PCN Clinical Pharmacist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Be an independent prescriber or commit to completing training to become a prescriber.

Lead the Pharmacy Technicians and Care Co-ordinators in the EHiCH team.

Monitor the performance and effectiveness of the team.

Provide 1:1 and performance support for the team.

Support colleagues and patients with medication queries and monitoring.

Undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy.

Focus on people in care homes, those with multiple co-morbidities (frailty, COPD and asthma) and people with learning disabilities or autism.

Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines, while helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients.

Using audit and action planning, help to tackle inequalities.

Provide leadership on person-centered medicines optimisation (including ensuring prescribers in the PCN practices conserve antibiotics in line with local antimicrobial stewardship guidance) and quality improvement.

Contribute to the General Practice quality and outcomes framework (QOF) and enhanced services.

Use structured medication reviews to support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care.

Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components (e.g. advice on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets).

Work with general practice teams to ensure that practices are compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved for care home patients.

Develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across Primary Care and the wider health and social care system.

Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, liaison with specialist pharmacists, liaison with community pharmacists and anticoagulation services.

Undertake the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway or equivalent primary care training pathway.

Provide Clinical Supervision for Pharmacy Technicians within the PCN Enhanced Health in Care Home team.

Assist with care home medication requests, medication advice, covert administration advice from the Enhanced Health in Care Home Team.

The above list of duties is not exhaustive and may be subject to change as deemed necessary

Aims - Goals of post

Improved medication outcomes for patients

Improved patient safety and medication optimisation

Improved efficiency of medication changes

Effective management of shared care drugs

Improved prescribing for care home residents

Reduced GP workload

Reduced medication costs by formulary prescribing cost-effective alternatives

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.

In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the postholder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers.

They may also have access to information relating to the business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.

Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the company may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the company policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

The postholder will take responsibility for their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the companys health & safety policy, the staff handbook and the

infection control policy and procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):

Using personal security systems within the workplace according to company guidelines

Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manage those risks

Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards, and initiation of remedial - corrective action where needed

Actively identifying, reporting, and correcting health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised.

The postholder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation

Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues

Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is nonjudgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights.

The postholder will participate in any training programme implemented by the company as part of this employment, such training to include:

Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and or professional development

Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work

The postholder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

Communicate effectively with other team members

Communicate effectively with patients and carers

Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly

Apply company policies standards and guidance

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in Pharmacy
• Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
• Completed or willing to commit to completing CPPE pathway or other primary care training pathway

Experience

Essential

• please see person spec attached

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

Primary Healthcare Darlington

Address

Forsyth House

20 Woodland Road

Darlington

County Durham

DL3 7PL

Employer's website

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