Employer Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Creswell & Langwith Medical Centre /Castle Street MC Town creswell Salary £55,690 - £62,682 pa. pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 11/12/2025 23:59
Advanced Practice Pharmacist
NHS AfC: Band 8a
The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of individuals from BME backgrounds and welcomes applicants from these communities. DCHS is also an LGBT inclusive employer. Selection will be on a basis of merit. The Trust has achieved the status of a Disability Confident Leader and guarantees to invite to assessment applicants who meet the criteria for the job vacancy. To ensure the diversity of the workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.
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Job overview
You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using their expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas. Be a prescriber, or willing to complete training to become a prescriber, and work with and alongside the general practice team. Be responsible for the care management of patients with chronic diseases and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy, especially older people, people in care homes, those with multiple co-morbidities (in particular frailty, COPD and asthma) and people with learning disabilities or autism (through STOMP – Stop Over Medication Programme). Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients at the practices and to help in tackling inequalities. Provide leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation (including ensuring prescribers in the practice conserve antibiotics in line with local antimicrobial stewardship guidance) and quality improvement, whilst contributing to the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.
Main duties of the job
The Practice Pharmacist will support the General Practice colleagues across 2 practices. Castle Street and Creswell and Langwith Medical Centre to deliver the Clinical Pharmacist ARRS role in line with the Primary Care Network Contract DES contract:
Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process
Develop pharmacist-led clinics
Lead on anticoagulation clinics
Develop and run pharmacist led minor illness clinic as a prescriber
Deal with prescription queries from patients, pharmacies, community agencies and care homes
Review and reconcile medicines changes from secondary care organisations; identify and rectify unexplained changes, and ensure robust processes are in place in all practices.
Ensure practices adhere to the Joint Area Prescribing Committee
Lead on medication related clinical audits to identify areas where improvement is needed, develop action plans and implement appropriate changes e.g.
Monitoring of patients using high risk medicines (DMARDS, lithium, warfarin, antipsychotics, opiates, benzodiazepines and psychostimulants).
Lead, manage and action MHRA alerts in response to any drug safety alerts, changes in clinical guidance or incidents.
Lead on the identification, implementation and monitoring of medicines management targets and initiatives including QOF, QIPP,
Please refer to the job description and personal specification for full details
Working for our organisation
Our practices are situated in the rural villages of Bolsover, Creswell and Langwith on the borders of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. We work collaboratively with Hardwick and Bolsover Primary Care Network, as well as our service provider, Derbyshire Community Health Service, to deliver high-quality community healthcare services. We are GP Registrar Training Practices and serve a combined patient list size 10170, with level 3 accreditation in research studies.
We have well-established teams at each practice, including a Clinical Lead, Practice Manager and Lead Nurse at each site, 5 General Practitioners, 1 Advanced Clinical Practitioner, 2 Practice Nurses, 1 Nurse Associate and 1 Healthcare Assistant at Creswell and Langwith. Castle Street Medical Centre, we have 4 GPS, 1 Practice Nurse, 1 HCA, 1 Nurse Associate, all supported by our dedicated reception and administration staff.
Being the first PCN pharmacist employed to support the practices, there is opportunity to shape and develop the role and potentially grow over future years. There is excellent support within DCHS for staff undertaking their independent prescriber qualification, or for those already qualified to receive ongoing support. Excellent clinical supervision will be provided within the practices, as well as professional support from the wider DCHS pharmacy team, access to training and development and many leadership and development opportunities are available.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Act as Prescribing Lead within the practice. Attend local area wide prescribing lead meetings with the Medicines Management Team and provide feedback to practice clinicians.
· Provide expert clinical and therapeutic advice to all members of the primary health care team and public in order to promote safe and effective use of medicines (including clinical advice in areas where information is lacking, and medical or other opinion differs)
· Implement the medicines optimisation strategy at practice level through effective working relationships with individual prescribers, practice staff, ICB Medicine Management Team and other healthcare professionals
· Provide feedback to prescribers on progress with medicines management initiatives, prescribing targets and clinical audit
· Ensure effective communication with patients on appropriate use of medicines including changes to medication following prescribing audits
· Ensure implementation of relevant NICE guidance
· Act as clinical lead for anticoagulation services
· Lead other clinical pharmacists and pharmacy technicians within DCHS GP practices as the service develops.
Lead on initiating and actioning on medicine related audits within the practice
Please refer to the job description and personal specification to review the comprehensive range of responsibilities required of the practice pharmacist
Person specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
* Qualified Pharmacist (MPharm or equivalent)
* Prescriber (V300)
* Completed the Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway (PCPEP) or equivalent, or willingness to complete this
* Completed Quality Improvement training or willingness to complete this
* Registered with GPhC
Experience and Knowledge Required
* Relevant post registration experience providing clinical pharmacy services
* Experience of undertaking structured medication reviews
* Excellent Clinical Pharmacy Knowledge
* Experience of working with other healthcare professionals
* Post registration experience providing clinical pharmacy services in General Practice
* Experience of clinical audit
* Experience of developing guidelines
* Experience in using systmOne
* Experience of developing guidelines
Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust (DCHS) is one of the largest providers of specialist community healthcare in England and we currently employ around 4,500 staff. We deliver a variety of services across Derbyshire, caring for nearly 1.8 million patients each year.
We deliver patient care through 11 community hospitals, 4 minor injury units, 29 health centres and a learning disability centre. Another key part of our service is out in the community where we care for people in their own homes via therapists, health visitors and district nurses, and promoting public health in the wider community. As a Trust we care for patients of all ages with a special focus on the needs of elderly people and the very young.
DCHS has been recognised as a top 10 NHS organisation to work for in the UK by the Health Service Journal and NHS Employers in their Best Places to Work 2015 campaign. The Trust is also the runner-up in the category for the best NHS community trust employer.
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Our vision “to be the best provider of local healthcare and to be a great place to work”
Our values:
1) To get the basics right
2) To act with compassion and respect
3) To make a difference
4) To value and develop teamwork
5) To value everyone’s contribution because everyone matters
The majority of our locations offer free parking facilities for staff.
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If you require any support in completing the application form please do not hesitate to contact the Recruitment Team, 01332 564856, option 1, option 1 or dchst.recruitment@nhs.net and we will be happy to provide assistance.
Please note - if we receive a high number of applications for this position we reserve the right to withdraw the post before the closing date, therefore it is advisable that you apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for our service and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern.
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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Susanna Kerry Job title Clinical Lead Email address susanna.kerry@nhs.net Telephone number 07791436599 Additional information
For further information or to arrange an informal visit please contact
Clinical Lead GP Dr Susanna Kerry Email Address susanna.kerry@nhs.net
Clinical Lead GP Dr Michael Njuma Email address michael.njuma@nhs.net
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