Job responsibilities
Key duties and responsibilities
Please note this is a list of options, it is not exhaustive, which
options are deployed will be decided by the Lead Practice Pharmacist and the Business Manager. This role is patient-facing in nature.
1.
Leadership and management Dependent on
experience
Depending on experience, you will be expected to contribute to the
leadership of medicines related issues for the practice, and to provide
leadership and mentoring to other pharmacists or pharmacy technicians employed by
the practice.
Demonstrate understanding of the pharmacy role in governance and is able
to implement this appropriately within the workplace.
Demonstrate understanding of, and contribute to, the workplace vision
Demonstrate ability to improve quality within limitations of service
Review progress yearly and develop clear plans to achieve results within
priorities set by others.
Demonstrate ability to motivate self to achieve goals
Demonstrate ability to lead a team and provide support to other clinical
pharmacists
Demonstrate understanding of the implications of national priorities for
the team and/or service and manage the team through these changes
Demonstrate understanding of the process for effective resource
utilisation
Demonstrate understanding of, and conforms to, relevant standards of
practice
Demonstrate ability to identify and resolve risk management issues
according to policy/protocol
Follow professional and organisational policies/procedures relating to
performance management
Demonstrate ability to extend boundaries of service delivery within the
team
Lead and mentor a team of differing abilities
2.
Patient facing Clinical Medication
Review
Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and work within your
scope of practice as a non-medical prescriber to implement any necessary
changes or produce recommendations for/refer to other prescribing pharmacists,
nurses and/or GPs to implement if outside your scope. These reviews could be cohort based, in care
homes, polypharmacy or any other area required by the practice, within the
pharmacists competence. Home visits may be required.
3.
Medicines quality improvement
Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in areas identified by yourself
and agreed by the practice or as directed by the practice, feedback the results
and implement changes in conjunction with the relevant practice team.
Identify cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through
computer searches. This might include risks that are patient related, medicine
related, or both. Put in place changes to reduce the prescribing of these
medicines to high-risk patient groups
4.
Medicines safety
Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product
withdrawal and other local and national guidance.
5.
Patient facing medicines support
Provide patient facing clinics for those with questions, queries and
concerns about theirmedicines in the practice.
6.
Telephone medicines support
Provide a telephone help line for patients with questions, queries and
concerns about theirmedicines.
7.
Management of medicines at change of
care setting
Reconcile medicines following discharge from hospital or admission to intermediate
care or care homes, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes
and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive
the medicines they need post discharge. Set up and manage systems to ensure
continuity of medicines supply to high-risk groups of patients (e.g. those with
medicine compliance aids or those in Care Homes).
8.
Medicine information to practice staff
and patients
Answer relevant medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other network
staff, other healthcare teams e.g. community pharmacy and patients with
queries about medicines. Suggest and recommend solutions. Providing follow up
for patients to monitor the effect of any changes.
9.
Drug monitoring
Ensure robust systems are in place for drug monitoring at each practice
across the PCN, streamlining these where possible. Understand and apply the
traffic light classifications for prescribing in the Leeds Health Economy.
10.
Signposting
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.
11.
Repeat prescribing
You will be asked to contribute to the repeat prescribing
reauthorisation process by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions
and reviewing medicines reaching review dates. Ensure patients have appropriate
monitoring in place when required.
12.
Service development
Depending on experience, contribute pharmaceutical advice for the
development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components
(e.g. advice on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets).
13.
Information management- Dependent on
experience
Analyse, interpret and present medicines data to highlight issues and
risks to support decision making.
14.
Education and Training- Dependent on
experience
Understand and demonstrate the characteristics of a role model to
members in the team and/or service
Demonstrate understanding of the mentorship process
Demonstrate ability to conduct teaching and assessment effectively
according to a learning plan with supervision from more experience colleague
Demonstrate self-development through continuous professional development
activity
Participate in the delivery of formal education programmes
Demonstrate an understanding of current educational policies relevant to
working areas of practice and keeps up to date with relevant clinical practice
15.
Care Quality Commission
Work with the general practice teams to ensure the practices are
compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved.
16.
Public health
Support public health campaigns. Provide specialist knowledge on all
public health programmes available to the general public.
17.
Collaborative working arrangements
Work collaboratively with the Practice Manager, Partners, Prescribing
Lead, Lead Pharmacist, Lead Nurse and other members of the pharmacy team.
Participate in the practice MDT.
Liaise with the Integrated Care Board (ICB) in Leeds Medicines
Optimisation team to benefit from peer support, and on prescribing related
matters to ensure consistency of patient care and benefit
Engage with the Leeds Practice Pharmacist and Technician Network for
peer support.
Foster and maintain strong links with all services across the PCN and
neighbouring networks.
Explore the potential for collaborative working and takes opportunities
to initiate and sustain such relationships.
Liaise with other stakeholders as needed for the collective benefit of
patients, including but not limited to :
Patients and their representatives
GP, nurses and other practice staff
Social prescribers, first contact physiotherapists, physicians
associates and paramedics.
Community pharmacists and support staff
GP prescribing lead
Community nurses and other allied health professionals
Hospital staff with responsibilities for prescribing and medicines
optimisation
18.
Professional development
Work with your line manager to undertake continual personal and
professional development, taking an active part in reviewing and developing the
role and responsibilities.
Adhere to organisational policies and procedures, including
confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance, and health
and safety.
Work with your line manager to access regular clinical supervision, to
enable you to deal effectively with the difficult issues that people present.
Review yearly progress and develop clear plans to achieve results within
priorities set by others. Participate in
the delivery of formal education programmes.
Demonstrate an understanding of current educational policies relevant to
working areas of practice and keep up to date with relevant clinical practice.
19.
Research and Evaluation
Critically evaluate and review literature.
Identify where there is a gap in the evidence base to support practice.
Generate evidence suitable for presentations at practice and local
level.
Apply research evidence base into the workplace.
20.
Health and Safety/Risk Management
Must comply at all times with the Health and Safety policies, in
particular following safe working procedures and reporting incidents using the
organisations Incident Reporting Systems
Comply with the Data Protection Act (2018) and the Access to Health
Records Act (1990).
21.
Special working conditions
The post holder is required to travel independently between work sites
and to attend meetings etc hosted by other agencies.
The post-holder may have contact with body fluids, i.e. wound exudates,
urine etc while in clinical practice.
The post-holder may need to visit patients in their own home.
22.
Miscellaneous
Work as part of the team to seek feedback, continually improve the
service and contribute to business planning.
Undertake any tasks consistent with the level of the post and the scope
of the role, ensuring that work is delivered in a timely and effective manner.
Duties may vary from time to time, without changing the general
character of the post or the level of responsibility.
