Job summary
We are looking for Clinical Pharmacist to work with Claremont
Clinic.
***PART-TIME ROLE, IDEALLY WEDNESDAY TO FRIDAY***
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated experienced
general practice prescribing pharmacist who is committed to developing
knowledge and skills to improve patient care in general practice.
You will be responsible for their clinical competencies as
part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in clinical medicines
management, provide face to face medication reviews, manage long term
conditions, management of medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer
prescribing, manage repeat prescription authorisations and reauthorisation,
acute prescription request, while addressing both the public health and social
care needs of patients in the GP practice.
You will have a chance to make a difference every day and
deliver exceptional service.
Main duties of the job
Core Responsibilities:
- Medication Reviews:Conduct structured medication reviews to ensure safe, effective, and appropriate use of medicinesespecially for patients with long-term conditions or those on multiple medications.
- Prescribing & Deprescribing:Initiate, adjust, or stop medications under supervision or as an independent prescriber.
- Repeat Prescription Management:Oversee repeat prescriptions, checking for drug interactions, duplications, and adherence issues.
- Support for Chronic Disease Management:Work alongside GPs and nurses to manage conditions like hypertension, diabetes, asthma, and COPD.
- Patient Consultations:Provide face-to-face or telephone reviews to discuss medication concerns, side effects, or lifestyle advice.
- Clinical Audits & Safety Monitoring:Monitor prescribing trends, support audits, and promote safe prescribing practices.
- Staff Support & Education:Act as a resource for other healthcare staff, offering advice on medications and contributing to in-practice training.
This role reduces GP workload, improves patient outcomes, and enhances prescribing safety across the practice.
About us
Claremont Clinic is a well-established NHS GP surgery, located in the heart of Forest Gate and has been serving the local community since its founding in 1951.
Claremont Clinic is renowned for fostering a supportive and collaborative working environment. The clinic's team compromises of over 20 professionals including GPs, nurses, pharmacist, physician associates, social prescriber and administrative staff. The diverse team works cohesively to deliver high-quality care to a patient base of approximately 11,000 individuals.
The clinic's leadership maintains an open and transparent approach to safety, and employees can expect a fulfilling and rewarding experience. The clinic's proactive approach to feedback and continuous improvement indicates a workplace that values staff input and development.
In summary, Claremont Clinic offers a vibrant and supportive work environment where team members are valued and encouraged to grow professionally. The clinic's dedication to high standards of care and continuous improvement creates a dynamic setting for healthcare professionals seeking to make a meaningful impact.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Clinical
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a
patient facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using their expert
knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas
-
Be responsible for the care management of
patients with chronic diseases undertake clinical medication reviews to
proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy, especially the elderly,
people in care homes, those with multiple co-morbidities (frailty, COPD and
asthma) and people with learning disabilities or autism
-
Provide specialist expertise in the use of
medicines whilst helping to address both the public health and social care
needs of patients at the PCNs practice(s) and to help in tackling inequalities
-
Provide leadership on person-centred medicines
optimisation (including ensuring prescribers in the practice conserve
antibiotics in line with local antimicrobial stewardship guidance) and quality
improvement, whilst contributing to the quality and outcomes framework and
enhanced services
-
Through structured medication reviews, support
patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and
promote self-care
-
Have a role in supporting further integration of
general practice with the wider healthcare teams (including community and
hospital pharmacy) to help improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to
healthcare and help manage general practice workload
-
Develop relationships and work closely with
other pharmacy professionals across PCNs and the wider health and social care
system
-
Take a central role in the clinical aspects of
shared care protocols, clinical research with medicines, liaison with
specialist pharmacists (including mental health and reduction of inappropriate
antipsychotic use in people with learning difficulties), liaison with community
pharmacists and anticoagulation
-
Be part of a professional clinical network and
have access to appropriate clinical supervision
-
High risk drug monitoring, and involved in
audits, set by CCG or towards borough wide aims and targets. Run searches for
local and national medication alerts/shortages.
LTC Management
-
See (where appropriate) patients with single or
multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation is required (e.g. COPD,
asthma).
