Job responsibilities
1.To lead and co-ordinate the professional clinical
and pharmaceutical input into the safe and cost-effective management and
development of the utilisation of medication in conjunction with Practice
requirements and PAN Mersey guidelines, ensuring safe and secure use and
minimising the risk of inappropriate use.
2.To provide professional, managerial, and clinical
leadership to a team of pharmacy staff involved in the delivery of clinical
pharmacy and medicines management service within primary care ensuring safe
effective and evidence based pharmaceutical care.
3. Apply highly specialist
knowledge to patients in a designated setting, to provide and develop clinical
services, produce protocols or guidelines, undertake audits / research, act as
a source of pharmaceutical expertise and promote cost effective use of
medicines to other healthcare professionals.
4. Undertake the clinical
management and drug treatment of designated patients.
5. Be responsible for
providing formal training / education for Pharmacy staff and patients, on
medication use and expenditure and other areas at the request of the education
lead.
6. Perform risk assessments
as required by the Medical Director.
7. Deal with issues that
need senior input when acting as the most senior pharmacist available on site.
8. Undertake relevant
training to maintain competencies and further develop clinical or technical
specialist knowledge in chosen specialist area.
9. Participate in the
provision and development of pharmaceutical services to Quay Healthcare and for
other units provided with services by the Quay Healthcare under service level
agreements.
10. Take a lead role with
NMP, quarterly reporting and review of medicines
management indicators and clinical audit supervision. Maintaining and
updating medicines governance polices including SOPs.
11. Assess and triage patients, including same day
triage, and as appropriate provide definitive treatment (including prescribing
medications following policy, patient
group directives, NICE (national) and local clinical guidelines and local care
pathways) or make necessary referrals to other members of the Primary Care team.
12. Manage undifferentiated undiagnosed condition
and identify red flags and underlying serious pathology and take appropriate
action
13. Use complex decision making to inform the
diagnosis, investigation, complete management of episodes of care within a
broad scope of practice.
14. Actively take a personalised care approach and
population centred care approach to enable shared decision making with the
presenting person.
Main Tasks and
Responsibilities
Principal Responsibilities:
1.
Communication
1.1 Document general and highly specialist
pharmaceutical care issues and care planning in patients case notes, verbally
informing medical/nursing staff of urgent/important actions to be taken.
1.2 Participate in the implementation,
communication and delivery of the clinical governance and medicines management
objectives of Quay Healthcare. Take the lead in implementing such objectives in
own area of responsibility (e.g. Implementing and monitoring adherence to new
product introduction guidance, NICE guidance and safe, cost effective,
appropriate prescribing initiatives). Communication / consultation with Medicines
Management Team to ensure safe prescribing.
1.3 Present research or audit results within
pharmacy and at appropriate multidisciplinary directorate audit meetings.
1.4 At education sessions, individual meetings
with senior medical staff advise and influence prescribers and other healthcare
professionals on the action, properties, and the safe, cost-effective use of
medicines.
1.5 Using tact and diplomacy, convey
information and influence prescribing when medical staff are unaware of
developed policy or disagree with policies sanctioned by the Medicines
Governance Committee.
1.6 Provide additional specialist information
and provide support/clinical supervision to junior pharmacists with respect to
these activities in designated specialism.
1.7 Overcome barriers to communication in
order to provide proactive and reactive pharmaceutical information and advice
to prescribers, other healthcare professionals and patients taking into
consideration their knowledge, skills, level of understanding and disabilities.
1.8 Use tact and diplomacy when communicating
sensitive medicines information to patients who, for example, have not yet been
informed of their diagnosis or where the medication has been started in advance
of a confirmed diagnosis.
1.9 Provide health promotion advice to
patients or carers.
1.10 Communicate effectively with other
Pharmacy colleagues to convey information that ensures continuity of
pharmaceutical care for individual patients and the availability of adequate
supply of medication to meet patients needs.
1.11 Communicate with prescribers and/or other
healthcare professionals & the Medical Director to determine the course of
action to be taken when a medication incident or near miss occurs and when
necessary, discuss the incident with a patient or their relatives in order to
provide advice, guidance, or reassurance.
1.12 Comply with Quay Healthcares Policy on
documenting critical incidents and near misses and assist with root cause
analysis and the implementation of changes in practice to reduce risk.
1.13 Attend staff meetings or read the minutes
of staff meetings and put into effect any actions as appropriate.
1.14 Personal & People Development.
Provide clinical supervision, training and support for clinical pharmacists and
qualified clinical pharmacy technicians.
1.15 Be responsible for clinical
pharmacy/pharmacy technicians education within primary care. Encourage and
provide support (mentorship / education & training) to enable other staff
to undertake continuing professional development.
1.16 Identify the need for and provide
relevant education / support to patients and/or carers.
1.17 Undertake continuing professional
development as per national guidelines from the General Pharmaceutical Council.
Maintain and update own competencies and with the Principal Pharmacist(s),
identify own training needs and courses to develop within designated
specialism.
1.18 Participate in the Quay Healthcares
performance review process and, having received the necessary training,
undertake personal development reviews and produce personal development plans
for other staff members as required.
1.19 Work towards objectives agreed at
Personal Development Review and develop own Personal Development plan with the
manager.
1.20 Attend and contribute to shared workplace
meetings or read the minutes of such meetings.
2.
Quality
2.1 Lead on the development and implementation
of new Pharmacy and Practice-wide guidelines and policies and the review of
existing ones.
2.2 Ensure that the quality and accuracy of
all work is maintained despite frequent, unpredictable, interruptions.
2.3 Within the immediate work area, ensure all
actions and activities of oneself and other pharmacy staff members are
performed and checked in accordance with current medicines legislation and with
guidelines issued by the Health and Safety Executive, Medicines Inspectorate,
or other appropriate body.
2.4 Comply and ensure that other staff members
comply with the Medicines Act, the GPhC standards for pharmacy professionals
and other relevant legislation.
3.
Lead Pharmacist
Work / Medicines Management
3.1 Support Senior Pharmacy Management with
other activities associated with CQC requirements, Governance, Risk Management
and more specifically Medicines Management
3.2 Undertake horizon scanning for new
products about to enter the market.
3.3 Lead on the production of written
documentation to support improvements in the use of medicines within Primary
Care. Liaise and agree content with pharmacy staff representing primary care
interests and submit documentation to Quay Healthcare.
3.4 Lead on the implementation of local and
national guidelines as required.
3.5 To undertake the full range of duties of a
line manager for any assigned pharmacists including appraisals, development
revies, performance management and involvement in the recruitment process.
3.6 To
work at an advanced level in the designated areas of practice.
4.
Research &
Audit
4.1 Undertake audits and research work for Quay
Healthcare in order to develop and improve services and to ensure compliance
with local and national guidelines.
4.2 Present audit data or practice research
within Pharmacy and to the Medical Director, where appropriate
