Job summary
The East Lancashire Alliance is currently looking to recruit aPCN Clinical Pharmacist on behalf of the Hyndburn Central PCN.
The post holder will work within their clinical
competencies to provide specialist pharmaceutical support to all practices of
the PCN including working with members of the wider healthcare team to improve
care and support safe and effective prescribing.
The successful candidate must be enrolled in, or qualified, the CPPE
Main duties of the job
- Moving between practices, the role will have a patient
facing element either face to face or telephone - including chronic disease
management, repeat prescription management and structured medication reviews.
This will also include the management and review of patients with polypharmacy.
- The
post holder will need to be proactively involved in quality improvement and
audit as well as managing some aspects of the Quality and Outcomes Framework.
- There will also be the requirement for the post holder to contribute to the
provision of out of hours/extended hours/improved access services.
- The post holder will be supported to help develop the role and work to improve
the care and outcomes for the patients across the PCN.
- To
play a pivotal role in the delivery of high quality primary health care within the
PCN
About us
The East
Lancashire Alliance is a network of 9 PCNs covering 48 GP practices covering a
population of over 390,000 patients across East Lancashire. Patients are at the
heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves in ensuring our patients feel
safe, supported, communicated with and respected at a time when they may be
feeling vulnerable. The Alliance are proud to represent our member practices
and to champion our Primary Care Partners, by working with local general
practice and other system partners in the provision of patient centred, local
healthcare services.
Each practice
has a close-knit team of staff who collectively seek to improve the health of
their patient populations.
East Lancashire
is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and
work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside, to the heart of the
vibrant inner Towns and Villages with great shopping, entertainment and dining
options. Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with
people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Job description
Job responsibilities
· Clinical medication reviews for patients with
single or multiple long –term conditions where medicines optimisation is
required
· To
reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals or intermediate care and
working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the
medicines they need post-discharge and to reduce risk of readmission.
· To
be involved in multidisciplinary clinical meetings within the PCN where
appropriate
·
Contribute to the provision of out of hours/on call/extended services for the
practice and the patients. These can include patient facing and telephone
consultations, signposting to other services and/or healthcare professionals
where appropriate, while working within scope of practice and limits of
competency
· To
manage repeat prescription requests, resolving queries where possible within
scope of practice. To ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in
place when required.
·
Implement changes to medicines in line with MHRA alerts, product withdrawal or
shortage and other local or national guidance
· To
maintain full and complete records of all patient contacts using appropriate
clinical templates and coding
· To
undertake a proactive role in audit and quality improvement implementing
recommendations where appropriate.
·
Provide independent information to patients with regard to medicines and
prescribing changes, initiating further support from other healthcare
professionals where appropriate
·
Participate in review and setting of policies relating to medicines management
and prescribing and help ensure practices prescribe in accordance with local
guidelines and formulary
· To
identify areas of clinical risk at network level and make recommendations to
support the introduction of new working practices that will optimise the
quality of prescribing and make more efficient use of network resources.
· To
monitor network practices’ prescribing against the local health economy and
make recommendations for GP’s or amend within scope of practice, based on
findings.
· To
maintain own clinical and professional competence and be responsible for own
continuous professional development
·
Work with practices to ensure full compliance with Care Quality Commission
standards for safe and effective care
Job description
Job responsibilities
· Clinical medication reviews for patients with
single or multiple long –term conditions where medicines optimisation is
required
· To
reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals or intermediate care and
working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the
medicines they need post-discharge and to reduce risk of readmission.
· To
be involved in multidisciplinary clinical meetings within the PCN where
appropriate
·
Contribute to the provision of out of hours/on call/extended services for the
practice and the patients. These can include patient facing and telephone
consultations, signposting to other services and/or healthcare professionals
where appropriate, while working within scope of practice and limits of
competency
· To
manage repeat prescription requests, resolving queries where possible within
scope of practice. To ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in
place when required.
