Job summary
The post holder will work as part of a multi-site, multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role. The post holder will take responsibility for managing targeted areas of chronic disease management within the practice and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex poly-pharmacy.
The post holder will provide support to general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries. They will help support the repeat prescription system, deal with acute prescription requests, and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, provide expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of patient in the GP practice (s).
Main duties of the job
Repeat prescribing review Practice repeatprescribing policies. Oversee the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process byreviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions, reviewing medicinesreaching review dates and flagging up those needing a review. Ensure patients have appropriate monitoringtests in place when required. Reduce inappropriate poly-pharmacy and wastefulprescribing and address public health and social needs of patients throughclinical medication review. This wouldbe a level 3 medication review looking at the patients full clinical condition blood monitoring, interface care arrangements, social isolation. Reconcile medicines following hospital dischargeand work with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive themedicines they need post discharge. Contribute to reductions in medicine relatedhospital admissions and readmissions by supporting patients to get the bestoutcomes from their medicines and identifying and addressing medicines relatedissues. Interface with community and hospital pharmacycolleagues and develop referral processes between primary care professionalsincluding the promotion of the repeat dispensing service.
Manage Practice formularies to improve thequality, safety and cost effectiveness of prescribing. Implement drug withdrawals and alerts MHRAaimed at improving medicines safety.
About us
Gnosall Surgery is part of a three practice Primary Care Network and we are looking for a Pharmacist to join our team. The role will be part of the ARRS scheme for our network and the successful applicant will undertake their hours predominantly at Gnosall Surgery. We are a rural practice serving a population of 8300 patients and have a good rating for CQC and a wide variety of staff groups who work closely together to provide an excellent level of service to our patients and support each other on a daily basis.
We are situated in a purpose built Health centre with a Pharmacy and Dentist attached. We have excellent parking facilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Repeat prescribing review Practice repeatprescribing policies. Oversee the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process byreviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions, reviewing medicinesreaching review dates and flagging up those needing a review. Ensure patients have appropriate monitoringtests in place when required.
Reduce inappropriate poly-pharmacy and wastefulprescribing and address public health and social needs of patients throughclinical medication review. This wouldbe a level 3 medication review looking at the patients full clinical condition blood monitoring, interface care arrangements, social isolation.
Reconcile medicines following hospital dischargeand work with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive themedicines they need post discharge.
Contribute to reductions in medicine relatedhospital admissions and readmissions by supporting patients to get the bestoutcomes from their medicines and identifying and addressing medicines relatedissues.
Interface with community and hospital pharmacycolleagues and develop referral processes between primary care professionalsincluding the promotion of the repeat dispensing service.
Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisationprocess by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reachingreview dates.
Manage patients, Practice staff and other healthcare professionals medicine queries.
Increase quality and safety of prescribing throughmechanisms such as audit and PDSA cycles.
Manage Practice formularies to improve thequality, safety and cost effectiveness of prescribing.
Implement drug withdrawals and alerts MHRAaimed at improving medicines safety.
Work with primary care professionals andpatients to implement NICE and other evidence based guidelines.
Be involved in clinics where medicines are themain interventions anticoagulant monitoring clinics, high risk drugmonitoring.
Contribute to patient facing multi-morbiditylong term condition reviews and multi-disciplinary reviews.
Review daily Pathology results for patients onknown medicines (if required)
Act as a source of medicines information for allof the Practice team and patients ( around doses, side effects, adverseevents, possible alternatives if stock issues). Provide education andtraining to primary healthcare team on therapeutics and medicines optimisation.
Undertake minor ailments triage: dealing withminor ailments and triaging patients appropriately working within a scope ofpractice and limits of competence. Signposting to community pharmacy andreferring to GPs or other healthcare professionals, where appropriate.
Undertake Patient facing domiciliary and carehome medication reviews and produce recommendations for the nurses or GPs onprescribing and monitoring. Work withcare home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration.
The jobholder may be required at any time toundertake any work up to and/or at a level consistent with existingresponsibilities. These tasks may be at any location within the boundaries ofSouth Staffordshire GP Network.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. MPharm (4 years) or equivalent
2. Membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council of GB (1 year pre-registration training)
3. Maintains clinical and professional competence and CPD
4. Prescribing qualification
5. Postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy (1 or 2 years) or equivalent experience
Desirable
6. Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Council of GB
Experience
Essential
7. Experience in clinical pharmacy
8. Experience of working with other healthcare professionals
9. Experience of Clinical Audit
10. Experience of community and Hospital Pharmacy
Desirable
11. Experience of working with CCGs
12. Minimum 5 year post-registration experience with at least 2 years in Primary Care
13. NHS Smoking Cessation Advisor
14. Experience of teaching and training to other healthcare staff
15. Awareness of financial management or budgetary reporting on medicines
16. Experience of Providing evaluated drug information