL


Employer's website

https://cmgeneralpracticejobs.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

MIAA Solutions

Address

PCN's and GP Practices

within and close to Wirral

Post Code area

CH41 5AL


Employer's website

https://cmgeneralpracticejobs.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Associate

Anita Denton

anita.denton@miaa.nhs.uk

Date posted

19 August 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience Band 6 - 8a

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

M0026-23-0081

Job locations

PCN's and GP Practices

within and close to Wirral

Post Code area

CH41 5AL


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