Job responsibilities
Clinical
Pharmacist
Bradford City Primary Care Network 4
Salary:
Depending
on experience
Hours: Full Time (37.5hrs) or Part Time
Annual
Leave Entitlement: 33
days including bank holidays (pro rota for part-time)
Benefits:
Increased holiday entitlement in recognition of
length of service
NHS pension available
Closing
date: 15
February 26
Interviews
to be held: 26
February 26
Job
Overview
Bradford
City Primary Care Network 4 is looking to recruit a forward thinking and
enthusiastic experienced Pharmacist to join our existing Pharmacy team.
We are seeking to appoint an experienced
Pharmacist to work within practices, supporting patients in receiving the best
possible care with a focus on improving patients health outcomes and the
efficiency of the Primary Care team, by providing direct, accessible and timely
medicines expertise. To proactively transfer workload relating to medicines
optimisation issues to improve patient care, safety and free up clinical staff
to spend more time on clinical care.
The
successful candidates will have excellent communication skills and a high level
of IT literacy.
About
Us
Bradford
City Primary Care Network 4 (PCN4) is a network of Bradford City practices
working collaboratively across the network area to look after the health of our
local population. The PCN
which comprises of 5 local practices with a total population of around 42,000
registered patients.
Job Description
Job
responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
Provide
proactive leadership on medicines and prescribing systems to the PCN
multidisciplinary team, patients and their carers
Develop
and deliver patient facing services and clinics which improve patient outcomes,
reflect the needs of the PCN population and shift workload from other
disciplines
Deliver
direct patient consultations and prescribing as part of the practice and
cluster multidisciplinary team approach for acute illness
Improve
patient and carer understanding compliance with their medicines
Provide
pharmaceutical consultations and home visits to patients with long term
conditions
Field
medicines and prescribing queries from patients and staff
Organise
and oversee the PCNs medicines optimisation systems including the repeat
prescribing and medication review systems
Deliver
high quality medication reviews and develop bespoke medicines treatment plans
for patients (particularly the elderly, complex patients and those at high risk
of admission)
Improve
the safety and quality of prescribing following hospital admissions and attendance
Improve
the quality and effectiveness of prescribing through clinical audit and
education to improve performance against NICE standards, prescribing guidance
and other clinical standards
Develop
yourself and the role through participation in clinical supervision, training
and service redesign activities
Contribute
to patient safety culture through reporting, investigation of medicines
incidents and proactive measures
Provide
a clear and active link with community pharmacists and other stakeholders in
the medicines supply chain to improve patient experience and manage issues
Deliver
training, mentoring and guidance to other clinicians and staff on medicines
issues
Contribute
to the achievement and maintenance of good to outstanding CQC registration
status.
Person
Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Completion
of an undergraduate degree in pharmacy and registration with the General
Pharmaceutical Council.
Mandatory
registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Holds
or working towards an independent prescribing qualification
Desirable
Membership
Primary Care Pharmacy Association (PCPA)
Membership
of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Clinical
Diploma or equivalent (demonstrate experience)
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.
Desirable
Experience
of working in primary care
Experience
of working in a GP practice
Knowledge
and Skills
Essential
Minimum
of 2 years post qualifying experience.
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 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.
Desirable
In
depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of
evidence-based healthcare.