Job Title
Frailty Clinical Pharmacist at NHS West Midlands
Job Summary
Worcester City PCN has an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinical pharmacist to join our established multidisciplinary care home team working across the care homes within our PCN. You will lead on all pharmacy and medication related aspects of the Enhanced Health in Care Homes Network Direct Enhanced Service Specification and support delivery of the highest quality care to this complex patient group.
Responsibilities
* Lead, deliver and evaluate a specialist care home pharmacy service by providing in-depth, patient focused Structured Medication Reviews (SMRs) to the care home residents.
* Support with care home visits and ward rounds as required by the care home team and in line with local need.
* Promote the safe, high quality and cost effective use of medicines in care homes.
* Provide specialist pharmaceutical advice in complex situations to health care professionals across the PCN and to care home staff.
* Communicate highly complex medicines related information with residents and/or their carers who may have complex care and communication needs.
* Work with the care home team to develop and co‑coordinate discharge pathways for our care home residents to ensure all patients have appropriate and timely medicines optimisation post‑discharge and suitable pharmaceutical management plans moving forwards.
* Contribute to reductions in medicine related hospital admissions and readmissions by supporting patients to get the best outcomes from their medicines and identifying and addressing medicines related issues.
* Ensure prescribing and administration of medicines and disposal of medicinal waste follows appropriate legislation and health and safety policies.
* Support the PCN in ensuring the Network Impact and investment Fund (IIF) and Quality Prescribing and Medicines Service (QPMS) targets are met and maximum reimbursable achieved where possible.
* Reduce inappropriate polypharmacy and wasteful prescribing through structured medication review.
* Interface with community and hospital pharmacy colleagues across the network to foster good working relationships and improve their understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the care home team as needed.
* Oversee the repeat prescribing re‑authorisation process, including reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates.
* Ensure adherence to the Hereford & Worcestershire formulary and the optimiseRx prescribing support software to improve the quality, safety and cost effectiveness of prescribing.
* Act on relevant medication safety alerts (eg MHRA alerts, NPSA alerts, supply disruption alerts, CAS alerts) for care home residents in line with local guidance and liaising with the practice pharmacy teams.
* Lead on supporting the care homes in the safe and timely monitoring of any high‑risk medications in line with appropriate local and national guidance.
* Lead and develop clinical audit relating to the use of medicines in care homes and for care home SMRs.
* Work with primary care professionals and patients to implement NICE and other evidence‑based guidelines.
* Work with commissioning organisations and the PCN to comply with local medicines optimisation schemes and projects.
* Deliver medicines information and training to members of the care home team, local practices within the PCN, care home team members and other local stakeholders as needed.
Qualifications and Training
* Completion of an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy, and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
* Minimum of 2 years post graduate experience in pharmacy, as demonstrated within a practice portfolio.
* Completed CPPE pathway.
* Independent Prescriber qualification – Desirable.
* Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society – Desirable.
* May hold or be working towards a postgraduate pharmacy qualification.
Key Personal Skills
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients).
* Ability to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions.
* Good IT skills.
* Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines.
* Produce timely and informative reports.
* Work effectively independently and as a team member.
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