Clinical Pharmacist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide expertise in clinical medicines review and address public health and social needs of patients

Reduce inappropriate poly-pharmacy and wasteful prescribing through clinical medication review

Pro-actively identify patients using computer searches who require medication reviews e.g. polypharmacy, over 75s etc

Contribute to reductions in medicine related hospital admissions and readmission by supporting patients to get the best outcomes from their medicines and identifying and addressing medicines related issues

Liaise with colleagues in community pharmacy and be the main point of contact for medicines, to align support for medicines adherence.

Long-term condition clinics e.g., hypertension, asthma, diabetes

Work within and develop own competence to deliver patient facing clinics in patients with single or multiple medical problems where medicines optimisation is required

Build and use computer searches to pro-actively identify patients who may benefit from attending LTC clinics

Make appropriate recommendations for ongoing treatment to patients and refer appropriately to the GP/other services where needed

Repeat Prescribing:

Review/implement practice repeat prescribing policies

Manage the repeat prescribing and reauthorisation process by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates

Manage prescription queries across the practices, providing remote support where needed

Ensure processes are in place for ordering and re-authorisation of high-risk medications and that monitoring tests are appropriately ordered

Management of medicines at discharge from hospital

Reconcile medicines following hospital discharge and work with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge

Liaise with pharmacy colleagues in secondary care and be the main point of contact for medicines, to align support for medicines reconciliation on admission to hospital and on discharge

Medicines safety & Service Development

Manage patients and health care professionals medicine queries

Increase quality and safety of prescribing through mechanisms such as audit and quality improvement projects

Manage practice formularies to improve the quality, safety and cost effectiveness of prescribing

Monitor practice prescribing against local prescribing dashboard and QOF targets

Implement drug withdrawals and alerts e.g. MHRA aimed at improving medicines safety

Act as a source of medicines information for all of the practice team and patients (e.g. around doses, side effects, adverse events, possible alternatives e.g. around out of stocks)

This job description reflects the present requirements of the post and, as duties and responsibilities change/develop the job description will be reviewed and amended in consultation with the post holder.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Cycle-to-work scheme

NHS pension

Please send a CV and a cover letter to Carmen Stewart

carmen.stewart1@nhs.net

about Oxford City Primary Care Network (PCN)

Oxford City PCN is forward thinking newly formed group of 4 City Centre Practices, Northgate Health Centre, King Edward Street Practice KES @ Northgate, John Leaver & Partners and Observatory Medical Practice) with a total population of approximately 40,000 patients. The role will involve working at NORTHGATE HEALTH CENTRE.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional Registration with the GPhC
• Qualifications Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent
• In depth clinical knowledge and understanding of evidence-based healthcare
• Understanding the nature of general practice and current pressures in primary care
• Understanding the nature of primary care prescribing and strategies to improve prescribing
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
• Ability to make informed clinical decisions and maintain accountability
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrate ability to communicate complex and sensitive
• Information in an understandable form to both patients and health care professionals
• Understands the importance of medicines optimisation in the management of long-term conditions
• Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies when referral is appropriate
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Demonstrates ability to work independently as well as part of a team
• Self-motivated, flexible and willing to adapt

Desirable

• Minimum 5 years post-registration experience
• Experience of working in Primary Care/GP Practice
• Completion of the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway (PCPEP)
• Independent prescriber or working towards qualification
• Post graduate diploma or equivalent training/experience
• Member of the RPS

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).

Employer details

Employer name

NORTHGATE HEALTH CENTRE

Address

15 Market Street

Oxford

OX1 3EF

Employer's website

https://www.northgatehealthcentre.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)