-
Review the on-going need for each medicine, a
review of monitoring needs and an opportunity to support patients with their
medicines taking ensuring they get the best use of their medicines (i.e.
medicines optimisation)
-
Make appropriate recommendations to Senior
Pharmacists or GPs for medicine improvement
Management of common/minor/self-limiting ailments
-
Managing caseload of patients with
common/minor/self-limiting ailments while working within a scope of practice
and limits of competence.
-
Signposting to community pharmacy and referring
to GPs or other healthcare professionals where appropriate Patient facing
medicines support
Medicines support to patients
-
Provide patient clinics for those with
questions, queries and concerns about their medicines in the practice
-
To reconcile medicines following discharge from
hospitals, intermediate care and into care homes, including identifying and
rectifying unexplained changes and working with patients and community
-
Pharmacists to ensure patients receive the
medicines they need post discharge
-
Set up and manage systems to ensure continuity
of medicines supply to high risk groups of patients (e.g.
those with medicine compliance aids or those in care homes).
Medicines support to practice staff
-
Answers relevant medicine-related
enquiries from GPs, other practice staff, other healthcare teams (e.g.
community pharmacy) and patients with queries about medicines.
-
Suggesting and recommending solutions.
-
Providing follow up for patients to monitor the
effect of any changes
-
Do appropriate database searches, in keeping
MHRA and NICE alerts/ guidance to support safe patient care.
Signposting
-
Ensure that patients are referred to the
appropriate healthcare professional for the appropriate level of care within an
appropriate period e.g. pathology results, common/minor ailments, acute
conditions, long term condition reviews etc
Repeat prescribing
-
Produce and implement a practice repeat
prescribing policy.
-
Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation
process by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions and reviewing
medicines reaching review dates and flagging up those needing a review.
-
Ensure patients have appropriate monitoring
tests in place when required.
Risk stratification
-
Identification of cohorts of patients at high
risk of harm from medicines through pre-prepared practice computer searches.
-
This might include risks that are patient
related, medicine related, or both
Service development
-
Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the
development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components
(e.g. advice on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets
-
Comply with local medicines management
requirements.
Medicines quality improvement
-
Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in
areas directed by the GPs, feedback the results and implement changes in
conjunction with the practice team.
-
Present audit findings to improve service
delivery as appropriate.
Medicines safety
-
Implement changes to medicines that result from
MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance
Care Quality Commission
-
Work with the general practice team to ensure
the practice is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved.
Public health
-
To support public health campaigns.
-
To provide specialist knowledge on all public
health programmes available to the general public.
Collaborative Working Relationships
-
Recognises the roles of other colleagues within
the primary care network and their role to patient care
-
Demonstrates use of appropriate communication to
gain the co-operation of relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and
peer colleagues, and other professionals, other NHS/private organisations e.g.
CCGs)
-
Demonstrates ability to work as a member of a
team
-
Can recognise personal limitations and refer to
more appropriate colleague(s) when necessary
-
Actively work toward developing and maintaining
effective working relationships both within and outside the practice and
locality
-
Foster and maintain strong links with all
services across locality
-
Explores the potential for collaborative working
and takes opportunities to initiate and sustain such relationships
-
Demonstrates ability to integrate general
practice with community and hospital pharmacy teams
- Liaises with CCG pharmacists and Heads of
Medicines Management/ Optimisation to benefit from peer support
-
Liaises with other stakeholders as needed for
the collective benefit of patients including but not limited to Patients, GP,
nurses and other practice staff
-
Other healthcare professionals including PCN
pharmacy technicians, social prescribers, physician associates, dentists,
health and social care teams and dieticians etc.
Leadership
-
Demonstrate understanding of the pharmacy role
in governance and can implement this appropriately within the workplace.
-
Demonstrate understanding of, and contributes
to, the workplace vision Engages with Patient Participation Groups (PPGs) and
involves PPGs in development of the role and practices
-
Demonstrates ability to improve quality within
limitations of service - Have basic knowledge of Quality Improvement (QI)
Methodology.
-
Reviews yearly progress and develops clear plans
to achieve results within priorities set by others.
