Nottingham City General Practice Alliance
The post holder will work within a PCN pharmacy team within Nottingham City to deliver and support the PCN DES and other relevant national and local medication-related strategies and policies. They will also support the provision of clinical pharmacy in GP practices, care homes, and the wider community with the aim of optimising patient care, improving prevention, and reducing health inequalities.
The successful candidate will be a highly motivated and dynamic pharmacist who will work within one of our well-established PCN teams to improve the quality, equity, and safety of care offered to their patients. They will support their PCN to implement effective medicines management, identifying areas for improvement, as well as initiating and managing change. They will also promote high-quality patient-centred, cost-effective, and evidence-based use of medicines.
Main Duties of the Job
Responsibilities for all PCN pharmacists:
1. Recognise the relevant key multi-professional stakeholders across the ICS to include, and not limited to, the wider health and social care system. Identify and develop good working relationships with practice staff, private providers, the local primary care team, neighbouring PCNs, and other key partners to promote and share best practice.
2. Prioritise and focus on working collaboratively with pharmacy services in other pharmacy sectors such as community pharmacy, medicines optimisation, secondary care, and mental health trust.
Maintain comprehensive documentation and records according to legal and local requirements. This includes recording all relevant pharmaceutical information in the patients' records and communicating in writing with other health care professionals. Provide training/teaching/education sessions to practice healthcare professionals and administration staff including GPs, Nurses, Pharmacy Technicians, and Pharmacists within the PCN.
Look for opportunities to contribute to relevant research in collaboration with a range of stakeholders to innovate and improve patient-centred care. Support the medicines optimisation agenda across the PCN to ensure:
1. Safe and effective prescribing including that related to shared care.
2. Implementation of shared decision making.
3. Prompt identification and addressing of medicines related issues.
4. Compliance with relevant medicines legislation.
5. Delivery of antimicrobial stewardship.
6. Quality improvement including medicines-related digital and operational transformation.
Contribute to the delivery of Network Contract DES, quality and outcomes framework, and enhanced services. Develop own knowledge and skills with a particular focus on primary care through continuous professional development activity. Be an active member of the PCN and GP practice teams by attending and presenting at staff meetings, training sessions, external courses, reflective practice, and clinical supervision.
About Us
Nottingham City General Practice Alliance (NCGPA) was formed in 2016. We are Nottingham City's first GP federation, often referred to as NCGPA or the alliance. Our members consist of over 40 NHS GP practices in Nottingham City, who cover a population of over 336,000 patients. We are the lead employer for our PCN based on roles such as Clinical pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, social prescribing link workers, and Health and wellbeing Coaches.
Job Responsibilities
To work with the general practice team to ensure that practices are compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved. To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work (including non-medical prescribing); maintaining own continuous personal development and professional accreditation as required by the General Pharmaceutical Council. To work unsupervised and to use own initiative within professional boundaries, for example, to initiate, manage, and record own meetings as necessary. Plan and prioritise own workload to ensure an equitable service across all practices and delivery of workplans within the PCN. This role profile summarises the main responsibilities of the role only. The post holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager in line with the grade of the post.
Person Specification
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.
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