Pharmacist - Nant Dowlais Health Centre

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose

To improve the quality and effectiveness of medicines management

To provide patient focussed, prudent healthcare

To promote medicines safety and review polypharmacy

To develop the practice pharmacist role, becoming a core member of the practice team working effectively with other health and social care professionals delivering services to patients

Roles and Responsibilities

Responsibility for leading and delivering a specialised pharmacy service as a key member of the senior practice team

Patient Focused Roles

For independent prescribers: to work as an independent prescriber in accordance with competencies, professional standards, national guidance eg NICE, All Wales Medicines Strategy Group

Responsible for developing and managing systematic medication and polypharmacy reviews, which will take into account social and practical issues for the patient as well as clinical elements

To provide medicines optimisation in chronic disease management e.g. heart failure, chronic pain management, AF, respiratory etc.

To develop pharmaceutical care plans for individual patients as appropriate e.g.

targeting those with frequent admissions/exacerbations/frail elderly etc.

To undertake medicines reconciliation following admission or discharge and patient moving into/out of care homes and those newly registered with the practice, following up medication related issues with the patient or other professionals.

Review and action appropriate recommendations from Medicines Use

Reviews/Discharge Medication reviews identified by community pharmacists.

To work autonomously in a variety of settings including practice based clinics, care homes and patients own homes as appropriate to meet the needs of the patient

To develop triage systems to support treatment of minor ailments

To support public health and health promotion activities, including smoking cessation, administration of flu vaccinations and antibiotic campaigns

To act as the liaison with Community Pharmacy and Secondary Care Pharmacists to resolve relevant medication issues.

To resolve and action medication queries from practice staff and patients relating to prescription requests or problems identified through the repeat prescribing service.

To have direct patient contact which may include dealing with occasionally distressing or emotional circumstances, including contact and terminally ill patients and their relatives or carers.

To be accountable for own professional actions in line with local and national guidelines and medicines legislation

Improving Medicines Management and Safety

Responsibility for leading and delivering a specialised medicines management service within the practice

To review clinical correspondence from secondary care to ensure recommendations to initiate new medicines adhere to the formulary and local guidance and take necessary action where appropriate.

To deal with highly complex drug or medication related information

To review existing and develop new repeat prescribing policies including employing mechanisms to reduce medicines waste

To lead, develop and undertake clinical audit relating to medicines

To ensure appropriate management of controlled drugs within the practice and to advise the team on the safe and secure handling of controlled drugs and other medicines, ensuring compliance with medicines legislation

To lead on yellow card reporting

To undertake medicines re-authorisations as part of the repeat prescribing system

To ensure safe, evidence based and cost-effective prescribing in accordance with national and locally agreed standards and priorities, e.g. implementation of NICE guidelines, All Wales Medicines Strategy Group recommendations and Safety Agency alerts and warnings.

To target review of medicines known to cause a high number of adverse drug events and admissions e.g. hypnotics, anticoagulants, NSAIDs

To develop and implement policies to improve medicines management services e.g. establish clear recall systems to meet monitoring requirements for drugs

To investigate medicines related incidents to learn and improve practice within a culture of continuous improvement

To contribute to delivery of GMS QAIF, CEPP and other medicines management programmes

To contribute to/manage relevant enhanced services e.g. shared care drugs, anticoagulation

To make recommendations on prescribing choices, budget expenditure and risk management where appropriate, without detriment to patient care

Education and Communication

To provide professional and expert advice to GPs, nurses, practice staff and patients on all aspects of drug treatment (doses, monitoring, interactions, side effects etc)

To develop and provide expert clinical advice to clinical meetings including educational sessions for the practice team

To explore and implement ways to effectively educate and involve patients regarding their medicines

To co-ordinate and develop appropriate and educational material including producing patient information leaflets and posters

To convey complex therapeutic and clinical information to GPs, practice staff, care providers, community pharmacists, unqualified healthcare workers and patients in a suitable manner and format

Partnership Working

To develop excellent professional links with relevant health and social care colleagues including community pharmacists, community resource and domiciliary care teams, care homes, carers, acute care colleagues etc.

To network with other practice based pharmacists to share best practise

To work with health board medicines management team to ensure awareness of local and national priorities and initiatives

To contribute to the delivery of Neighbourhood Care Network (NCN) and practice delivery plans

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Masters Degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent
• Registered with GPhC

Desirable

• Member of RPS

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Capacity to be innovative and develop the role of a practice pharmacist
• Effective interpersonal, communication (both written and oral), presentation and influencing skills
• Basic clinical examination on skills such as taking blood pressure

Desirable

• Ability to gain the confidence and credibility of a range of professionals
• Able to work under pressure and prioritise tasks to ensure urgent work is completed on time
• Able to engage rapidly with existing stakeholders and networks
• Builds credibility (personal and organisational) and rapport quickly

Experience

Essential

• Relevant post registration experience
• Medication review and patient counselling
• Experience of primary care role working within General Practice
• Experience in undertaking clinical audit
• Experience of facilitating change to improve clinical practice
• Experience of working with clinicians and multidisciplinary/multiagency work

Desirable

• Experience in running clinics

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

GP Practice in Wales

Address

Nant Dowlais Health Centre

Fairwater Square, Fairwater

Cwmbran

NP44 4TA

Employer's website

https://gpwales.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)