Job summary
The Practice-based
Clinical Pharmacist will improve the quality and safety of care offered to
patients of Maypole Health Centre and Cranes Park Road
Surgery. They will have regular contact with patients
and will reduce the workload of GP prescribers in the practice. They will also
support the management of patients with long-term conditions.
Specifically, the
Practice-based PCN Clinical Pharmacist will develop and manage medicines
optimisation services within primary care. They will work as part of a
multidisciplinary team to manage medicines on transfer of care and systems for
safer prescribing. They will perform
face-to-face medication reviews of patients with polypharmacy; especially for those
with frailty and/or with multiple co-morbidities. They
will undertake face-to-face reviews of patients with specific long term
conditions that fall within their competency.
They will provide leadership on quality
improvement and clinical audit, as well as managing aspects of medicines safety
and antibiotic stewardship. They will contribute to practice financial
stability through optimisation of medicines related targets in QOF.
Main duties of the job
The key aims for the clinical pharmacist are:
To reduce the medicines related workload on doctors
Increase safety and quality of prescribed medicines
Provide support on medicines related issues to the whole
practice team
Be a point of contact for patients regarding medicines
queries
They should support the following clinical work:
Clinical Medication Review
Chronic Disease Management (for example, managing
hypertension/Type 2 Diabetes/Asthma/COPD patients, polypharmacy review)
Medicines reconciliation on transfer between care
providers
They should also support the following practice
development work:
Focusing on QoF Domains, improving disease registers
Prescribing Safety, Clinical audit, Local Enhanced
Services support
Lead on prescription management (systems and processes,
ensuring monitoring is being done, support clerical staff)
About us
Maypole Health Centre and Cranes Park Road Surgery are a friendly, supportive and enthusiastic team, committed to providing high quality health care, whilst maintaining resilience within our team and achieving a successful work life balance.
The post is for a PCN Clinical Pharmacist, however you will be employed by Maypole Health Centre and Cranes Park Road Surgery. The post is a contract for 1 year and depending on funding, will continue.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For the full Job Description, see the attached JD & Person Specification.
Responsibilities underpinning the role
To develop and facilitate a good working relationship
with community pharmacists and other local providers of healthcare.
To plan and organise own workload, including audit and
project work, and training sessions for members of the practice team, patients,
and carers.
To maintain registration as a pharmacist and comply with
appropriate professional codes.
As appropriate to the post, to maintain and develop professional
competence and expertise, keep up to date with medical/therapeutic evidence and
opinion, and local and national service, legislation and policy developments,
agree objectives and a personal development plan and participate in the
appraisal process.
To attend local, regional and national meetings of
relevance as agreed with the post holders line manager.
To undertake any other duties commensurate with the
post holders grade as agreed with the post holders line manager.
All employees should understand that it is their
personal responsibility to comply with all organisational and statutory
requirements (e.g. health and safety, equal treatment and diversity, confidentiality
and clinical governance).
Job description
Job responsibilities
For the full Job Description, see the attached JD & Person Specification.
Responsibilities underpinning the role
To develop and facilitate a good working relationship
with community pharmacists and other local providers of healthcare.
To plan and organise own workload, including audit and
project work, and training sessions for members of the practice team, patients,
and carers.
To maintain registration as a pharmacist and comply with
appropriate professional codes.
As appropriate to the post, to maintain and develop professional
competence and expertise, keep up to date with medical/therapeutic evidence and
opinion, and local and national service, legislation and policy developments,
agree objectives and a personal development plan and participate in the
appraisal process.
To attend local, regional and national meetings of
relevance as agreed with the post holders line manager.
To undertake any other duties commensurate with the
post holders grade as agreed with the post holders line manager.
All employees should understand that it is their
personal responsibility to comply with all organisational and statutory
requirements (e.g. health and safety, equal treatment and diversity, confidentiality
and clinical governance).
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Desirable
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Experience
Essential
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Desirable
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Other
Essential
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Desirable
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Desirable
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Experience
Essential
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Desirable
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Other
Essential
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Desirable
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
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).