Primary Care Pharmacist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key responsibilities for clinical pharmacists in delivering the health services to patients will be to:

i. 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.

ii. Prescribers, or will be completing training to become prescribers, and will work with and alongside the general practice team. They will take responsibility for the care management of patients with chronic diseases and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy, especially the elderly, people in care homes, those with multiple co-morbidities (in particular frailty, COPD and asthma) and people with learning disabilities or autism

iii. Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients at practice and to help in tackling inequalities.

iv. 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, clinical pharmacists will support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care.

v. Have a leadership 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. The role has the potential to significantly improve quality of care and safety for patients.

vi. Develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across PCNs and the wider health and social care system.

vii. Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, liaison with specialist pharmacists (including mental health and reduction of inappropriate antipsychotic use in people with learning difficulties), liaison with community pharmacists and anticoagulation.

viii. Be part of a professional clinical network and will have access to appropriate clinical supervision.

Person Specification

Other

Essential

• Self motivation.
• Adaptable.

Desirable

• In date DBS.
• Safeguarding adult and children level 3

Qualifications

Essential

• Masters Degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent.
• Must have completed, be enrolled on or granted exemption from the CPPE Course.

Desirable

• Independent prescriber or working towards/intent of gaining independent prescribing qualification.

Experience

Essential

• An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practice.
• An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts
• of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing.
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills.
• The ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Produce timely and informative reports.
• Work effectively independently and as a team member.

Desirable

• A minimum of 2 years post qualification experience.
• In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principals of evidence based healthcare.
• Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions.
• Gain acceptance for recommendations and influence/motivate/persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations/agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers.

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

Torquay Primary Care Network

Address

Brunel Medical Practice

St. Albans Road

Torquay

TQ1 3SL