Job responsibilities
Clinical Duties
Perform
face to face medication reviews for patients with polypharmacy, in practice and
in patients homes (including care homes).
Through
structured medication reviews, support patients to take their medications to
get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care.
Provide
expertise in clinical medicines review and address public health and social
needs of patients in GP practices.
Discuss
complex and sensitive information with patients during medication review
including medical histories, lifestyles, and personal circumstances and to
refer on to other services and professionals as appropriate.
Improve
patient and carer understanding of confidence in and compliance with their
medicines.
Provide
leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation and quality improvement
whilst contributing to the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced
services.
Provide
general practitioners with appropriate recommendations and action plans
following medication review clinics with patients to optimise the patients
treatment with medicines and ensure appropriate follow up with patients.
Record
medication review plans, recommendations and outcomes on GP computer clinical
systems and own clinical notes in accordance with practice procedures.
Reconcile
medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into care
homes; identify and rectify unexplained changes; manage changes by referral to
the GP perform clinical medication review; support the production of
post-discharge medicines care plans and work with patients and other pharmacy
colleagues to ensure patients receive the medicines they need.
Support
the processing of complex repeat prescribing medication requests made by
patients or other repeat prescribing queries.
Work
in partnership with hospital clinicians to proactively manage patients at high
risk of medicine-related problems before they are discharged to ensure
continuity of care.
Liaise
with the Practice Clinical team on prescribing and medication issues,
especially around management of long-term conditions.
Develop
as an independent prescriber to manage and prescribe for patients within a
specific chronic disease area and within own areas of competence.
With
appropriate training, monitor the effects of medication by checking clinical
signs (e.g., BP, pulse, etc).
Attend
regular clinical supervision sessions to promote a culture of continuous
professional development and shared learning.
Supportive Clinical Duties
As
part of the multi-disciplinary team, attend relevant MDT Network meetings,
providing information and feedback.
Report
medicines related incidents, contribute to investigations and root cause
analyses as well as participating in serious incident investigations and
multidisciplinary case reviews.
Deliver
training, mentoring and guidance to other clinicians are kept up to date
regarding changes in national and local medicines guidance and legislation.
Critically
appraise clinical evidence and present information to prescribers via
prescribing meetings and educational events, as required.
Lead
on medicines management governance arrangements to adhere to CQC standards,
including assisting in developing policies and SOPs.
Review
repeats prescribing protocols and processes and support staff in their
implementations.
Perform
prescribing audits and direct/supervise the audit activity of others.
Facilitate
good working relationships between practices and local community pharmacists.
Be
responsible for delivering local prescribing quality initiatives in
collaboration with CCG medicine management.
Develop
an effective network and working relationship with individual practice GPs,
practice staff, CCG medicines management colleagues, secondary care, and other
professionals.
Safeguarding
All
members of staff have responsibility to ensure the Safeguarding of patients
within the organisation.
Ensure
knowledge of Safeguarding policies and training is up to date.
Quality
The post-holder will strive to maintain
quality within the organisation, 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.
Develop
and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues.
Work
effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs.
Effectively
manage own time, workload, and resources.
Act
corporately as a member of the team and take a shared responsibility for the
development of strategy, effectiveness and culture of the team and the
organisation.
Communication
The post-holder should recognise the
importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:
Communicate
effectively with team members and other stakeholders, including shareholders,
contract holders, subcontractors, practice managers and other practice staff.
Communicate
effectively with patients and carers.
Recognise
peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond
accordingly.
Contribution to the Implementation of
Services
Apply
relevant policies, standards, and guidance of practice within which you work.
Discuss
with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will
affect own work.
Participate
in audit where appropriate.
This role profile is not exhaustive, and you may be
directed to complete other tasks according to the skills and requirements for
individual roles. These duties will always be reasonable and deemed within the
expectations of you position.
Other responsibilities
To
maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies, and
issues in relation to the specific client group, mental health and community
care delivery.
To
comply with the Professional Codes of Conduct and to be aware of changes in
these. To maintain up to date knowledge of all relevant legislation and local
policies and procedures implementing this.
To
ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest standard and in
accordance with currently quality initiatives within the work area.
To
comply with all relevant organisations policies, procedures, and guidelines,
including those relating to Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety and
Confidentiality of Information and to be aware of any changes in these.
To comply at all times with the PGPAs
Information Governance related policies. Staff are required to respect the
confidentiality of information about staff, patients and PGPA business and in
particular the confidentiality and security of personal identifiable
information in line with the Data Protection Act. All staff is responsible for
ensuring that any data created by them is timely, comprehensive, accurate, and
fit for the purposes for which it is intended.
