An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within HIPCPCN. You will work to contribute to improve healthoutcomes in long term conditions as a member of the multidisciplinary primarycare team within the PCN practices. Youwill provide specialist knowledge and advice on pharmaceutical matters,including cost-effective prescribing and clinical guidelines for diseasetreatment, and to also provide evidence-based education and training forcolleagues in partnership with the practice. You will provide advice and support forpatients with self-limiting conditions.You will work to improve communication about medication-related issuesbetween the practice and other care providers and to lead on implementation ofsafe and efficient repeat prescribing systems.This is a new and exciting role for you to develop andstrive to support the needs of the PCN going forward.
We are looking for a proactive, approachable Clinical Pharmacist with excellent communication and problem solving skills. You will support safe and effective prescribing, manage long term conditions, and offer medicines optimisation advice across our PCN. Ideally, you will be a GPhC registered Pharmacist with at least 2 years post qualification experience, strong clinical knowledge, and working towards or already holding an independent prescribing qualification. You should understand the challenges of general practice, be confident in providing evidence based guidance, and skilled in educating patients and colleagues. You will work independently and collaboratively, using your initiative to improve patient care.
Main responsabilities
To contribute to improve health outcomes in longterm conditions as a member of the multidisciplinary primary care team withinthe PCN practices
To provide specialist knowledge and advice onpharmaceutical matters, including cost-effective prescribing and clinicalguidelines for disease treatment, and to also provide evidence-based educationand training for colleagues in partnership with the practice
To practice as an independent prescriber,holding face to face consultations
To provide advice and support for patients withself-limiting conditions
To work to improve communication aboutmedication-related issues between the practice and other care providers
To lead on implementation of safe and efficientrepeat prescribing systems
North Staffordshire GP Federation is a membership organisation supporting North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent primary care, including all 66 GP Practices and 13 Primary Care Networks.
Main tasks/overviewof responsibilities:
Contribute to improved health outcomes in long termconditions for PCN practices
Practice as an independent non-medicalprescriber, holding clinics for long term conditions within scope ofcompetence
Aim to review multiple long-term conditions atsame clinic visit to provide holistic care and improve patient experience
Support patients to manage their long-termconditions
Carry out face to face clinical medicationreviews for patients on multiple medications for long term conditions.
Review if prescribing is appropriate in linewith current guidance, cost effective and safe; identify unmet need, stopunnecessary/ineffective medicines.Implement own prescribing changes as an independent prescriber
Review daily pathology results for patientsunder their care
Contribute to achievement of QOF targets toimprove health outcomes
Identify and visit housebound patients who wouldbenefit from a clinical medication review or a review of their LTC by aclinical pharmacist. To note Indemnitycover will need to be checked for domiciliary visits
Answer medical information queries from GPs,Nurses, practice staff, patients and third-party providers
Provide education on medicines related topicsfor GPs, Nurses, medical students, registrars
Review NICE and other evidence-based guidance asit is issued, to evaluate any impact on medicines and prescribing
Undertake regular clinical audit to supportimplementation of clinical guidance across the PCN practices
Provide regular education sessions for theclinicians at the PCN practices to discuss audit results and agree an actionplan for improving standards within clinical areas
Provide advice on suitable alternativemedications in the event of a medicine being unavailable
Encourage cost effective prescribing within thepractice, including adherence to local formulary
Build good working relationships with localMedicines Management Team members
Provide education for the clinical team on newmedicines
Review all relevant safety alerts (e.g. MHRA)and ensure any action required is undertaken
Provide specialist knowledge and advice onpharmaceutical matters
Work with the PCN practice team to help reducemedicines related emergency admissions by running regular searches to identifypatients at risk of harm from their medicines.Review these patients to reduce the risk of harm
To provide advice and support for patients withself-limiting conditions
Provide patients with advice on treatingself-limiting conditions through face to face/ telephone consultations andpatient information leaflets/website.Conditions may include UTIs, hayfever, emergency contraception,conjunctivitis
Improve communication about medication-relatedissues between the practice and both the patient and other care providers
To review communication processes betweenpractices/ hospitals/care homes/ community pharmacies at hospital admission toevaluate how this can be improved
To reconcile medicines following discharge fromhospital/ intermediate care; identify and rectify unexplained changes, managethese changes without referral to the GP; perform a clinical medication review;produce a post-discharge medicines care plan including dose titration andbooking of follow-up test, and work with patients and community pharmacists toensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge. Set up and manage systems to ensurecontinuity of medicines supply to high-risk groups of patients (e.g. those withmedicine compliance aids)
Reconcile medication from clinic appointmentcorrespondence, identifying any unexplained changes and rectifying these bycommunication with the secondary care provider.Ensure patients are fully aware of any changes and that a plan formonitoring/dose titration is in place
Act as the PCN lead contact for communitypharmacy related projects and build effective working relationships.
Act as the PCN lead contact for hospitalpharmacy related projects and build effective working relationships
Ensure care home residents have an annualmedication review by a clinical pharmacist.Any changes agreed with the patient and/or their representative shouldbe communicated to the care home staff and the community pharmacy
To review medications for new patients, toensure safe, cost-effective prescribing in line with practice/local prescribingpolicies
Lead on implementation of safe and efficientprescribing systems
To ensure the practice repeat prescribing systemis safe, efficient and helps minimise waste
To provide specialist knowledge on medicationmonitoring and ensure a system for implementation is in place
To answer queries from administration staffregarding medication requests where appropriate to save GP time
To reauthorise medication for future repeatprescribing within scope of competence as an independent prescriber
To work with practice staff to ensure a robustmedication review policy
To identify patients suitable for repeatdispensing. Ensure this is implementedeffectively by close working with patients, prescribers and communitypharmacies
Review the prescribing of medication forvulnerable patients to ensure it is appropriatee.g. weekly prescriptions for at risk-patients, monitored dosage systemsor alternative solutions to improve patient compliance
To ensure all safeguarding incidents arereported to the nominated Practice Safeguarding Lead
All employeesshould commit to the following:
Completethe set training and objectives from the CPPE programme.
Maintainvalid and appropriate level of indemnity cover
Commitmentto CPD and revalidation under the required criteria set by the GPhC
This job descriptionis not exhaustive and duties may vary with the requirements of the PCN
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.