Clinical Pharmacist

Job responsibilities

Job Summary

Were looking for clinicians that are driven to provide compassionate patient care in challenging, fast-paced, but rewarding environments.

An exciting new chapter begins for the PCN, which aims to find likeminded healthcare professionals, to embrace new innovations to help develop and improve the delivery and management of patient centred care to our local population.

The Clinical Pharmacist will complement our existing pharmacy team proactively helping patients across the PCN to stay safe, well, and out of hospital whilst supporting efforts to reduce the demands placed on general practice.

You will be a leading example of clinical excellence, supporting colleagues in the PCN, and providing an advanced level of experience and care.

Were confident in our people - rewarding them for their hard work and commitment. Alongside competitive salaries, youll find we offer a career framework that gives individuals the opportunity to grow in our company.

We also provide a range of benefits designed to look after you, including:

• Retention of any NHS continuous service you already have.
• The opportunity to transfer your existing NHS pension, or to join the scheme.
• Support and funding to continue your education, development, and learning.

Main Duties

The post holder will help patients to get the best from their medicines, switching medications to agreed and approved protocols, improving repeat prescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimising clinical risk, and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.

• To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using extensive experience and in-depth knowledge. The clinical pharmacist will be directly responsible for care and prescribing of defined cohort(s) of patients.
• To have completed or be near to completing training to become a prescriber to work alongside the general practice team.
• To deliver and develop pharmacy led medicines optimisation working with general practice and the wider multidisciplinary team, ensuring each practice remains up to date.
• To lead, promote, support, and facilitate medicines optimisation for specialist area in the wider medicines agenda. Ensuring best value, reduced harm, and improved outcomes.
• To lead, deliver, evaluate, and audit service delivery for specialist areas ensuring a high-quality service and to further develop provision.
• To work to the principles of Medicines Optimisation and relevant up to date national guidelines and evidence base.
• To support the Prescribing Lead with the medicines agenda within the PCN and primary care practices.

Other Responsibilities

ADMINISTRATION

• Contribute and participate in audits, evaluation, and clinical standard setting within the PCN and the 3 Practices.
• Accurate and timely summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data.
• Complete all required paperwork for legal and administrative purposes in accordance with relevant standards.
• Ensure that all practice policies are fully implemented.
• Work in accordance with all governance and internal systems relating to (but not limited to) the management of clinical data and systems.

TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

• Taking responsibility for own development with relevant evidence-based knowledge and competence in all aspects of the role to meet clinical governance guidelines for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and a Personal Development Plan (PDP).
• Stay up to date through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements are met, demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.
• Subject to a performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development.
• Work closely with other clinical staff and administrative managers in the setting up and/or improving of practice systems for monitoring or measuring performance against Clinical Governance and Quality Indicator targets.
• Work to deliver the NHS contract requirements related to the practice (including the terms of the Quality and Outcomes Framework and locally enhanced services)
• Receive a minimum of one supervision session per month by a senior clinical pharmacist.
• Be assigned to a GP clinical supervisor for support and development.

OTHER DELEGATED DUTIES

This job description is not intended to be exhaustive - it may be changed after consultation with the post holder. The employee shares with the employer the responsibility for review and modification of duties.

This job description will reflect the PCN DES ARRS role requirements which may be varied in line with national guidance.

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience, including primary care and at least one other field of pharmacy (community or hospital)
• Good knowledge of NHS medicines optimisation
• An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practices
• Experience of managing / developing a team
• Understand the aims of current healthcare policy within primary care
• Has attention to detail, able to work accurately, identifying errors quickly and easily
• Can effectively manage allocated resources
• Produce timely and informative reports
• Excellent understanding of data protection and confidentiality issues
• Able to think analytically; anticipating obstacles and thinking ahead; using analytical techniques to come up with solutions
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with team members, patients, carers, and other healthcare professionals
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Understanding of budget and health and social care data
• Committed to own continuing personal development and an ability to support others to develop and progress

Desirable

• In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence based healthcare
• Clinical pharmacy experience in running primary care clinics
• Computer literate with an ability to use the required GP clinical systems
• Able to analyse and interpret prescribing data
• Has a planned and organised approach with an ability to prioritise their own workload and meet strict deadlines
• Politically astute with an ability to sensitively manage complexity and uncertainty

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Masters degree level in pharmacy, (MPharm), equivalent
• Registered Pharmacist with the - General Pharmaceutical Council
• Independent prescriber or working towards/intent of gaining independent prescribing qualification
• Specialist knowledge acquired through postgraduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience
• Educated to Masters degree level in pharmacy, (MPharm), equivalent

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Works effectively independently and as a member of a team
• Flexible approach to meet service needs and ensure a stakeholder focused response
• Self-motivated and proactive
• Continued commitment to improve skills and ability in new areas of work
• Able to undertake the demands of the post with reasonable adjustments if required
• Able to work across several sites and travel to meet with colleagues

Other Requirements

Essential

• Commit to a DBS check
• Flexibility to work outside of core office hours

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).