Job summary
The post holder will -
Be
a pharmacist, who acts within their professional boundaries, supporting and
working alongside a team of pharmacists in general practice.
The post holder will work as part of
a multi-disciplinary team
Take
responsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the practice and
undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with
complex polypharmacy.
To
provide primary support to general practice staff with regards to prescription
and medication queries.
To
support the repeat prescription system, deal with acute prescription requests,
and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer
prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing
both public and social care needs of patient in the GP practice (s).
Provide
clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement and
manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced
services.
To
ensure that the practice integrates with community and hospital pharmacy to
help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to
healthcare and help manage workload. The role is pivotal to improving the
quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and passion
to deliver excellent service within general practice.
Main duties of the job
The focus of
the post holders work will develop over time and will include -
- Structured Medication Reviews
- Ageing Well MDTs
- Help with care homes enhanced service
- Medication reviews
- Eclipse support monitoring systems
- Assistance with Prescribing Incentive
Scheme and Investment and Impact fund
- Audits and reporting
There will be scope to enhance your clinical skills
in dealing with specific patient groups
About us
MWEB PCN
consists of 5 GP practices in Northamptonshire (Moulton, Woodview, Kingsthorpe, Wootton and Denton). Our PCN vision is to
help all of our patients lead the best possible life from the cradle to the
grave through a collaborative and team approach. We are a forward thinking PCN
with a constant view of how we evolve and are always looking for innovative and
efficient approaches to our way of working. Our work models are a mixture of
face to-face and remote consultations.
This is a PCN role specifically covering Wootton Medical Centre with a combination of practice based and remote working.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Primary Duties and Areas of Responsibility
Key aspects of the role include -
Long-Term Conditions reviews (depending on scope of competence and training)Clinical Medication ReviewsCare Home Medication ReviewsMedicines Support for patientsMedicine Information to Practice Staff and PatientsHospital Admissions AvoidanceManagement of Medicines at Discharge from Hospital
Signposting to other health care professionals as appropriate
Repeat Prescribing managementService DevelopmentInformation ManagementMedicines SafetyImplementation of Local and National Guidelines and Formulary RecommendationsEducation and Training
Job description
Job responsibilities
Primary Duties and Areas of Responsibility
Key aspects of the role include -
Long-Term Conditions reviews (depending on scope of competence and training)Clinical Medication ReviewsCare Home Medication ReviewsMedicines Support for patientsMedicine Information to Practice Staff and PatientsHospital Admissions AvoidanceManagement of Medicines at Discharge from Hospital
Signposting to other health care professionals as appropriate
Repeat Prescribing managementService DevelopmentInformation ManagementMedicines SafetyImplementation of Local and National Guidelines and Formulary RecommendationsEducation and Training
Person Specification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal influencing and negotiating skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimization issues in core areas for long term conditions.
- Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information.
- Recognizes priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate.
- Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Gain acceptance for recommendations and influence, motivate, persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations, agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers.
- Work effectively independently and as a team member.
- Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision.
- Able to act upon MHRA alerts.
- Is a prescriber or working towards this competence
Experience
Essential
- Min 2 to 4 years post graduate (2 years experience working in general practice or 4 years in other comparable healthcare setting).
- Experience of public health promotion/high risk medicines monitoring/lead on antimicrobial stewardship/safe and effective repeat prescribing.
- Good working knowledge of QOF and contribution to QOF delivery.
- Good working knowledge of and role in Enhanced Services.
- An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practices.
- Able to carry out Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment.
- Able to conduct clinical medicine reviews, reduce waste through poly-pharmacy and over prescribing, reconcile and optimize medications.
- An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing.
Desirable
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare.
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (eg patients).
- Produce timely and informative reports.
- To be familiar with GP IT systems.
- To be able to demonstrate experience in a patient facing role.
Qualifications
Essential
- Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Undergraduate Pharmacy Degree experience.
- Must be an Independent Prescriber or working towards this.
- Other post graduate studies such as a PGDip.
Desirable
- Masters level Pharmacy qualification or working towards this (MPharm).
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of patients and PCN.
- Self-motivation.
- Adaptable.
- An enquiring and critical approach to work.
- Caring attitude to patients.
- Ability to communicate effectively in a multi-disciplinary team environment to provide an integrated service.
- Commitment to Continuing Professional Development.
- Confident decision maker.
- Understands limitations.
- High level of clinical reasoning.
Other Criteria
Essential
- No history of or pending medical-legal cases.
- Appropriate Immigration Status (where appropriate).
- Subject to satisfactory references.
- Full driving licence and use of vehicle.
- Residence within a reasonable distance of the work location.
Desirable
- A willingness to engage on CPPE pathway if has not already been completed.
Person Specification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal influencing and negotiating skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimization issues in core areas for long term conditions.
- Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information.
- Recognizes priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate.
- Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Gain acceptance for recommendations and influence, motivate, persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations, agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers.
- Work effectively independently and as a team member.
- Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision.
- Able to act upon MHRA alerts.
- Is a prescriber or working towards this competence
Experience
Essential
- Min 2 to 4 years post graduate (2 years experience working in general practice or 4 years in other comparable healthcare setting).
- Experience of public health promotion/high risk medicines monitoring/lead on antimicrobial stewardship/safe and effective repeat prescribing.
- Good working knowledge of QOF and contribution to QOF delivery.
- Good working knowledge of and role in Enhanced Services.
- An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practices.
- Able to carry out Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment.
- Able to conduct clinical medicine reviews, reduce waste through poly-pharmacy and over prescribing, reconcile and optimize medications.
- An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing.
Desirable
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare.
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (eg patients).
- Produce timely and informative reports.
- To be familiar with GP IT systems.
- To be able to demonstrate experience in a patient facing role.
Qualifications
Essential
- Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Undergraduate Pharmacy Degree experience.
- Must be an Independent Prescriber or working towards this.
- Other post graduate studies such as a PGDip.
Desirable
- Masters level Pharmacy qualification or working towards this (MPharm).
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of patients and PCN.
- Self-motivation.
- Adaptable.
- An enquiring and critical approach to work.
- Caring attitude to patients.
- Ability to communicate effectively in a multi-disciplinary team environment to provide an integrated service.
- Commitment to Continuing Professional Development.
- Confident decision maker.
- Understands limitations.
- High level of clinical reasoning.
Other Criteria
Essential
- No history of or pending medical-legal cases.
- Appropriate Immigration Status (where appropriate).
- Subject to satisfactory references.
- Full driving licence and use of vehicle.
- Residence within a reasonable distance of the work location.
Desirable
- A willingness to engage on CPPE pathway if has not already been completed.
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).
