Job Summary
This in-person role is based at Bow Medical Practice and Wallingbrook Health Group.
Responsibilities
* Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for Nurses and/or GPs on prescribing and monitoring.
* Review ongoing need for each medicine, monitoring requirements, and support patients in medicines use to ensure best outcomes.
* Make appropriate recommendations to GPs for medicine improvement.
* Risk stratification: identify cohorts at high risk of harm from medicines through pre-prepared practice computer searches, including patient- and medicine-related risks.
* Review medicines most associated with unplanned hospital admissions and readmissions; implement changes to reduce prescribing to high-risk patient groups.
* Provide medicines support for patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines.
* Reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into care homes; identify and rectify unexplained changes; work with patients and Community Pharmacists to ensure continuity of medicines post-discharge.
* Set up and manage systems to ensure continuity of medicines supply to high-risk groups (e.g., those with medicine compliance aids).
* Provide medicine information to Practice staff and patients; respond to medicine-related enquiries from GPs, the wider MDT, and other network staff.
* Collaborate with the Pharmacy Technician, Prescription Team and Dispensary Team; work with the extended PCN Pharmacy Team to deliver the PCN shared agenda.
* Promote prescribing quality and safety: support repeat prescribing policy, manage reauthorisation, and ensure appropriate monitoring tests are in place.
* Analyse, interpret and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks; undertake clinical audits and implement changes in coordination with the practice team.
* Implement changes to medicines from MHRA alerts, product withdrawals, and other guidance; align with local and national guidelines and formulary recommendations.
* Liaise with colleagues (ICB Pharmacists, Heads of Medicines Management/Optimisation, and peers) to foster collaborative working across the PCN and neighbouring networks.
* Engage with stakeholders including patients, GPs, Nurses, Social Prescribers, First Contact Physiotherapists, hospital staff, and others as needed for patient benefit.
Qualifications
Essential
* Maintain registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
* Relevant undergraduate degree in pharmacy (BPharm, MPharm or equivalent)
* Independent prescriber or working towards/gaining qualification
* Minimum of 5 years post-registration experience
Desirable
* Portfolio of evidence of continuing professional development and post-qualifying experience
* Able to drive and have access to a car or equivalent
* Knowledge/experience of EMIS Web and SystemOne
Additional Information
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and UK professional registration required as part of the role.
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