Specialist Respiratory Pharmacist
This role can be Sessional/Locum or fixed term contract for 12 months
Rate - dependant on experience
Hours - multiple sessions available (session = 4 hours)
Location - multiple sites across the city available
South Doc Services supports 9 Primary Care Networks covering a population of 445,000 and oversees SDSmyhealthcare GP Federation of over 65 Practices across the Birmingham area.
As part of the commitment to improve access to healthcare across the local area we are establishing a GP Led Specialist Respiratory Clinical Review Service to provide a community-based service to improve asthma and COPD care across the Birmingham. The service will deliver enhanced respiratory care and diagnostics (Spirometry/FeNO) from multiple sites across the city to promote patient choice and accessibility and deliver quality care closer to home.
As a Qualified Clinical Pharmacist, you will have significant post qualification experience in the field of Respiratory disorders and a clear understanding of respiratory management pathways. With strong communication and organisational skills and a flexible approach, you will work collaboratively with patients and service team members to facilitate the best possible patient experience and outcomes.
Job summary
The post holder will provide high quality Respiratory review services to patients referred to the Enhanced Respiratory Service from across Birmingham. They will support the Lead GP and clinical staff involved in the delivering of the service. The post holder will be a clinical expert working to provide a comprehensive virtual assessment of patients presenting with non-urgent respiratory conditions and face-to-face review when deemed necessary. They will have completed their Independent Prescribing qualification having completed this in the field of respiratory medicine and be competent and demonstrate experience of initial assessment for diagnosis and management of long-term respiratory conditions. A current awareness of NICE/SIGN/BTS/GOLD and GINA guidance for asthma and COPD is necessary as well as BSol ICB respiratory treatment guidance.
Key responsibilities
The post holder will be expected to undertake the normal duties and responsibilities associated with being a Respiratory medical practitioner within a community clinic; responsibilities to include:
Clinical
1. Maintaining the highest clinical standards at all times and in accordance with accepted good medical practice
2. Ensuring they will make him/herself available to undertake virtual and face-to-face consultations as expected from respiratory advanced clinical practitioner within a community clinic, in accordance with the timetable as agreed.
3. Knowledge and awareness of assessing inhaler technique.
4. Ability to carry out asthma and COPD reviews for diagnosed patients.
5. Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems and long-term respiratory condition management
6. In consultation with patients and in line with evidence-based best clinical practice developing treatment plans
7. Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
8. Championing the organisation's clinical governance programme for the provision of safe, high quality patient care
9. Referring the patient back to their own GP for on-going management, whilst promoting upskilling
10. Prescribing in accordance with local prescribing formulary (and generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
11. Ensuring that when referrals are made for patients to see other medical service providers, adequate information is given to the personnel to whom the patient has been referred for proper assessment to be made
12. Be supportive of any incident and complaints policies and procedures to ensure proper investigation and appropriate follow up action
13. Maintaining patient confidentiality in line with professional standards
14. Work supportively alongside clinical and administrative colleagues in ensuring the highest standard of care for all patients
If you have a passion, drive and ability to deliver high quality person centred care in accordance with our Organisations mission we would love to hear from you.
COVID Vaccination Statement
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. We do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination.
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How you information will be used
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Identity and contact details of controller and data protection officer
1. South Doc Services Limited, West Heath Road, Birmingham, B31 3HB. UK
2. If you have any concerns as to how your data is processed, you can contact our data protection officer:
Umar Sabat – Data Protection Officer at
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Job Type: Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months
Work Location: In person