Job summary
The role is
to provide clinical pharmacist support to all services including Enhanced
Access clinics. The services are GP lead and are supported by a team of
Clinical Pharmacists who must be Independent Prescribers. This will be a predominantly
remote role. Standardised processes and protocols are in place.
Reporting
to the Remote Service Manager and the GP Clinical Lead within the remote GP team
for clinical supervision. This role will be part of a team consisting of GPs,
ANPs, skilled administrators and the potential for other AHPs, working both at
physical locations and remotely.
Main duties of the job
As part of
the clinical duties in both roles, the successful candidates will join the
multi-disciplinary staff in providing comprehensive care and will work with
patients, carers, and families.
The
post holder is a Pharmacist, who acts within their professional boundaries,
supporting and working alongside general practice. In this role they will be
supported by a GP who will develop, manage and mentor them.
The
post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a predominantly
remote role. The post holder will take responsibility for supporting patients
to achieve and general practice staff with regards to prescription and
medication queries. They will help support the repeat prescription system, deal
with acute prescription requests, and medicines reconciliation on transfer of
care and systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical
medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of patient
in the GP practice (s).
The
post holder will ensure that the service integrates with general practice and,
where appropriate, secondary care, to help utilise skill mix, improve patient
outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage workload. The role
is pivotal to improving the quality of care and supporting patients to manage
their own health within their communities so requires motivation and passion to
deliver excellent service within general practice.
The
post holder must be an Independent Prescriber.
About us
Alliance for Better Care CIC is a GP Federation that unites
47 NHS GP practices across 12 Primary Care Networks in Sussex and Surrey. We
support our Primary Care colleagues as well as their patients, to transform how
healthcare is managed within the community.
As a membership organisation, our focus is to work in partnership with our members
and help them to improve the provision of General Practices in the local area.
We work with and listen to our GP Practices, PCNs, Hospitals, Community
Organisations and the Third Sector. These vital partnerships ensure that,
together, we deliver a truly integrated approach that offers the support and
expertise needed to effectively serve our communities.
More about our organisation: www.allianceforbettercare.org
Our Values
We
innovate
If we can do something better, we should.
We
are honest
Even when it is difficult.
We
care
And put the patient first.
We
are inclusive
We listen and we act.
We
deliver
And were known to like a challenge!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Primary duties and areas of responsibility
Support Covid positive patients in high risk groups
who may be eligible for oral antivirals or neutralizing Monoclonal Antibodies.
Support ASCVD patients with Lipids
optimization.
Support Enhanced Access clinics for our
PCNs.
Support the uCATS
team in triaging and directly managing patients online consultations including
management and treatment of acute and minor illnesses and appropriate
prescribing as required
Please see attached job description for more information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Primary duties and areas of responsibility
Support Covid positive patients in high risk groups
who may be eligible for oral antivirals or neutralizing Monoclonal Antibodies.
Support ASCVD patients with Lipids
optimization.
Support Enhanced Access clinics for our
PCNs.
Support the uCATS
team in triaging and directly managing patients online consultations including
management and treatment of acute and minor illnesses and appropriate
prescribing as required
Please see attached job description for more information.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
- Undergraduate degree in pharmacy (MPharm)
- Independent prescriber
Desirable
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- A member of or working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Clinical diploma
- Postgraduate Certificate in Pharmacy Practice
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to solve problems effectively and timely and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and when to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients)
- Ability to plan, prioritise, manage, monitor, advise and review clinical and general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions.
- Good IT skills
- Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
- Able to work under pressure and challenging situations to meet deadlines
- Produce timely and informative reports
- Self-Motivation
- Adaptable
Research and Evaluation
Essential
- Demonstrates ability to critically evaluate and review literature
- Demonstrates ability to identify where there is a gap in the evidence base to support practice
- Demonstrates ability to generate evidence suitable for presentation at local level
- Demonstrates ability to apply the research evidence base into working practice
- Demonstrates understanding of the principles of research governance
- Demonstrates ability to work as a member of the research team
Leadership and Management
Essential
- Demonstrates understanding of the pharmacy role in governance and is able to implement this appropriately within the workplace
- Demonstrates understanding of, and contributes to organisational vision
- Demonstrates ability to improve quality within limitations of service
- Reviews progress and develops clear plans to achieve results within priorities set by others
- Demonstrates ability to motivate self to achieve goals
- Demonstrates understanding of the implications of national priorities for the team and/or service
- Demonstrates understanding of the process for effective resource utilisation
- Demonstrates understanding of, and conforms to, relevant standards of practice
Desirable
- Demonstrates ability to identify and resolve risk management issues according to policy/protocol
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years experience post-qualification
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based medicine and healthcare
- Good knowledge of service developments in medicines, prescribing, NHS policy and other relevant policy directives
- A good understanding of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
- Excellent understanding and implementation of legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct
- Good understanding of patient centered care and impact on care quality and outcomes.
- Good understanding of patients role in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence as per NICE guidance
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
- Experience of committees/ working groups
Desirable
- Drug information experience
- Experience in writing complex and high quality reports
- Experience in audit, research and analysis of highly complex information related to improving clinical quality
- Experience in supervising staff
- Experience of independent patient consultation, review and recommendations/prescribing
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
- Undergraduate degree in pharmacy (MPharm)
- Independent prescriber
Desirable
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- A member of or working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Clinical diploma
- Postgraduate Certificate in Pharmacy Practice
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to solve problems effectively and timely and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and when to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients)
- Ability to plan, prioritise, manage, monitor, advise and review clinical and general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions.
- Good IT skills
- Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
- Able to work under pressure and challenging situations to meet deadlines
- Produce timely and informative reports
- Self-Motivation
- Adaptable
Research and Evaluation
Essential
- Demonstrates ability to critically evaluate and review literature
- Demonstrates ability to identify where there is a gap in the evidence base to support practice
- Demonstrates ability to generate evidence suitable for presentation at local level
- Demonstrates ability to apply the research evidence base into working practice
- Demonstrates understanding of the principles of research governance
- Demonstrates ability to work as a member of the research team
Leadership and Management
Essential
- Demonstrates understanding of the pharmacy role in governance and is able to implement this appropriately within the workplace
- Demonstrates understanding of, and contributes to organisational vision
- Demonstrates ability to improve quality within limitations of service
- Reviews progress and develops clear plans to achieve results within priorities set by others
- Demonstrates ability to motivate self to achieve goals
- Demonstrates understanding of the implications of national priorities for the team and/or service
- Demonstrates understanding of the process for effective resource utilisation
- Demonstrates understanding of, and conforms to, relevant standards of practice
Desirable
- Demonstrates ability to identify and resolve risk management issues according to policy/protocol
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years experience post-qualification
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based medicine and healthcare
- Good knowledge of service developments in medicines, prescribing, NHS policy and other relevant policy directives
- A good understanding of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
- Excellent understanding and implementation of legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct
- Good understanding of patient centered care and impact on care quality and outcomes.
- Good understanding of patients role in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence as per NICE guidance
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
- Experience of committees/ working groups
Desirable
- Drug information experience
- Experience in writing complex and high quality reports
- Experience in audit, research and analysis of highly complex information related to improving clinical quality
- Experience in supervising staff
- Experience of independent patient consultation, review and recommendations/prescribing
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).