-
Demonstrate ability to motivate self to achieve
goals
-
Promotes diversity and equality in people
management techniques and leads by example
Management
-
Demonstrate understanding of the implications of
national priorities for the team and/or service
-
Demonstrate understanding of the process for
effective resource utilisation
-
Demonstrate understanding of, and conforms to,
relevant standards of practice
-
Demonstrates ability to identify and resolve
risk management issues according to policy/protocol
Job Limitations
At no time should the post holder work at a level outside
their level of competence. If the post holder has concerns regarding this, they
must discuss immediately with the supervising GP. All junior staff therefore
have a responsibility to inform those supervising their duties, if they are not
competent to perform a duty.
This job description is intended as a guide to the main
duties of the post and is not intended to be a prescriptive document. Duties
and base of work may change to meet the needs of the service or because of the
introduction of new technology. This job description may be reviewed from time
to time and changed, after consultation with the postholder.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Clinical
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a
patient facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using their expert
knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas
-
Be responsible for the care management of
patients with chronic diseases undertake clinical medication reviews to
proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy, especially the elderly,
people in care homes, those with multiple co-morbidities (frailty, COPD and
asthma) and people with learning disabilities or autism
-
Provide specialist expertise in the use of
medicines whilst helping to address both the public health and social care
needs of patients at the PCNs practice(s) and to help in tackling inequalities
-
Provide leadership on person-centred medicines
optimisation (including ensuring prescribers in the practice conserve
antibiotics in line with local antimicrobial stewardship guidance) and quality
improvement, whilst contributing to the quality and outcomes framework and
enhanced services
-
Through structured medication reviews, support
patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and
promote self-care
-
Have a role in supporting further integration of
general practice with the wider healthcare teams (including community and
hospital pharmacy) to help improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to
healthcare and help manage general practice workload
-
Develop relationships and work closely with
other pharmacy professionals across PCNs and the wider health and social care
system
-
Take a central role in the clinical aspects of
shared care protocols, clinical research with medicines, liaison with
specialist pharmacists (including mental health and reduction of inappropriate
antipsychotic use in people with learning difficulties), liaison with community
pharmacists and anticoagulation
-
Be part of a professional clinical network and
have access to appropriate clinical supervision
-
High risk drug monitoring, and involved in
audits, set by CCG or towards borough wide aims and targets. Run searches for
local and national medication alerts/shortages.
LTC Management
-
See (where appropriate) patients with single or
multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation is required (e.g. COPD,
asthma).
-
Review the on-going need for each medicine, a
review of monitoring needs and an opportunity to support patients with their
medicines taking ensuring they get the best use of their medicines (i.e.
medicines optimisation)
-
Make appropriate recommendations to Senior
Pharmacists or GPs for medicine improvement
Management of common/minor/self-limiting ailments
-
Managing caseload of patients with
common/minor/self-limiting ailments while working within a scope of practice
and limits of competence.
-
Signposting to community pharmacy and referring
to GPs or other healthcare professionals where appropriate Patient facing
medicines support
Medicines support to patients
-
Provide patient clinics for those with
questions, queries and concerns about their medicines in the practice
-
To reconcile medicines following discharge from
hospitals, intermediate care and into care homes, including identifying and
rectifying unexplained changes and working with patients and community
-
Pharmacists to ensure patients receive the
medicines they need post discharge
-
Set up and manage systems to ensure continuity
of medicines supply to high risk groups of patients (e.g.
those with medicine compliance aids or those in care homes).
Medicines support to practice staff
-
Answers relevant medicine-related
enquiries from GPs, other practice staff, other healthcare teams (e.g.
community pharmacy) and patients with queries about medicines.
-
Suggesting and recommending solutions.
-
Providing follow up for patients to monitor the
effect of any changes
-
Do appropriate database searches, in keeping
MHRA and NICE alerts/ guidance to support safe patient care.
Signposting
-
Ensure that patients are referred to the
appropriate healthcare professional for the appropriate level of care within an
appropriate period e.g. pathology results, common/minor ailments, acute
conditions, long term condition reviews etc
Repeat prescribing
-
Produce and implement a practice repeat
prescribing policy.
-
Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation
process by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions and reviewing
medicines reaching review dates and flagging up those needing a review.
-
Ensure patients have appropriate monitoring
tests in place when required.
Risk stratification
-
Identification of cohorts of patients at high
risk of harm from medicines through pre-prepared practice computer searches.
