Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Independent Prescriber
NHS
Horley
GBP 50,000 - 58,000
Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Independent Prescriber
The post holder will be an independent prescriber and an experiencedhealthcare practitioner with experience in acute and urgent care. They willhave completed an MSc in Advanced Practice, or MSC Pharmacy, and ideally havecompleted the Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway with CPPE. The post holder must be able to evidence aclinical portfolio and relevant competencies in line with the HEE nationalframework for advanced clinical practice. Advanced clinical practitioners areexpected to work across the four pillars of advanced practice; clinical,leadership, research and education.
The post holder will practice as an Advanced ClinicalPractitioner/Pharmacist across various services, including but not limited toABC Remote Services (uCATS, Enhanced Access, Additional Primary Care)
Main duties of the job
The post holder will autonomously undertake assessment andtreatment of both acute and chronic, differentiated and undifferentiated,patient presentations.
The post holder will determine a clinical diagnosis,treatment plan and appropriate discharge, or refer, as indicated whilstmaintaining accurate patient records and ensuring patient safety. They will bea source of clinical expertise to less experienced staff, enhancing skills andknowledge, and work in partnership with a multidisciplinary team.
The post holder will ensure a high-quality patient centredservice is delivered in remote settings across all clinics.
About us
About Alliance for Better Care CICAlliance for Better CareCIC is a GP Federation that unites 74 NHS GP practices across 23 Primary CareNetworks in Sussex and Surrey. We support our Primary Care colleagues as wellas their patients, to transform how healthcare is managed within the community.
More aboutour organisation: www.allianceforbettercare.org
Our Values
Weare honest
Weare inclusive
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Services that ABC Provide
Anti-Viral COVID medication (nMABs)
Anticipatory Care
Enhanced Access
Outbreak Response
Refugee and Asylum Seeker Support
Urgent Care (secondary care settings)
Urgent Care at Scale (primary care) (uCATS)
Virtual Wards
Supervision
Regular supervisions on a one-to-one basis including a annualformal appraisal. If you are in apatient-facing role, you will also receive regular Clinical Supervisions with aClinical Supervisor.
Generous annual leave allowance
Access to NHS pension
Bespoke training programme
Cycle to Work Scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Enhanced maternity pay
NHS discounts
Leadership Development Programme
Salary sacrifice schemes technology andelectric vehicle
Opportunities for secondments
Job responsibilities
Reports to:
Clinical Lead/NonMedical Prescribing Lead
Responsibleto:
Head of PracticeClinical Services
8.1to 8.7 on the ABC pay scale whichis equivalent to £50,901.77 to £57,323.66
Hours of work:
Fulltime/part time service coverage 08.00 to 20.00 Mondayto Sunday
Base:
UKbased remote working. There will be aneed to regularly attend one of the ABCOffices in Surrey and Sussex
Primary duties and areas of responsibility
Clinical responsibilities
1. Toindependently undertake specialised clinical assessments, diagnose, treat anddischarge, or appropriately refer, patients with a wide range of acute andchronic illnesses.
2. Toensure patients are fully involved in the design and implementation of theirtreatment plans.
3. Toensure effective coordination and liaison with multidisciplinary teams acrossprimary and secondary care, statutory and voluntary disciplines/groups toprovide a seamless service to patients and their carers and prevent hospitaladmission where urgent care is required.
4. Torefer appropriately to clinical leads/supervising GP where a second opinion isrequired.
5. Toadapt styles of communication appropriately to promote empowerment,self-management, and health education for patients.
6. Toattend clinical case conferences, review and clinical meetings as required.
7. Tobe a source of clinical expertise to less experienced staff within the team.
8. Todelegate duties/tasks to other members of staff where appropriate.
9. Providespecialist advice relating to minor illness and/or injury to local healthcareteams, patients, relative, and carers.
10. Toidentify actual or potential clinical risks and take appropriate action using,when required, the appropriate reporting structure.
Leadership / Service Delivery Responsibilities
1. Toensure that patient records and documentation are maintained in line withrecognised standards and ABC policies and use of the electronic patient recordssystem. This includes
Documenting full and accurate record ofassessments, investigation, procedures, treatment, and aftercare.
Supporting colleagues to maintain good andcomplete records.
Working closely with the administration and/oroperations team, ensuring all records pertinent to patients are filed asappropriate.
Contributing to the read-coding of patient data.
2. Workwithin local and national guidelines and protocols
3. Toparticipate in audits and use the results, current research and governmentguidelines, to make recommendations for changes to service delivery andclinical practice, and to share knowledge with other healthcare professionals.
