Clinical Pharmacist

Job responsibilities

• Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas. The role will contribute to successful clinical management of patients and build capacity in the workforce at the right levels.

• Using clinical skills to provide specialist medication review and assessment of patients with long term conditions having complex medicine regimes and produce the best outcomes for the patient.

• To further proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy, especially the elderly, people in care homes, those with multiple co-morbidities (in particular Frailty, COPD and Asthma); people with Learning Disabilities or Autism (through STOMP-Stop Over Medication Programme)

• Providing specialist expertise and advice in respect to the management and use of medicines and medicines management to patients, carers, practice staff as well as a wide range of health and social care professionals in helping to tackle inequalities

• Be a Prescriber, or completing training to become a Prescriber

• 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, support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care

• 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

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

• Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical research with medicines, liaison with specialist pharmacists (including mental health and reduction of antipsychotic use in people with learning disabilities) liaison with community pharmacists and anticoagulation

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

• To maintain registration as a pharmacist and comply with appropriate professional codes

• To develop and facilitate a good working relationship with all local providers of healthcare

• To plan and organise own workload, including audit and project work, and training sessions.

• To record personally generated information and maintain a database of information relating to the work done in the practice(s) personally generated information includes information and records relating to audit and clinical work undertaken by the post holder, reference notes relating to clinical/technical information, etc the database includes maintaining up-to-date, detailed
• Maintain records of all work done in the practices for which the post holder is accountable, assisting the GP Practice team with appropriate monitoring and management of prescribing budgets
• 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 Practice meetings and other meetings (e.g. PPG/CCG) as appropriate to report on workstreams and to give advice on appropriate use of medicines.
• Help plan, develop and support the introduction of new working processes within the Practice to optimise the quality of prescribing
• To undertake any other duties commensurate with the post holders grade as agreed with the post holders line manager

Experience

Essential

• Good critical appraisal skills
• Experience of patient consultation

Desirable

• Post- registration experience in primary, secondary or community pharmacy
• Experience of clinical pharmacy
• Experience of working with GPs

Knowledge

Essential

• Good clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare.
• Able to apply clinical knowledge appropriately in a variety of practice settings or patient groups

Desirable

• Good understanding of primary care structure and General Practice
• Knowledge of GP clinical computer systems

Qualifications

Essential

• Vocational 4-year Masters degree in pharmacy
• 1 years pre-registration training
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development

Desirable

• Postgraduate diploma/MSc in Clinical or Community Pharmacy or equivalent
• Independent prescriber
• Enrolled on or completed Primary Care Pharmacy Educational Pathway (PCPEP), or be willing to enrol on (essential)

Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication skills written and verbal
• Good organisational skills
• Proactive
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
• Computer literate including Microsoft office packages and web-based searching
• Conducts oneself in a professional manner at all times
• Be able to travel freely and travel between multiple sites on a daily basis
• Enthusiastic and self-motivated
• Flexible working approach
• Able to work under pressure

Desirable

• Valid driving licence and access to a car on a daily basis

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).