Job summary
Honiton Surgery is looking for an experienced Pharmacist to join our practice team. Based at Honiton Surgery you will work with our GPs and other clinicians to support prescribing and review medication. Whilst working directly for the surgery, you will also work alongside and be supported by our PCN team of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
Whilst we are advertising for 1 WTE, applications from candidates interested in a part-time role of no less than 0.6WTE are welcome.
If you would like an informal discussion about the role before applying, please email our HR mailbox and we will arrange a convenient time.
Main duties of the job
As Clinical
Pharmacist you will:
See patients with single or multiple medical
problems where medicine optimisation is required e.g. diabetes, hypertension,
heart failure,
Carry out structured
medication reviews for patients identified as priority by the practice or
through the PCN DES.
Carry out medicines
reconciliations for patients across care boundaries to ensure that our patients
get the right medicines in a timely manner with the correct drug
monitoring.
Answer prescription
and medication queries from patients and staff across the health network.
Present and lead
improvement projects on PCN wide policies and procedures.
Contribute to Practice
and PCN meetings, GP educational meetings and any other meetings as and when
required.
Support
the GP prescribing leads with implementing change, maintaining standards and
achieving prescribing targets e.g. those set through the Devon Medicines
Optimisation Scheme and Impact and Investment Fund.
About us
We are a large, supportive and friendly well-established GP practice of 18,000 patients and are located in the market town of Honiton in East Devon. We have a diverse clinical team that includes 5 GP partners,13 salaried GPs, advanced nurse practitioners, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, FCP physiotherapists and occupational therapists. We also have a health and well-being coach team that works closely with our local CMHT. We are the lead practice in our PCN working with two other local practices and have a good rating with CQC. In addition, we are a training practice currently training GP registrars, AHPs, nurses and nurse practitioners.
We are an RCGP Research Ready practice with many active active research studies. The Partners and Practice Manager are innovative and forward thinking, proactive in quality improvement work for developing our service, supporting excellent patient care and staff wellbeing. Successful applicants could be supported to become involved in delivery of research and quality improvement projects
Job description
Job responsibilities
a. See patients with single or
multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation is required e.g.
diabetes, hypertension, heart failure, or where patients are prescribed large
numbers of medicines or combinations with identifiable risks. Review the ongoing
medicine plan for these patients, ensuring they get the best use of their
medicines and make appropriate recommendations to clinicians for medicine
improvement
b. Carry out structured medication
reviews for patients identified as priority by the practice or through the PCN
DES. This will be provided by face to face and phone appointments and may also
involve visiting people in their own homes or in care homes. Although the
candidate does not need to be a non-medical prescriber at time of application, they
must be willing to work towards this goal and will be supported to achieve this
following completion of the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacist Programme.
c. Carry out medicines
reconciliations for patients across care boundaries to ensure that our patients
get the right medicines in a timely manner with the correct drug monitoring.
This will involve liaising with colleagues in secondary care and possibly
accessing further support through the community pharmacy discharge medicines
scheme or referral to the community services pharmacy teamAnswer prescription and
medication queries from patients and staff across the health network.
d. Present and lead improvement
projects on PCN wide policies and procedures.
e. Contribute to Practice and PCN
meetings, GP educational meetings and any other meetings as and when
required.
f. Support the GP prescribing
leads with implementing change, maintaining standards and achieving prescribing
targets e.g. those set through the Devon Medicines Optimisation Scheme and
Impact and Investment Fund.
g. Liaise with community pharmacy colleagues to align cross sector initiatives
e.g. GPCPCS, eRD.
h. Complete and communicate audits to ensure a culture of continual quality
improvement
i. Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product
withdrawal and other local and national guidance.
j. Support the PCN pharmacy technicians working within Honiton Surgery
k. Document all work in a thorough and timely way in the practice patient
management system - SystmOne.
l. Advise and support with queries regarding medication storage and
transportation including vaccines.
m. Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product
withdrawal and other local and national guidance.
n. 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.
o. Support the delivery of QOF, incentive schemes, QIPP and other quality or
cost effectiveness initiatives.
p. Provide education and training to primary healthcare team on therapeutics
and medicines optimization.
q. Work with the general practice team to ensure the practice is compliant
with CQC standards where medicines are involved.
r. To support public health, including vaccination campaigns. To provide
specialist knowledge on all public health programmes available to the general
public.
