Aire Valley Surgery JOB DESCRIPTION Practice Pharmacist - remote worker Aire Valley are seeking 20 hours of a remote, experienced practice pharmacist to cover a 9-12 month maternity leave. The role will be predominantly remote but with the expectation of attending the site for commencement of the post. The successful post-holder must have experience in General Practice, have completed the PCPEP course and be an independent prescriber. Those who do not meet these criteria need not express interest or apply due to the short-term nature of the role. The role is paid at the equivalent of NHS agenda for change band 7-8a, depending on experience. Purpose of the role To support Aire Valley Surgery with all aspects of medicines optimisation. The post holder will work within their clinical competencies as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in clinical medicines optimisation across the practice. This will include structured medication reviews with direct patient contact and may include contributing to: Management of long-term conditions Management of medicines on transfer of care Reviewing systems for safer prescribing Contributing to repeat prescription authorisations and reauthorisation Addressing both the public health and social care needs of patients Contributing to achievement of QOF and locally commissioned quality improvement schemes Undertaking clinical audit The post-holder will provide support to pharmacy technicians and less experienced pharmacists employed in the practice. The post holder will be supported by the Lead Practice Pharmacist. They will also engage with pharmacy colleagues in Yeadon PCN and across Leeds for peer support. The post holder will be supported to develop their role to become a non-medical prescriber, if that qualification is not already held, and will be required to enrol on the General Practice Pharmacist Training Pathway from CPPE, unless an equivalent qualification is already held or exemption is agreed by CPPE. Key duties and responsibilities Please note this is a list of options, it is not exhaustive, which options are deployed will be decided by the Lead Practice Pharmacist and the Practice Manager. This role is patient-facing in nature. 1. Patient facing Clinical Medication Review Undertake remote clinical medication reviews with patients and work within your scope of practice as a non-medical prescriber to implement any necessary changes (or produce recommendations for/refer to other prescribing pharmacists, nurses and/or GPs to implement if outside your scope). These reviews could be cohort based, in care homes, polypharmacy or any other area required by the practice, within the pharmacists competence. 2. Medicines quality improvement Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in areas identified by yourself and agreed by the practice or as directed by the practice, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the relevant practice team. Identify cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through computer searches. This might include risks that are patient related, medicine related, or both. Put in place changes to reduce the prescribing of these medicines to high-risk patient groups 3. Medicines safety Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance. 4. Leadership and management- Dependent on experience Depending on experience, you will be expected to contribute to the leadership of medicines-related issues for the practice, and to provide leadership and mentoring to other pharmacists or pharmacy technicians employed by the practice. Demonstrate understanding of the pharmacy role in governance and is able to implement this appropriately within the workplace. Demonstrate understanding of, and contribute to, the workplace vision Demonstrate ability to improve quality within limitations of service Review progress yearly and develop clear plans to achieve results within priorities set by others. Demonstrate ability to motivate self to achieve goals Demonstrate ability to lead a team and provide support to other clinical pharmacists Demonstrate understanding of the implications of national priorities for the team and/or service and manage the team through these changes Demonstrate understanding of the process for effective resource utilisation Demonstrate understanding of, and conforms to, relevant standards of practice Demonstrate ability to identify and resolve risk management issues according to policy/protocol Follow professional and organisational policies/procedures relating to performance management Demonstrate ability to extend boundaries of service delivery within the team Lead and mentor a team of differing abilities 5. Telephone medicines support Provide a telephone help line for patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines. 6. Medicine information to practice staff and patients Answer relevant medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other network staff, other healthcare teams (e.g. community pharmacy) and patients with queries about medicines. Suggest and recommend solutions. Providing follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes. 7. Signposting Ensure that patients are referred to the appropriate healthcare professional for the appropriate level of care within an appropriate period of time e.g. pathology results, common/minor ailments, acute conditions, long term condition reviews etc. 8. Repeat prescribing You will be asked to contribute to the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions and reviewing medicines reaching review dates. Ensure patients have appropriate monitoring in place when required. 9. Information management- Dependent on experience Analyse, interpret and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks to support decision making. 10. Care Quality Commission Work with the general practice teams to ensure the practices are compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved. 11. Public health Support public health campaigns. Provide specialist knowledge on all public health programmes available to the general public. 12. Collaborative working arrangements Work collaboratively with the Practice Manager, Partners, Prescribing Lead, Lead Pharmacist, Lead Nurse and other members of the pharmacy team. Participate in the practice MDT. Liaise with the Integrated Care Board (ICB) in Leeds Medicines Optimisation team to benefit from peer support, and on prescribing related matters to ensure consistency of patient care and benefit Engage with the Leeds Practice Pharmacist and Technician Network for peer support. Foster and maintain strong links with all services across the PCN and neighbouring networks. Explore the potential for collaborative working and takes opportunities to initiate and sustain such relationships. Liaise with other stakeholders as needed for the collective benefit of patients, including but not limited to : Patients and their representatives GP, nurses and other practice staff Social prescribers, first contact physiotherapists, physicians associates and paramedics. Community pharmacists and support staff GP prescribing lead Community nurses and other allied health professionals Hospital staff with responsibilities for prescribing and medicines optimisation 13. Professional development Work with your line manager to undertake continual personal and professional development, taking an active part in reviewing and developing the role and responsibilities. Adhere to organisational policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance, and health and safety. Work with your line manager to access regular clinical supervision, to enable you to deal effectively with the difficult issues that people present. Review yearly progress and develop clear plans to achieve results within priorities set by others. Participate in the delivery of formal education programmes. Demonstrate an understanding of current educational policies relevant to working areas of practice and keep up to date with relevant clinical practice. 14. Health and Safety/Risk Management Must comply at all times with the Health and Safety policies, in particular following safe working procedures and reporting incidents using the organisations Incident Reporting Systems Comply with the Data Protection Act (2018) and the Access to Health Records Act (1990). 15. Miscellaneous Work as part of the team to seek feedback, continually improve the service and contribute to business planning. Undertake any tasks consistent with the level of the post and the scope of the role, ensuring that work is delivered in a timely and effective manner. Duties may vary from time to time, without changing the general character of the post or the level of responsibility. 16. Equality and Diversity The post-holder must co-operate with all policies and procedures designed to ensure equality of employment. Co-workers, patients and visitors must be treated equally irrespective of gender, ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion etc 17. Respect for Patient Confidentiality The post-holder should respect patient confidentiality at all times and not divulge patient information unless sanctioned by the requirements of the role.