Clinical Pharmacist - Harness North PCN

Job responsibilities

Clinical responsibilities include a variety of mediums for patient contact, engagement and support:

• Provision of professional support and clinical expertise to the PCN and wider teams with regards to medication queries, prescribing issues and systems for safer prescribing.
• Supervision and support of the CP team.
• Oversight on key PCN deliverables.
• Face to face/remote long term condition reviews, Structured Medication Reviews including Care Home Reviews.
• Lead delivery of quality improvement, population health management and clinical audit for PCN in pharmacy led clinical domains such as Impact and Investment fund (IIF), Medicines Management (MM) in the PCN Des and CQC compliance.
• To support practice teams with day-to-day practice such as medicines reconciliation, repeat prescribing practice and support with queries from patients and teams whilst utilising digital tools to support with this such as e-consults, Docman and internal tasks.
• Support key stakeholders with streamlining the CP service.
• Working closely with the Clinical Directors and key stakeholders to shape and deliver the strategy and vision for the PCN.

Key Priorities for the role

• Make the Clinical Pharmacist a principle in the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred multidisciplinary care.
• Utilise the Clinical Pharmacist skill set to allow General Practitioner appointments to be reserved for appropriate caseload, reduce waiting times for appointments, increase access to healthcare, improve screening and diagnosis of chronic and common ailments and reduce A&E admissions and attendances.
• Provide direct care to patients with long-term conditions, minor ailments and other clinical areas within scope of practice.
• Provide professional input to practice teams working to improve patient outcomes and reduce avoidable admission to hospital.
• Liaise with providers including pharmacists in the community and hospital settings to ensure accurate and effective medication management.
• Provide pharmaceutical support to practices so that medication related processes are reviewed, best practice principles applied and evidence-based values are embedded in all activities.
• Utilise the Clinical Pharmacist skill set to directly assist patients in the safe, effective use of medicines to improve outcomes and quality of life.
• Ensure optimum benefit for prescribed medication through high levels of concordance achieved by support for patients and carers.
• Support the care of complex patients in their own homes or in nursing or residential accommodation as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Utilise the Clinical Pharmacist skill set to ensure NHS resources are used in a cost-effective manner to maximise outcomes whilst reducing wastage.
• Provide professional leadership on matters relating to medicine optimisation and quality improvement.

Qualifications

Essential

• Pharmacy Degree
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education primary care Pharmacy Education Pathway (PCPEP)
• Registered non-medical prescriber

Desirable

• Postgraduate diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• At least 12 months experience working in a PCN/practice
• Experience of working with clinical management systems, especially Emis & System One

Knowledge, Understanding & Skills

Essential

• Relevant theoretical and practical knowledge of Primary Care Networks, General Practice and evidence-based medicine
• An appreciation of NHS agenda, national policies and government targets and quality improvement indicators
• An understanding of the current PCN DES specifications
• A wide range of IT skills especially Microsoft 365 software
• Awareness of business intelligence systems to support management of patients in primary care settings, delivering pharmaceutical input and support in the context of pathways of care and the business of the organisation
• Ability to work under pressure and deal with unpredictable issues arising on a daily basis
• Can plan, manage, monitor, advise and prescribe medication for patients in core areas, including long term conditions.
• Be able to organise workload, multi-task and work under pressure to achieve tight deadlines

Desirable

• Awareness of PCN budget management and funding systems

Relationships

Essential

• Work autonomously and within a team
• The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues
• Training practice staff to ensure efficient prescribing and medicines management procedures
• Ability to influence, motivate and persuade prescribers to comply with the recommendations or agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers
• Ability to lead on quality improvement work stream(s) and delivering quality outcomes
• Ability to support Foundation, Entry, Trainee pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians with their development and day to day practice
• Ability to support Senior CP team and proactively seeking innovative ways to improve prescribing practice and PCN development
• Flexible approach to working patterns and ability to adapt to changing priorities
• Self motivated and proactive

Desirable

• Ability to provide education and training to PCN teams

Communication & Information

Essential

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Clear, concise record keeping and report writing skills
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences

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).