Job summary
Job summary
We are seeking to recruit a positive and self-motivated
individual to take on the role of Clinical Pharmacist within our Pharmacy Team.
The successful clinical pharmacist candidate will play an important role within
our pharmacy team and other members of the PCN multi-disciplinary team.
Main duties of the job
Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team in
a patient facing role to clinically assess and treat patients within your
current competence, using your expert knowledge of medicines for specific
disease areas
Being responsible for the care management of
patients with chronic diseases and undertake structured medication reviews to
proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy
Providing specialist expertise in the use of
medicines whilst helping to address both the public health and social care
needs of patients and to help in tackling inequalities
Support the leadership team on ensuring
person-centred medicines optimisation and quality improvement is achieved,
whilst contributing to the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services
Support patients to take their medications to
get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care where possible
Support the clinical aspects of shared care
protocols, clinical research with medicines, liaison with specialist
pharmacists, liaison with community pharmacists and other healthcare
professionals
Being part of a professional clinical network
and have access to appropriate clinical supervision.
Contribute to clinical governance activities /
clinical audit to ensure continual improvement of service delivery.
Provide services to support the practices
deliver QOF, DES, DMOS and IIF targets
Work to agreed standards, monitor and maintain
the standard of care offered.
About us
The Deepings Practice is a large practice based in
Market Deeping with a branch site at Glinton, we serve over 24,000 patients.
The Deepings practice has a large team of clinical and non-clinical staff lead
by seven partners and a full senior management team. We have a CQC score of Good and strive for
excellence in all areas of patient care. We have a strong focus on health promotion and
personalised care, supporting patients to make informed decisions about their
health and social care. We are a dynamic, friendly, and supportive team with
experience in training GPs and other healthcare professionals.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB TITLE:Clinical Pharmacist/Independent Prescriber
HOURS:Full Time / Part Time / Hybrid Working
PLACE OF WORK:Based at both The Deeping Practice and Glinton Surgery
RESPONSIBLE TO:Prescribing
Lead, Practice Manager
About
us:
The
Deepings Practice is a large practice based in Market Deeping with a branch
site at Glinton, we serve over 24,000 patients. The Deepings practice has a
large team of clinical and non-clinical staff lead by seven partners and a full
senior management team. We have a CQC
score of Good and strive for excellence in all areas of patient care. We have a
strong focus on health promotion and personalised care, supporting patients to
make informed decisions about their health and social care. We are a dynamic,
friendly, and supportive team with experience in training GPs and other
healthcare professionals.
Job
Summary:
We
are seeking to recruit a positive and self-motivated individual to take on the
role of Clinical Pharmacist within our Pharmacy Team. The successful clinical
pharmacist candidate will be an independent prescriber and play an important role within our pharmacy team and
other members of the PCN multi-disciplinary team.
Main
Duties:
- Working as part
of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to clinically assess
and treat patients within your current competence, using your expert
knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas.
- Being responsible
for the care management of patients with chronic diseases and undertake
structured medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex
polypharmacy.
- Providing
specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address
both the public health and social care needs of patients and to help in
tackling inequalities.
- Support the
leadership team on ensuring person-centred medicines optimisation and
quality improvement is achieved, whilst contributing to the quality and
outcomes framework and enhanced services.
- Support patients
to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote
self-care where possible.
- Support the
clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical research with
medicines, liaison with specialist pharmacists, liaison with community
pharmacists and other healthcare professionals.
- Being part of a
professional clinical network and have access to appropriate clinical
supervision.
- Contribute to
clinical governance activities / clinical audit to ensure continual
improvement of service delivery.
- Provide services
to support the practices deliver QOF, DES, DMOS and IIF targets.
- Work to agreed
standards, monitor and maintain the standard of care offered.
- Ensure you are
competent and appropriately trained to carry out your areas of
responsibility, including keeping up to date with practice policies and
clinical standards
- Demonstrate
sensitive communication styles to ensure patients are fully informed and
consent to treatment.
- Support and
participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation.
- Ensure
confidentiality is adhered to at all times.
