PCN Pharmacist

Job summary

The primary purpose is to support a Primary Care Network (PCN) and its member practices in the Pudsey / Bramley area in all aspects of medicines optimisation.

The post holder will work within their clinical competencies as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in clinical medicines optimisation across the PCN. This will include structured medication reviews with direct patient contact and may include contributing to:

Management of long-term conditions

Minor illness

Reviewing systems for safer prescribing

Action acute prescription requests

Addressing both the public health and social care needs of patients

Contributing to achievement of QOF and locally commissioned quality improvement schemes.

Undertaking clinical audit

Developing, promoting and implementing the high quality, evidence based and cost-effective use of medicines in primary care in a way that maximises the benefits of medicines to patients and service users and which minimises risks (clinical, legal and financial).

This list is not exhaustive and additional duties may be decided by the PCN Leadership Team and the Senior Clinical Pharmacist.

Main duties of the job

• Medication reviews
• Medicines quality improvement
• Medicines Safety
• Patient facing medicines support
• Medicine management at change of care setting
• Medicine information to practice staff and patients
• Drug monitoring
• Signposting
• Repeat prescribing
• Service development
• Information management
• Collaborative working
• Professional development
• Health & safety / risk management

About us

West Leeds PCN is a mature and visionary PCN boasting a workforce of approximately 50 staff across multiple clinical disciplines. We also have our own premises (non patient facing) where most of the staff are based day to day (if working remotely) which lends itself beautifully to instant access, in house MDT working. We employ:

Clinical Pharmacists

Pharmacy Technicians

Dietitians

Social Prescribers

Health & Wellbeing Coaches

Care Co-ordinators

Administrative and support staff

Specialised Frailty and Home Visiting team (Advanced Clinical Practitioners)

Specialist Cardiac Nurse

Physiotherapists (First Contact)

For more information on the work that we do and the services we offer please visit our website West Leeds Primary Care Network (westleedspcn.co.uk)