·
Implement changes to medicines in line with MHRA alerts, product withdrawal or
shortage and other local or national guidance
· To
maintain full and complete records of all patient contacts using appropriate
clinical templates and coding
· To
undertake a proactive role in audit and quality improvement implementing
recommendations where appropriate.
·
Provide independent information to patients with regard to medicines and
prescribing changes, initiating further support from other healthcare
professionals where appropriate
·
Participate in review and setting of policies relating to medicines management
and prescribing and help ensure practices prescribe in accordance with local
guidelines and formulary
· To
identify areas of clinical risk at network level and make recommendations to
support the introduction of new working practices that will optimise the
quality of prescribing and make more efficient use of network resources.
· To
monitor network practices’ prescribing against the local health economy and
make recommendations for GP’s or amend within scope of practice, based on
findings.
· To
maintain own clinical and professional competence and be responsible for own
continuous professional development
·
Work with practices to ensure full compliance with Care Quality Commission
standards for safe and effective care
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of two years experience as a pharmacist, demonstrated within a practice portfolio
- Experience and an awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-terms conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice
- Demonstrates ability to integrate general practice with community and hospital pharmacy teams community groups
- Experience of partnership/collaborative working and of building relationships across a variety of organisations
Qualifications
Essential
- Completion of an undergraduate degree in pharmacy
- Enrolled on or willingness to complete the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway
- Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Membership Primary Care Pharmacy Association (PCPA)
Desirable
- Hold or be working towards an independent prescribing qualification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare
- Understanding of the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on communities
- An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
- Knowledge of IT systems, including ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet to create simple plans and reports
- Able to plan, manage, monitor and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions
- Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information.
- Able to gain acceptance for recommendations and influence/motivate/persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations/agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers
- Able to identify and resolve risk management issues according to policy/protocol.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision
- Able to provide leadership and to finish work tasks
- Ability to maintain effective working relationships and to promote collaborative practice with all colleagues
- Demonstrates personal accountability, emotional resilience and works well under pressure
- Ability to organise, plan and prioritise on own initiative, including when under pressure and meeting deadlines
- High level of written and oral communication skills
- Ability to work flexibly and enthusiastically within a team or on own initiative
- Knowledge of and ability to work to policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance, and health and safety
Other
Essential
- Meets DBS reference standards, in line with the law on spent convictions
- Adaptable
- Self Motivated
- Safeguarding and other mandatory training
- Occupational Health vaccinations
- Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis, including to visit people in their own homes
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of two years experience as a pharmacist, demonstrated within a practice portfolio
- Experience and an awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-terms conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice
- Demonstrates ability to integrate general practice with community and hospital pharmacy teams community groups
- Experience of partnership/collaborative working and of building relationships across a variety of organisations
Qualifications
Essential
- Completion of an undergraduate degree in pharmacy
- Enrolled on or willingness to complete the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway
- Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Membership Primary Care Pharmacy Association (PCPA)
Desirable
- Hold or be working towards an independent prescribing qualification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare
- Understanding of the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on communities
- An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
- Knowledge of IT systems, including ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet to create simple plans and reports
- Able to plan, manage, monitor and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions
- Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information.
- Able to gain acceptance for recommendations and influence/motivate/persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations/agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers
- Able to identify and resolve risk management issues according to policy/protocol.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision
- Able to provide leadership and to finish work tasks
- Ability to maintain effective working relationships and to promote collaborative practice with all colleagues
- Demonstrates personal accountability, emotional resilience and works well under pressure
- Ability to organise, plan and prioritise on own initiative, including when under pressure and meeting deadlines
- High level of written and oral communication skills
- Ability to work flexibly and enthusiastically within a team or on own initiative
- Knowledge of and ability to work to policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance, and health and safety
Other
Essential
- Meets DBS reference standards, in line with the law on spent convictions
- Adaptable
- Self Motivated
- Safeguarding and other mandatory training
- Occupational Health vaccinations
- Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis, including to visit people in their own homes
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).