- Utilise the audit
cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the
team, implementing improvements where required.
- Use relevant IT
systems to support role including SystemOne, TeamNet, Word, Excel, Access,
and other systems where necessary.
- In partnership
with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of health
care responding to local and national policies and initiatives as
appropriate.
- Be flexible in
undertaking any other duties as deemed appropriate to the role.
- Assist in
promoting and maintaining your own and others health, safety and security
as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy and the practice
infection control policy and published procedures.
- Prioritise own
and others workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are
embedded within the culture of the team.
- Evaluate patients
response to health care provision and the effectiveness of care.
- Effectively
manage own time, workload and resources.
- To complete any
required training or courses relevant to/required of your role.
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.
Confidentiality:
- In the course of
seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather,
sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the
right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act
appropriately.
- In the
performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the
post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to
patients and their carers, Practice staff and other healthcare
workers. They may also have access
to information relating to the Practice as a business organisation.
All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly
confidential.
- Information
relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the
business of the Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in
accordance with the Practice policies and procedures relating to
confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.
Health
& Safety:
The
post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others
health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety
Policy, to include:
- Using personal
security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines
- Identifying the
risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way
that manages those risks
- Making effective
use of training to update knowledge and skills
- Using appropriate
infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe
way and free from hazards
- Reporting
potential risks identified.
Equality
& Diversity:
The
post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers
and colleagues, to include:
- Acting in a way
that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a
way that is consistent with Practice procedures and policies, and current
legislation.
- Respecting the
privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to
and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances,
feelings priorities and rights.
Personal/Professional
Development:
The
post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the
Practice as part of this employment, such training to include:
- Participation in
an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility
for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development.
- Taking
responsibility for own development, learning and performance and
demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar
work.
Quality:
The
post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the Practice, and will:
- Alert other team
members to issues of quality and risk.
- Assess own
performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or
under supervision.
- Contribute to the
effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and
making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance.
- Work effectively
with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs.
- Effectively
manage own time, workload and resources.
Communication:
The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective
communication within the team and will strive to:
- Communicate
effectively with other team members.
- Communicate
effectively with patients and carers.
- Recognise
peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
Contribution
to the Implementation of Services:
The
post-holder will:
- Apply Practice
policies, standards and guidance.
- Discuss with
other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will
affect own work.
- Participate in audit
where appropriate.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB TITLE:Clinical Pharmacist/Independent Prescriber
HOURS:Full Time / Part Time / Hybrid Working
PLACE OF WORK:Based at both The Deeping Practice and Glinton Surgery
RESPONSIBLE TO:Prescribing
Lead, Practice Manager
About
us:
The
Deepings Practice is a large practice based in Market Deeping with a branch
site at Glinton, we serve over 24,000 patients. The Deepings practice has a
large team of clinical and non-clinical staff lead by seven partners and a full
senior management team. We have a CQC
score of Good and strive for excellence in all areas of patient care. We have a
strong focus on health promotion and personalised care, supporting patients to
make informed decisions about their health and social care. We are a dynamic,
friendly, and supportive team with experience in training GPs and other
healthcare professionals.
Job
Summary:
We
are seeking to recruit a positive and self-motivated individual to take on the
role of Clinical Pharmacist within our Pharmacy Team. The successful clinical
pharmacist candidate will be an independent prescriber and play an important role within our pharmacy team and
other members of the PCN multi-disciplinary team.
Main
Duties:
- Working as part
of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to clinically assess
and treat patients within your current competence, using your expert
knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas.
- Being responsible
for the care management of patients with chronic diseases and undertake
structured medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex
polypharmacy.
- Providing
specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address
both the public health and social care needs of patients and to help in
tackling inequalities.
- Support the
leadership team on ensuring person-centred medicines optimisation and
quality improvement is achieved, whilst contributing to the quality and
outcomes framework and enhanced services.
- Support patients
to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote
self-care where possible.
- Support the
clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical research with
medicines, liaison with specialist pharmacists, liaison with community
pharmacists and other healthcare professionals.
