Clinical Pharmacist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Medication Review and Optimisation

Respond to pharmacy queries to include clarifying doses and or products and give appropriate alternatives when availability issues occur Discuss medication issues with patients by telephone such as adverse effects interactions overdose inadvertent ingestion OTC remedies queries from practice dispensary and queries from care homes Discuss specific patient and prescribing issues such as complicated regimes polypharmacy compliance difficulties multiple adverse effects and medication reduction regimes with other clinicians as necessary

Consultations with patients may include

Discuss medication issues as needed and as appropriate Carry out medication review Review and continue repeat medications for new patients who have just registered with the practice and suggest GP medication review where appropriate

Care Home Medication Reviews

Support GPs with management of care home residents Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients with multi morbidity and poly pharmacy and implement own prescribing changes if an independent prescriber and order relevant monitoring tests Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration

Long Term Condition Clinics

According to experience and training undertake chronic disease reviews and medicine optimization according to practice guidelines

Medicines Reconciliation

Review secondary care requests for new medication as communicated by discharge summaries and outpatient letters raise any queries with relevant GP and discuss how to respond when inappropriate prescribing requests arise Deal with anticoagulant start stop requests from secondary care and contact patients who have defaulted on INRs

Medicines Information and Education

Monitor and inform colleagues as relevant about ongoing prescribing issues such as new guidelines national and local new products being asked for by secondary care manufacturing and supply problems new prescribing restrictions or contraindications and individual and systematic errors made by colleagues Advise on cost effective prescribing and prescribing budget issues

Prescribing Systems and Policies

Assist in identifying patients in need of medication review and developing systems to meet this need Work with the GPs and the practice teams to develop and implement safe and efficient prescribing policies and strategies for cam medical primary care network to maximise efficiency and reduce wastage Suggest and design audits in relation to prescribing targets implementation of locality policies and the quality outcomes framework QOF Work with the GPs and practice managers on delivering targets for the local prescribing quality schemes Monitor cam medical primary care network's prescribing performance and advise on changes to practice prescribing as appropriate Oversight and audit of high risk drug monitoring

Medicines Safety

Identify national and local policy and guidance that affects patient safety through the use of medicines including MHRA alerts product withdrawals and emerging evidence from clinical trials

Liaison with Community and Hospital Pharmacies

Support integration of cam medical primary care network within community and hospital pharmacies and proactively manage patients at risk of medicine related problems on discharge to provide continuity of care

Running Reports and Audits

In the domain of medicines quality improvement conduct clinical audits of prescribing in designated areas as directed by the clinical lead and or GPs Provide feedback on the findings Collaborate with the practice team to implement necessary changes

Any Other Duties as Reasonably Required

Undertake any other appropriate duties as may reasonably be required from time to time

Equality and Diversity

The post holder will support the equality diversity and rights of patients carers and colleagues to include Acting in a way that recognises the importance of people's rights interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice or consortium procedures and policies and current legislation Respecting the privacy dignity needs and beliefs of patients carers and colleagues Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual is non judgmental and respects their circumstances feelings priorities and rights

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MPharm Degree (GPhC-accredited)
• Completion of Foundation Training Year (pre-registration year)
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• UK based. Laptops provided will only work in UK

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

Cam Medical PCN

Address

Doctors Surgery

Wordsworth Grove

Cambridge

CB3 9HS

Employer's website

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