Job responsibilities
The successful candidate will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to develop and run processes for repeat prescription reauthorisation, management of medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing. You will also undertake structured medication reviews for patients in care homes and community.
You will also be required to undertake face to face patient assessments and reviews.
1.
Patient Facing Clinical Services and
Care
Conduct
face to face and other modes of medication review and agree medicines care
plans in agreement with patients and carers.
Delivering
long term conditions clinics and home visits particularly for patients with
complicated medication regimes and prescribe accordingly.
Consult
with patients for acute illnesses within defined levels of competence and
independently prescribe medication.
Prescribe
acute and repeat medication for patient needs within areas of competency.
Receive
referrals and directed patients from triage services and other clinicians.
Provide
targeted support and pro-active review for vulnerable, complex patients and
those at risk of admission and re-admission to secondary care.
Receive
and resolve medicines queries from patients and other staff.
Contribute
to public health campaigns (e.g. flu clinics) through advice or direct care.
Provide
specific advice and support to patients in care homes and support staff.
Provide
help and advice on medicines use to patients and their Carers.
Promote
self-management and develop patient support systems.
Manage
therapeutic drug monitoring system and recall of patients taking high risk
drugs i.e. anticoagulants, anticonvulsants and DMARDS etc.
Support virtual and remote models of
consultation and support including e-consultations, remote medication review
and telehealth and telemedicine.
2.
Medicines Optimisation Systems
Organise
and oversee repeat prescribing, repeat dispensing, electronic prescribing and
medication review systems.
Provide
leadership and support to prescription administrative staff.
Handle
prescription queries and requests directly.
Oversee
system for reconciliation of medicines from outpatient and discharge letters
and support safe transfer of care through liaison with hospital and community
colleagues.
Liaise
with other stakeholders in the supply chain such as community pharmacists and
appliance contractors to handle queries and manage supply problems.
Maintain
and review a Medicines Handling Policy for the practice to ensure safe
processes for self-administered medicines and controlled drugs.
Support
the delivery of QOF, incentive schemes, QIPP and other quality or costs
effectiveness initiatives.
Agree
and review Prescribing Formularies and Protocols and monitor compliance levels.
Improve the data quality of medicines
records and linking to conditions.
3.
Safety
Report
medicines related incidents, contribute to investigations and root cause
analyses.
Participate
in serious incident investigations and multidisciplinary case reviews.
Report
Adverse Drug Reactions and promote reporting by MDT.
Oversee
use and monitoring of high risk drugs and drugs of abuse.
Action and response to Drug Safety
Alerts and other safety cascades.
4.
Training and education and
information
Participate
in MDT learning activities.
Participate
in and contribute to MDT clinical supervision sessions and case reviews.
Develop
and deliver education sessions and training to clinical and non-clinical staff
on medicines issues.
Deliver
education and support to individual patients and patient support groups on
medicines.
Deliver
ad-hoc medicines advice to doctors and other clinicians.
Assess
emergent clinical evidence and develop strategies for implementation in
practice.
Horizon
scan for new drugs and provide information to the MDT on their introduction.
Provide
advice on cost effective prescribing and supply issues.
Provide
teaching and support to medical students, GP trainees and other trainee
healthcare professionals.
Actively
participate in Network MDT meetings and any clinical supervision and
development sessions.
Actively participate in National CPPE
training scheme for clinical pharmacists as appropriate.
5.
Quality
Ensure compliance with CQC and other
professional standards.
Promote a culture of constant
improvement and excellence.
Conduct regular clinical audits and
other improvement activities.
Assess own performance regularly and
make suggestions of how to improve personal and team performance.
Lead and participate in PDRs and
other improvement activities.
Contribute to the achievement of KPIs
and objectives of the Network.
Understand a risk management approach
and apply it to all activities.
6.
Financial and physical resources
Manage prescribing expenditure and
monitor drug budget.
Prescribe cost effectively.
Reduce waste.
Ensure safe storage and security of
medicines.
7.
Governance
Agree
and maintain Medication Review Policies and procedures.
Agree
and manage Repeat Prescribing Policy and Processes.
Maintain prescribing policies within
the practice to manage risk including medicines storage, preparation,
administration and disposal to comply with Medicines Act 1968 and Misuse of Drugs
Act 1971 and evolving legislation.