- Being part of a
professional clinical network and have access to appropriate clinical
supervision.
- Contribute to
clinical governance activities / clinical audit to ensure continual
improvement of service delivery.
- Provide services
to support the practices deliver QOF, DES, DMOS and IIF targets.
- Work to agreed
standards, monitor and maintain the standard of care offered.
- Ensure you are
competent and appropriately trained to carry out your areas of
responsibility, including keeping up to date with practice policies and
clinical standards
- Demonstrate
sensitive communication styles to ensure patients are fully informed and
consent to treatment.
- Support and
participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation.
- Ensure
confidentiality is adhered to at all times.
- Utilise the audit
cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the
team, implementing improvements where required.
- Use relevant IT
systems to support role including SystemOne, TeamNet, Word, Excel, Access,
and other systems where necessary.
- In partnership
with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of health
care responding to local and national policies and initiatives as
appropriate.
- Be flexible in
undertaking any other duties as deemed appropriate to the role.
- Assist in
promoting and maintaining your own and others health, safety and security
as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy and the practice
infection control policy and published procedures.
- Prioritise own
and others workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are
embedded within the culture of the team.
- Evaluate patients
response to health care provision and the effectiveness of care.
- Effectively
manage own time, workload and resources.
- To complete any
required training or courses relevant to/required of your role.
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.
Confidentiality:
- In the course of
seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather,
sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the
right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act
appropriately.
- In the
performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the
post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to
patients and their carers, Practice staff and other healthcare
workers. They may also have access
to information relating to the Practice as a business organisation.
All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly
confidential.
- Information
relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the
business of the Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in
accordance with the Practice policies and procedures relating to
confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.
Health
& Safety:
The
post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others
health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety
Policy, to include:
- Using personal
security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines
- Identifying the
risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way
that manages those risks
- Making effective
use of training to update knowledge and skills
- Using appropriate
infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe
way and free from hazards
- Reporting
potential risks identified.
Equality
& Diversity:
The
post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers
and colleagues, to include:
- Acting in a way
that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a
way that is consistent with Practice procedures and policies, and current
legislation.
- Respecting the
privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to
and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances,
feelings priorities and rights.
Personal/Professional
Development:
The
post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the
Practice as part of this employment, such training to include:
- Participation in
an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility
for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development.
- Taking
responsibility for own development, learning and performance and
demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar
work.
Quality:
The
post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the Practice, and will:
- Alert other team
members to issues of quality and risk.
- Assess own
performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or
under supervision.
- Contribute to the
effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and
making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance.
- Work effectively
with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs.
- Effectively
manage own time, workload and resources.
Communication:
The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective
communication within the team and will strive to:
- Communicate
effectively with other team members.
- Communicate
effectively with patients and carers.
- Recognise
peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
Contribution
to the Implementation of Services:
The
post-holder will:
- Apply Practice
policies, standards and guidance.
- Discuss with
other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will
affect own work.
- Participate in audit
where appropriate.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience
- Experience of multi-disciplinary working
- Clear understanding of professional responsibility and accountability
- Knowledge of current clinical evidence-based practice.
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare
Desirable
- Experience of delivering patient care in a primary care, urgent or community setting, or willing to gain experience
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with the GPHC
- Educated to degree/masters level in Pharmacy, Pharm/BPharm (Or equivalent)
- To maintain registration as a Pharmacist and comply with appropriate professional codes
Desirable
- Clinical Diploma
- Independent prescribing or working towards/intent of gaining an independent prescribing qualification.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience
- Experience of multi-disciplinary working
- Clear understanding of professional responsibility and accountability
- Knowledge of current clinical evidence-based practice.
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare
Desirable
- Experience of delivering patient care in a primary care, urgent or community setting, or willing to gain experience
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with the GPHC
- Educated to degree/masters level in Pharmacy, Pharm/BPharm (Or equivalent)
- To maintain registration as a Pharmacist and comply with appropriate professional codes
Desirable
- Clinical Diploma
- Independent prescribing or working towards/intent of gaining an independent prescribing qualification.
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).