4. Tocontribute to the maintenance and improvement of communication networks withall disciplines to ensure continuity of care.
5. Tocollect data and provide service information to the Service Manager asrequired.
6. Tocontribute to the development and establishment of systems to gather feedbackfrom patients.
7. Toensure that service relevant Managers and Clinical Leads are kept informed onservice issues and potential risks.
8. Towork with the team in delivering and promoting the needs of the service.
9. Towork with the Service Manager and Clinical Lead to meet the clinical governanceneeds of the service; including investigation of incidents (including seriousincidents) and complaints, where required, sharing learning that arises frominvestigations.
10. Toprovide clinical supervision / mentorship (where appropriately trained) tojunior practitioners.
11. To remainupdated on the use of all equipment used and to report any technical problemsor issues with that equipment.
12. Toparticipate in clinical team meetings to discuss day-to-day operation issues.
Education / Personal & Professional Development
1. Tobe skilled in routine and specialistskills
Recognise and work within own competence, scopeof practice, and professional code of conduct as regulated by the GeneralPharmaceutical Council (GPhC
To keep abreast of developments in clinicalpractice and topical issues ensuring that skills are maintained and enhancedthrough continued professional development.
To collaborate in the continued development ofthe advanced practice role.
Show self-motivation toward expanding practiceand developing advanced skills and knowledge.
To identify own education and training needs inline with competency framework within speciality, and statutory and mandatorytraining. Ensuring these are addressed though the appraisal process with theclinical supervisor/line manager.
2. Developmentof others
Be a mentor and clinical supervisor, whereappropriate, to junior members of the multi-disciplinary team.
Provide a supportive environment for all staff(including students/trainees when applicable) which encourages learning andprofessional development.
To actively participate in the development offuture education and training provision which recognises the needs of patientsand is in line with national and local priorities.
Deliver presentations and teaching sessions asrequired
Research/ Audit
1.Evaluatethe care of patients through a process of audit to examine, benchmark anddevelop evidence-based practice and clinical effectiveness
2.Collaboratewith other health care professionals in initiating and promoting research.Support colleagues in the conduct of research and promote dissemination andimplementation of findings
3.To supportan ongoing programme of audit to evaluate practice ensuring that the data isused to develop and improve the service.
4.Supportmulti-disciplinary clinical audit and research across the service implementing innovations in clinical practiceand supporting the utilisation of research and evidence-based practice.
5.Supportquality improvement and the use of methodologies to promote good clinicalpractice.
6.Usingcomputer software to input, extract and analyse data as required and to developand create divisional/specialty reports and other reports as required.
Person Specification
Research
* Skills in Research
* Evaluate the care of patients through audit and research
* Implement new policies and guidelines based on research and latest evidence-based practice
* Communicate and dissemination of audit and research through a variety of mediums.
* Previous Publications
* Ability to produce and formulate guidelines, policies and reports
Behaviours and Values
* Flexibility in shift/working patterns to meet the needs of the service
* Strong Team Player
* Displays ABC Values
* Highly motivated, self-directed practitioner with excellent organisation skills
* Excellent communication skills both verbally and written
Qualifications
* NMC / HCPC / GPhC Registered healthcare professional
* MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice/MSc Pharmacy
* BLS
* Evidence of CPD relevant to clinical area
* CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Pathway
* Clinical supervision course
* Leadership Qualification
* Teaching qualification and/or up to date mentorship qualification
* Completed, and continually updated, HEE Multi-professional framework for Advanced Clinical Practice
Experience
* Significant and evidenced post registration experience (normally 8-years (5 years + 3 years for MSc)
* Clinical experience of working autonomously within an appropriate setting including physiology, assessment, clinical reason and decision making.
* Delivery of evidenced-based practice demonstrating a patient focused approach
* Willingness to develop skills as needed by the service
* Ensure clinical governance is embedded within practice
* Awareness of own limitations and work within own scope of practice
Leadership
* Evidence of leading effectively, managing change and improving patient experience
* Ability to influence a positive organisational culture to drive innovation, collaborative working and sustainable healthcare.
* Ability to prioritise workload within the wider MDT
* Team building skills and ability to manage emerging practitioners
* Work within and promote ABC values and behaviours
* Ability to identify and manage risk and patient safety
* Advanced Leadership Qualification
* Management and leadership experience
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
£50,901.77 to £57,323.66 a yearDependent on experience
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