Job Details
Posting Date: 11 June 2024
Salary: £44,503.00 to £50,056.00 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing Date: 31 July 2024
Location: Middlesbrough, TS3 6AL
Company: NHS Jobs
Job Type: Permanent
Reference: A4923-24-0011
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Summary
The NHS is seeking a dedicated Clinical Pharmacist to join our multidisciplinary team in Middlesbrough. This role involves working closely with other healthcare professionals to provide patient-centered care, with a focus on medication management and optimization.
Primary Duties and Areas of Responsibility
* Patient Assessment and Treatment: Utilize your expertise in medicines for specific diseases to clinically assess and treat patients.
* Prescribing and Care Management: Serve as a prescriber and manage care for patients with chronic diseases, conducting clinical medication reviews especially for the elderly and those with complex medical conditions.
* Medication Expertise and Public Health: Offer specialist knowledge on medication use to address public health and social care needs, contributing to reducing health inequalities.
* Leadership in Medicines Optimization: Lead initiatives for medicines optimization, ensuring the conservation of antibiotics and improving overall medication use quality.
* Structured Medication Reviews: Conduct reviews to help patients manage their medications effectively, reducing waste and promoting self-care.
* Healthcare Team Integration: Support the integration of general practice with broader healthcare teams to enhance patient outcomes and access to care.
* Collaboration and Relationship Building: Work closely with other pharmacy professionals and healthcare providers to improve patient care and system efficiencies.
* Clinical Protocols and Research: Play a central role in shared care protocols, clinical research, and collaboration with specialist pharmacists.
* Professional Network Participation: Engage in a professional clinical network and undergo appropriate clinical supervision.
Collaborative Working Relationships
* Communication and Cooperation: Use effective communication to gain cooperation from patients, colleagues, and other stakeholders.
* Personal Limitations and Referrals: Recognize when to refer patients to more appropriate healthcare providers.
* Effective Working Relationships: Develop and maintain strong working relationships within and outside the practice.
* Liaison with Stakeholders: Collaborate with the CCG Medicines Optimization Team and other stakeholders to ensure consistent patient care.
Knowledge, Skills, and Experience Required
* Experience with Long-Term Conditions: Experience with common long-term conditions in a general medical practice setting.
* Qualifications: Minimum of 3 years post-graduate experience in pharmacy and working towards or holding an independent prescribing qualification.
* Pharmaceutical Care Management: Ability to manage and review pharmaceutical care programs across core disease areas.
* Professional Expertise: Accountable for providing professional expertise and direct service provision.
* Problem-Solving Skills: Able to prioritize and address deviations from normal patterns, referring to GPs/ANPs as needed.
* Policy and Procedure Compliance: Follow legal, ethical, professional, and organizational policies and procedures.
Leadership and Management
* Governance and Vision: Understand and implement pharmacy role in governance and contribute to workplace vision.
* Quality Improvement: Strive to improve service quality within set limitations.
* Self-Motivation: Motivate yourself to achieve set goals and objectives.
* Resource Utilization: Understand effective resource utilization and relevant standards of practice.
* Performance Management: Adhere to performance management policies and procedures.
Education, Training, and Development
* Role Modeling: Demonstrate the characteristics of a role model to team members.
* Continuous Professional Development: Engage in self-development through professional activities and stay updated with clinical practice.
* Supervision and Appraisal: Ensure appropriate clinical supervision and engage with review and appraisal systems.
Research and Evaluation
* Literature Review and Research: Critically evaluate literature and generate evidence for practice and presentations.
* Evidence-Based Practice: Apply research evidence to clinical practice and understand research governance principles.
Health and Safety/Risk Management
* Compliance: Follow Health and Safety policies and Data Protection Act guidelines, reporting incidents as required.
Equality and Diversity
* Equal Treatment: Adhere to policies ensuring equality in employment and patient care, treating all individuals with respect.
Respect for Patient Confidentiality
* Confidentiality: Maintain patient confidentiality at all times, only divulging information when necessary for the role.
Special Working Conditions
* Travel Requirements: Travel independently between practice sites and attend meetings hosted by other agencies.
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