Job Description
Job responsibilities
* Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use through shared decision‑making conversations with patients.
* Conduct medicines optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration (e.g., checking inhaler technique), support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation; utilize consultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively.
* Support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients; synchronise medicines for patient transfers between care settings and link with local community pharmacists.
* Provide specialist expertise to address public and social care needs of patients including lifestyle advice, service information, and help tackling local health inequalities.
* Maintain a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaise with specialist pharmacists for more complex patients.
* Support antimicrobial stewardship initiatives to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing.
* Assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation and management incentive schemes and patient safety audits.
* Support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other primary care settings through clinical audits, quality improvement measures, and contribution to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and the Investment and Impact Fund (IIF) objectives.
* Attend a formal appraisal with your manager at least every 12 months; progress will be reviewed regularly to agree new objectives.
* Contribute to public health campaigns through advice or direct care.
* Maintain a clean, tidy, effective working area at all times.
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