-
This might include risks that are patient
related, medicine related, or both
Service development
-
Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the
development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components
(e.g. advice on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets
-
Comply with local medicines management
requirements.
Medicines quality improvement
-
Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in
areas directed by the GPs, feedback the results and implement changes in
conjunction with the practice team.
-
Present audit findings to improve service
delivery as appropriate.
Medicines safety
-
Implement changes to medicines that result from
MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance
Care Quality Commission
-
Work with the general practice team to ensure
the practice is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved.
Public health
-
To support public health campaigns.
-
To provide specialist knowledge on all public
health programmes available to the general public.
Collaborative Working Relationships
-
Recognises the roles of other colleagues within
the primary care network and their role to patient care
-
Demonstrates use of appropriate communication to
gain the co-operation of relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and
peer colleagues, and other professionals, other NHS/private organisations e.g.
CCGs)
-
Demonstrates ability to work as a member of a
team
-
Can recognise personal limitations and refer to
more appropriate colleague(s) when necessary
-
Actively work toward developing and maintaining
effective working relationships both within and outside the practice and
locality
-
Foster and maintain strong links with all
services across locality
-
Explores the potential for collaborative working
and takes opportunities to initiate and sustain such relationships
-
Demonstrates ability to integrate general
practice with community and hospital pharmacy teams
- Liaises with CCG pharmacists and Heads of
Medicines Management/ Optimisation to benefit from peer support
-
Liaises with other stakeholders as needed for
the collective benefit of patients including but not limited to Patients, GP,
nurses and other practice staff
-
Other healthcare professionals including PCN
pharmacy technicians, social prescribers, physician associates, dentists,
health and social care teams and dieticians etc.
Leadership
-
Demonstrate understanding of the pharmacy role
in governance and can implement this appropriately within the workplace.
-
Demonstrate understanding of, and contributes
to, the workplace vision Engages with Patient Participation Groups (PPGs) and
involves PPGs in development of the role and practices
-
Demonstrates ability to improve quality within
limitations of service - Have basic knowledge of Quality Improvement (QI)
Methodology.
-
Reviews yearly progress and develops clear plans
to achieve results within priorities set by others.
-
Demonstrate ability to motivate self to achieve
goals
-
Promotes diversity and equality in people
management techniques and leads by example
Management
-
Demonstrate understanding of the implications of
national priorities for the team and/or service
-
Demonstrate understanding of the process for
effective resource utilisation
-
Demonstrate understanding of, and conforms to,
relevant standards of practice
-
Demonstrates ability to identify and resolve
risk management issues according to policy/protocol
Job Limitations
At no time should the post holder work at a level outside
their level of competence. If the post holder has concerns regarding this, they
must discuss immediately with the supervising GP. All junior staff therefore
have a responsibility to inform those supervising their duties, if they are not
competent to perform a duty.
This job description is intended as a guide to the main
duties of the post and is not intended to be a prescriptive document. Duties
and base of work may change to meet the needs of the service or because of the
introduction of new technology. This job description may be reviewed from time
to time and changed, after consultation with the postholder.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of two years experience as a pharmacist, demonstrated within a practice portfolio
- Experience with EMIS
- Experience and an awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-terms conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice
- Demonstrates ability to integrate general practice with community and hospital pharmacy teams community groups
- Experience of partnership/collaborative working and of building relationships across a variety of organisations
Desirable
- Understanding of the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on communities
- An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
- Knowledge of IT systems, including ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet to create simple plans and reports
Qualifications
Essential
- Completion of an undergraduate degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Demonstrates and understanding of, and conforms to, relevant standards of practice.
- Follows professional and organisational policies/procedures relating to performance management
Desirable
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of two years experience as a pharmacist, demonstrated within a practice portfolio
- Experience with EMIS
- Experience and an awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-terms conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice
- Demonstrates ability to integrate general practice with community and hospital pharmacy teams community groups
- Experience of partnership/collaborative working and of building relationships across a variety of organisations
Desirable
- Understanding of the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on communities
- An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
- Knowledge of IT systems, including ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet to create simple plans and reports
Qualifications
Essential
- Completion of an undergraduate degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Demonstrates and understanding of, and conforms to, relevant standards of practice.
- Follows professional and organisational policies/procedures relating to performance management
Desirable
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).