Job description
Job responsibilities
a. See patients with single or
multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation is required e.g.
diabetes, hypertension, heart failure, or where patients are prescribed large
numbers of medicines or combinations with identifiable risks. Review the ongoing
medicine plan for these patients, ensuring they get the best use of their
medicines and make appropriate recommendations to clinicians for medicine
improvement
b. Carry out structured medication
reviews for patients identified as priority by the practice or through the PCN
DES. This will be provided by face to face and phone appointments and may also
involve visiting people in their own homes or in care homes. Although the
candidate does not need to be a non-medical prescriber at time of application, they
must be willing to work towards this goal and will be supported to achieve this
following completion of the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacist Programme.
c. Carry out medicines
reconciliations for patients across care boundaries to ensure that our patients
get the right medicines in a timely manner with the correct drug monitoring.
This will involve liaising with colleagues in secondary care and possibly
accessing further support through the community pharmacy discharge medicines
scheme or referral to the community services pharmacy teamAnswer prescription and
medication queries from patients and staff across the health network.
d. Present and lead improvement
projects on PCN wide policies and procedures.
e. Contribute to Practice and PCN
meetings, GP educational meetings and any other meetings as and when
required.
f. Support the GP prescribing
leads with implementing change, maintaining standards and achieving prescribing
targets e.g. those set through the Devon Medicines Optimisation Scheme and
Impact and Investment Fund.
g. Liaise with community pharmacy colleagues to align cross sector initiatives
e.g. GPCPCS, eRD.
h. Complete and communicate audits to ensure a culture of continual quality
improvement
i. Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product
withdrawal and other local and national guidance.
j. Support the PCN pharmacy technicians working within Honiton Surgery
k. Document all work in a thorough and timely way in the practice patient
management system - SystmOne.
l. Advise and support with queries regarding medication storage and
transportation including vaccines.
m. Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product
withdrawal and other local and national guidance.
n. 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.
o. Support the delivery of QOF, incentive schemes, QIPP and other quality or
cost effectiveness initiatives.
p. Provide education and training to primary healthcare team on therapeutics
and medicines optimization.
q. Work with the general practice team to ensure the practice is compliant
with CQC standards where medicines are involved.
r. To support public health, including vaccination campaigns. To provide
specialist knowledge on all public health programmes available to the general
public.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- a) Must be a registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- b) Will undertake or can demonstrate exemption from CPPE's Primary Care Pharmacy education Programme
- c) Safeguarding and Other Mandatory Training
Desirable
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Membership of the Primary Care Pharmacy Association
Experience
Essential
- a. Experience and awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-terms conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice
Desirable
- a. Demonstrates ability to integrate general practice with community and hospital pharmacy teams community groups
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- a. In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare
- b. Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
- c. Excellent written and verbal communication skills d. Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients)
- e. Recognise priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern, knowing when to escalate f. Understanding of the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on communities g. Be able to work well independently and as a team member h. An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing i. Knowledge of IT systems, including ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet to create simple plans and reports j. Able to plan, manage, monitor and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- a) Must be a registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- b) Will undertake or can demonstrate exemption from CPPE's Primary Care Pharmacy education Programme
- c) Safeguarding and Other Mandatory Training
Desirable
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Membership of the Primary Care Pharmacy Association
Experience
Essential
- a. Experience and awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-terms conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice
Desirable
- a. Demonstrates ability to integrate general practice with community and hospital pharmacy teams community groups
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- a. In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare
- b. Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
- c. Excellent written and verbal communication skills d. Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients)
- e. Recognise priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern, knowing when to escalate f. Understanding of the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on communities g. Be able to work well independently and as a team member h. An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing i. Knowledge of IT systems, including ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet to create simple plans and reports j. Able to plan, manage, monitor and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions
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
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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).
