The following is not an exhaustive list, and the post holder may occasionally need to undertake additional duties as required by the PCN. Promote safer prescribing practices and reduce medication-related harm. Use audits to enhance clinical outcomes and improve patient safety. 1. inappropriate antipsychotic use in people with learning difficulties), liaison with community pharmacists and anticoagulation 2. Be part of a professional clinical network and have access to appropriate clinical supervision 3. To act as a point of contact for all medicine related matters, establishing positive working relationships 4. To consult patients within defined levels of competence and independently prescribe acute and repeat medication 5. To receive referrals and directed patients from triage services and other clinicians 6. To receive and resolve medicines queries from patients and other staff 7. To provide medication review services for patients in the practice and during domiciliary visits to the local nursing home 8. To manage a caseload of complex patients 9. To manage a therapeutic drug monitoring system and the recall of patients taking high risk drugs, i.e., anticoagulants, anticonvulsants and DMARDs etc. 10. To deliver long term conditions clinics particularly for patients with complicated medication regimes and prescribe accordingly 11. To provide pharmaceutical consultations to patients with long term conditions as an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team 12. To review medications for newly registered patients 13. To improve patient and carer understanding of confidence in and compliance with their medication 14. To encourage cost-effective prescribing throughout the practice 15. To liaise with the clinical partners and implement and embed a robust repeat prescribing system for use across the practice 16. To provide advice and answer medication related queries from patients and staff 17. To organise and oversee the practices medicines optimisation systems including the repeat prescribing and medication review systems 18. To improve the quality and effectiveness of prescribing through clinical audit and education to improve performance against NICE standards and clinical and prescribing guidance 19. To provide subject matter expertise on medication monitoring, implementing and embedding a system 20. To actively signpost patients to the correct healthcare professional 21. To review the latest guidance ensuring the organisation conforms to NICE, CQC etc. 22. To provide targeted support and proactive reviews for vulnerable, complex patients and those at risk of admission and re-admission to secondary care 23. To handle prescription queries and requests directly 24. To support in the delivery of enhanced services and other service requirements on behalf of the practice 25. To participate in the management of patient complaints when requested to do so and participate in the identification of any necessary learning brought about through clinical incidents and near-miss events 26. To undertake all mandatory training and induction programmes 27. To contribute to and embrace the spectrum of clinical governance 28. To attend a formal appraisal with your manager at least every 12 months. Once a performance/training objective has been set, progress will be reviewed on a regular basis so that new objectives can be agreed 29. To contribute to public health campaigns (e.g., COVID-19 or flu clinics) through advice or direct care 30. To maintain a clean, tidy, effective working area at all times.