Job responsibilities
Undertake
patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use,
through shared decision-making conversations with patients.
Carry out
medicines optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration (e.g.
checking inhaler technique), supporting medication reviews and medicines
reconciliation. Where required, utilise consultation skills to work in
partnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively.
As
determined by the PCN, support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation
for new care home patients and synchronising medicines for patient transfers
between care settings, linking with local community pharmacies
Support
the Clinical Pharmacist in Structured Medication Reviews (SMR) i.e. organise necessary monitoring tests prior to SMR
Provide
expertise to address both the public health and social care needs of patients, including lifestyle advice,
service information, and help in tackling
local health inequalities.
Manage
shared care protocols and liaise with Clinical Pharmacists for more complex patients.
Support
initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic
prescribing locally.
Support
the PCN multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation
processes are being followed.
Implement
efficient ordering and return processes and reducing medication wastage.
Provide
training and support on the legal, safe and secure handling of medicines,
including the implementation of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS).
Promotion of Electronic Repeat Dispensing
(eRD) and online ordering
Develop relationships
with other pharmacy professionals and members of the multi-disciplinary team to
support integration across health and social care including primary care,
community pharmacy, secondary care and mental
health.
Support
practice reception teams in streaming general prescription requests, so as to allow GPs and
clinical pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests.
Support
the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP
practices, care homes and other primary care
settings.
Support
the PCN to deliver on QIPP agenda, QOF and locally commissioned enhanced services
Supporting
quality improvement measures and contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services;
Support
the PCN in reviewing and developing practice policies for CQC requirements
Develop a culture that promotes equality and
values diversity. The postholder must be aware of and committed to the Equality
and Diversity policies of the appointing GP Federation and comply with all the
requirements of these policies and actively promote Equality and Diversity
issues relevant to the post.
Ensure the principles of openness,
transparency and candor are observed
and upheld in all working practices.
The post holder will have, or acquire through
training provided by the organisation, the appropriate level of safeguarding
and knowledge, skills and practice
required for the post and be aware of and comply with the organisations safeguarding
protection policies and procedures.
Ensure that any infection prevention and
control issues are reported to the line manager/Infection Prevention and Control
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 peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice
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.
The post-holder will participate in any
training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, with
such training to include:
Participation in an annual individual
performance review, including taking
responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
Taking responsibility for own development,
learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who
are undertaking similar work
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the
practice, and will:
Alert other team members to issues of quality
and risk
Assess own performance and take accountability
for own actions, either directly or
under supervision
Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by
reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve
and enhance the teams performance
Work effectively with individuals in other
agencies to meet patients needs
Effectively manage own time, workload and resources