Post Registration Foundation Pharmacist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Patient Focused and Clinical Roles

• Responsible for undertaking systematic medication and polypharmacy reviews, which will take into account social and practical issues for the patient as well as clinical elements.
• To provide medicines optimisation in chronic disease management e.g. heart failure, chronic pain management, AF, respiratory etc.

• To develop pharmaceutical care plans for individual patients as appropriate e.g. targeting those with frequent admissions/exacerbations/frail elderly/ etc.

• Ensure that patients are referred to the appropriate healthcare professional for the appropriate level of care within an appropriate period of time e.g. pathology results, common/minor ailments, acute conditions, long term condition reviews etc.

• Ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required.

• To undertake medicines reconciliation following admission or discharge and patient moving into/out of care homes and those newly registered with the practice, following up medication related issues with the patient or other professionals.

• To support public health and health promotion activities, including smoking cessation, administration of flu vaccinations, antibiotic awareness campaigns and screening events.

• To resolve and action medication queries from practice staff and patients relating to prescription requests or problems identified through the repeat prescribing service.

• To have direct patient contact which may include dealing with occasionally distressing or emotional circumstances, including contact and terminally ill patients and their relatives or carers.

• To be accountable for own professional actions, in line with local, & national guidelines and medicines legislation.

• Direct contribution to GMS contract performance, and other enhanced service provision (e.g. Shared care LES, Care home DES, anticoagulation LES).

Improving Medicines Management and Safety

• To review clinical correspondence from secondary care to ensure recommendations to initiate new medicines adhere to the formulary and local guidance and take necessary action where appropriate.

• To undertake clinical audit relating to medicines

• To action requests for acute prescriptions in line with practice protocols

• To undertake medicines re-authorisations and review as part of the repeat prescribing system.

• To ensure safe, evidence base and cost-effective prescribing in accordance with national and locally agreed standards and priorities, e.g. implementation of NICE guidelines, All Wales Medicines Strategy Group recommendations and Safety Agency alerts and warnings.

• To support policies to improve GP practice medicines management services e.g. establish clear drug recall systems to meet monitoring requirements for drugs

• To make recommendations on prescribing choices, budge expenditure and risk management where appropriate, without detriment to patient care.

• Analyse, interpret and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks to support decision making

• Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance.

• Will be required to contribute to quality improvement and research work/project.

Education and Communication

• To provide professional and expert advice to GPs, nurses, practice staff and patients on all aspects of drug treatment (doses, monitoring, interactions, side-effects etc).
• To develop and provide expert clinical advice to clinical meetings including educational sessions for the practice staff.
• To explore and implement ways to effectively educate and involve patients regarding their medicines.
• Participation in HEIW Post-Registration foundation programme and to build on IP qualification.
• To support the education and training of other healthcare professionals in the practice, including trainee pharmacists, GP registrars and both pharmacy and medical undergraduates.

Partnership Working

• To develop excellent professional links with relevant health and social care colleague, including community pharmacists, domiciliary care teams, care homes, carers, acute care colleagues etc.
• To network with other practice-base pharmacists to share best practice
• To work closely with health board medicines management teams to ensure awareness of local and national priorities and initiatives
• To contribute to the delivery of cluster/collaborative and practice plans.

INTERVIEWS WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE AFTERNOON OF THURSDAY 16th APRIL

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience in a range of clinical specialties
• Experience of multidisciplinary working

Desirable

• Previous general practice
• Experience of using EMIS

Qualifications

Essential

• Masters Degree in Pharmacy or Equivalent
• Independent Prescribing qualification
• Registered with GPhC

Desirable

• Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Qualities and Attributes

Essential

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Good organisational skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Motivational & Negotiation skills
• Time management skills
• Ability to plan, prioritise and organize workload
• Excellent clinical knowledge
• Knowledge of audit and research
• Ability to work flexibly

Desirable

• Good IT skills
• People management
• Understanding of clinical governance and risk management
• Awareness of Medicines Management Agenda
• Ability to speak Welsh

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

Taff Vale Practice

Address

Duffryn Road

Rhydyfelin

Pontypridd

Rhondda Cynon Taff

CF37 5RW

Employer's website

https://www.taffvalepractice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)