Practice Prescribing Pharmacist - Burnham and Berrow Medical Centre

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

To provide Pharmacy services within the Integrated Care Team based at Burnham Medical Centre

To support, promote and implement high quality, evidence-based, cost-effective and safe use of medicines. This includes patient medication reviews, helping the practice achieve prescribing targets and supporting the implementation of national and local guidance in order to improve patient care.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide sessional clinical support to the surgeries as an independent pharmacist prescriber (ideally), seeing patients and leading on medicines optimisation.

Support the surgery to improve medication reviews, medicines optimisation and formulary adherence.

Actively participate in regular weekly care home multi-disciplinary team meetings, providing advice on appropriate medications and de-prescribing where appropriate, as well as ad-hoc support to the care home teams.

Support the practice clinical team to authorise patient medication requests.

Support Symphony and Somerset CCG plans to reduce medicines waste in primary care.

Interpret and provide complex medicines information to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.

To provide information, advice and guidance on the safe, rational, effective and economical use of medicines.

Undertake clinical audit and other outcome measures to support patient care and safety.

Create and implement medicine related guidelines, policies and SOPs as appropriate to the different service areas.

Provide and receive complex, sensitive information and communication relating to pharmaceutical care of patients.

Provide prescribing service within sphere of competency to patients in primary care, as pharmacist independent prescriber.

To develop, advise, agree and implement action plans at a practice level, monitor the effect of changes made and ensure that any benefits are maintained in the longer term. This will include:

• Reviewing prescribing data for the practice to highlight areas where there is scope for improving the clinical effectiveness of prescribing.
• Obtaining agreement with the practice to implement medicines optimisation projects with the overall aim of following national prescribing guidance and cost effective prescribing.
• Advising GPs and other health professionals on cost effective prescribing and aiding rationalisation of drug choice via formulary/guideline/protocol development.

Record clinical activity, interventions, KPIs and to monitor the outcome of interventions.

Provide training on medicines on a regular basis to GP surgery staff, patients and carers in all relevant aspects of medicine use.

To maintain knowledge of developments in pharmacy practice on a regular basis in line with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) CPD requirements

To fulfil the professional requirements of the Code of Ethics and Standards of Good professional Practice of the GPhC

The post holder will be responsible to the SHS Lead Pharmacist and Practice Clinical Lead, but will be expected to use their own initiative to make complex decisions within defined parameters with little supervision.

DISCLAIMER

This job description does not purport to cover all aspects of the post holders duties, but is intended to be indicative of the main areas of responsibility.

Contribution to the Implementation of Services:

The post-holder will:

apply SHS policies, standards and guidance.

participate in audits where appropriate.

Personal Specification

Essential

Desirable

Qualifications

GPhC registration as a Pharmacist

Certificate or MSc/Diploma Pharmacy Practice (or equivalent experience)

Independent prescribing qualification

Experience

At least 2 years post-registration pharmacy experience

Clinical Pharmacy experience

Clinical audit experience

Knowledge and understanding Primary Care

Previously experience of working within integrated healthcare organisations or teams

Personal qualities

Ability to work effectively as part of a team

Ability to work alone without direct supervision when required

Good time management and organisational skills, ability to prioritise effectively

Ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining attention to detail and accuracy

Ability to communicate effectively with members of the public and other healthcare professionals

Ability to train other members of staff

Ability to use Microsoft Office applications e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook

Excellent Communication and influencing skills

Professional appearance & demeanour

Adaptable to change: flexible in accepting new procedures and policies

Ability to demonstrate initiative: proactive and self-motivated

Progressive and continuing professional development

Enthusiastic

Assertive

Special requirements

Roles of Practice Pharmacist

The below sets out the responsibilities of the Practice Pharmacist within Symphony Healthcare Services:

Medication review, prioritising

i. Patients on 10 or more medicines

ii. Patients on 4-10 medicines

iii. Patients on high risk medication that requires monitoring

iv. Patients resident in care homes

Medicines reconciliation for patients discharged from secondary care

. Medicines reconciliation for patients in care homes

Medicines reconciliation following out-patient appointment

. Medication review and reconciliation for new patients registered at surgery

Answer medicines - related queries from patients and practice staff

Liaise with community pharmacy

Review Eclipse alerts, prioritising red alerts

Action drug alerts

Education of staff through clinical and training meetings

Audit

This may be:

Face to face

Telephone

Non-consultation

Home visit, including residential/nursing home

Not responsible for:

Repeat prescriptions, but assist and advise on process

Differential diagnosis

Telephone triage

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• GPhC registration as a Pharmacist
• Certificate or MSc/Diploma Pharmacy Practice (or equivalent experience)

Desirable

• Independent prescribing qualification

Experience

Essential

• At least 2 years post-registration pharmacy experience
• Clinical Pharmacy experience
• Clinical audit experience
• Knowledge and understanding Primary Care

Desirable

• Previously experience of working within integrated healthcare organisations or teams

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Ability to work alone without direct supervision when required
• Good time management and organisational skills, ability to prioritise effectively
• Ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to communicate effectively with members of the public and other healthcare professionals
• Ability to train other members of staff
• Ability to use Microsoft Office applications e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook
• Excellent Communication and influencing skills
• Professional appearance & demeanour
• Adaptable to change: flexible in accepting new procedures and policies
• Ability to demonstrate initiative: proactive and self-motivated
• Progressive and continuing professional development
• Enthusiastic
• Assertive

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Symphony Healthcare Services Limited

Address

Burnham Medical Centre

Love Lane

Burnham-on-sea

Somerset

TA8 1EU

Employer's website

https://www.symphonyhealthcareservices.com/ (Opens in a new tab)