Weare looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Clinical Pharmacist to join ourfriendly, patient focused practice team.
Thesuccessful candidate will be an experienced pharmacist who, acting within theirprofessional boundaries, will provide care for the patients through medicationreconciliation, prescribing and review as appropriate. Room to develop acute orchronic management of patients is also encouraged.
Non-medicalprescribing is preferred, as well as experience working in primary care,although not essential to apply.
You will benefit from:
* AssignedGP for supervision/support
* Plannedcoffee break during the day with the rest of the team
* Teachingatmosphere with a strong emphasis on this.
Main duties of the job
* Acute prescription requests,
* Prescribing and follow up
* Actioning of MHRA alerts
* Targeted medication reviews which may be done over the telephone or face to face- Review the ongoing need for each medicine, a review of monitoring needs and an opportunity to support patients with their medicines taking ensuring they get the best use of their medicines (i.e. medicines optimisation). Make appropriate recommendations to GPs for medicine improvement.
* Answers all medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff, other healthcare teams (e.g. community pharmacy) and patients with queries about medicines. Suggesting and recommending solutions. Providing follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes
You will be required to demonstrate:
Evidence of on-going Personal Development
Ability to work in a team
Knowledge of and experience of managing long-term conditions
Prescribing Qualification
About us
You will be joining a teamof 5 GP partners, 5 Salaried GPs, Nurse Practitioner, Paramedic, a ClinicalPharmacist and a team of Practice Nurses and HCAs, who are supported byManagement and the Admin Reception Team.
We are a friendly practice, offering a supportive and collaborativeteam environment, where we encourage learning, development, and personalgrowth. Elm Tree Surgery is an active member of Stockton PCN.
Recently voted 96% for patient satisfaction, making us one of the highest rated in the region and nationally, as well as one of highest rated for google reviews. We have a strong ethos of patient care, providing great quality care as well as brilliant access to our patients.
We also pride ourselves with the support we can provide, with multiple GPs on site at all times, there will always be someone who can give advice, discuss a case or review a patient with yourself if required.
We will also set aside time for debriefing throughout the day so that any queries and teaching can take place dependent on the applicants wants/needs
We are a SystmOnePractice
Job responsibilities
Patient facing or telephone- Long-term condition Clinics
See patients (whereappropriate) with single or multiplemedical problems where medicine optimisation is required (e.g. COPD,asthma).Review the on-going need for each medicine, a review of monitoringneeds and an opportunity to support patients with their medicines takingensuring they get the best use of their medicines (i.e. medicinesoptimisation).
Patient facing or telephone - Clinical Medication Review
Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and producerecommendations for nurses and/or GP on prescribingand monitoring.
Patient facing or telephone - care home medicationreviews
Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and producerecommendations for the nurses or GPs on prescribing and monitoring. Work withcare home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration.
Patient facing domiciliary clinical medicationreview
Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and producerecommendations for the nurses and GPs on prescribing and monitoring.
Management of common/minor/self-limiting ailments
Managing caseload of patients with common/minor/self-limiting ailments whileworking within a scope of practice and limits of competence. Signposting tocommunity pharmacy and referring to GPs or other healthcare professionals whereappropriate
Patient facing medicines support and Telephone Medicines support
Provide patient facing support and telephonehelp for patients with questions, queries and concerns about theirmedicines.
Medicine information to practice staff and patients
Answer relevant medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff,other healthcare teams (e.g. community pharmacy) and patients with queriesabout medicines. Suggesting and recommending solutions. Providing follow up forpatients to monitor the effect of any changes
Hospital admissions - planned and unplanned
Review the use ofmedicines most commonly associated with hospital admissions andreadmissions through audit and individual patient reviews. Put in place changesto reduce the prescribing of these medicines to high risk patient groups.
Management of medicines at discharge from hospital
To reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate careand into care homes, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changesand working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receivethe 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 or those in care homes).
Signposting
Ensure that patients are referred tothe appropriate healthcare professional for the appropriate level of carewithin an appropriate period of time e.g. pathology results, common/minorailments, acute conditions, long term condition reviews etc.
Repeat prescribing
Manage the repeat prescribingreauthorisation process by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptionsand reviewing medicines reaching review dates and flagging up those needing areview. Ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place whenrequired.
Identification of cohorts ofpatients at high risk of harm from medicines through pre-prepared practicecomputer searches. This might include risks that are patient related, medicinerelated, or both.
Contribute pharmaceuticaladvice for the development and implementation of new services that havemedicinal components (e.g. advice on treatment pathways and patient informationleaflets).
Information management
Analyse, interpret andpresent medicines data to highlight issues and risks to supportdecision-making.
Undertake clinicalaudits of prescribing in areas directed by the GPs, feedback the results andimplement changes in conjunction with the practice team.
Implement changes to medicinesthat result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and nationalguidance.
Implementation of local and national guidelines andformulary recommendations
Monitor practice prescribing against the localhealth economy's RAG list (RED, AMBER, GREEN)and make recommendations to GPs for medicines thatshould be prescribed by hospital doctors (red drugs) or subject to shared care(amber drugs).
Auditing compliance against NICE technology assessmentguidance.
Education and Training
If required, provide education andtraining to primary healthcare team on therapeutics and medicines optimisation.
Care Quality Commission
Work with practice teamsto ensure they are compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved.
Public health - To support public healthcampaigns.
Collaborative Working Relationships
Recognises the roles of other colleagues within thePrimary Care Network and their role to patient care.
Demonstrates use of appropriate communication
Demonstrates ability to work as a member of a team.
Is able to recognise personal limitations and referto more appropriate colleague(s) when necessary.
Actively work toward developing and maintainingeffective working relationships both within and outside the practice andlocality.
Explores the potential for collaborative workingand takes opportunities to initiate and sustain such relationships.
Liaise with ICB colleaguesincluding ICB Medicine Management Team on prescribing related matters to ensureconsistency of patient care and benefit..
Leadership:
Demonstrate understanding of the pharmacy role ingovernance and is able to implement this appropriately within the workplace.
Promotes diversity and equality in peoplemanagement techniques and leads by example.
Management:
Demonstrates ability toidentify and resolve risk management issues according to policy/protocol
Follows professional andorganisational policies/procedures relating to performance management.
Education, Training and Development:
Understands and demonstrates the characteristics ofa role model to members in the team and/or service.
Demonstratesself-development through continuous professional development activity; to identify areas to develop.
Demonstrates an understanding of currenteducational policies relevant to working areas of practice and keeps up to datewith relevant clinical practice.
Ensures appropriate clinical supervision is inplace to support development into review and appraisal systems withinthe practice.
Research and Evaluation:
Demonstrates ability to critically evaluate andreview.
Demonstrates ability to apply research evidencebase into working place.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Completion of an Undergraduate Degree in Pharmacy and
* Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
* Able to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational
* policies/procedures and codes of conduct.
* Involves patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and
* supporting adherence as per NICE guidelines.
* Have experience and an awareness of common acute and long-term
* conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice.
* Experience working as a clinical pharmacist in General Practice.
* CPPE - Primary care pharmacy education pathway
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.
£50,000 to £55,000 a yearDependent upon experience - pro rata
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