Sevenhills Primary Care Network is looking for two motivated clinical pharmacists with a strong desire for professional development to join an established clinical pharmacy team of seven pharmacists and one pharmacy technician. We are considering applications from newly qualified pharmacists to well experienced senior practice pharmacists.
We will also welcome applicants looking to transition from other sectors of pharmacy, as we have experience of successfully supporting over 40 pharmacy professionals make the move to working in primary care. The Sevenhills pharmacy team will not only offer comprehensive guidance and training on induction but also a framework for professional development consisting of an initial 18-month training pathway, followed by opportunity in career advancement in pharmacist independent prescribing to support any pharmacist new to primary care.
For more experienced pharmacists, we also have supported more advanced level professional development, supporting clinical pharmacists achieve advanced clinical practice qualification.
The successful applicant will enjoy a varied post consisting of face-to-face clinics supporting medication and long-term condition review, working within the acute triage team and traditional pharmacy medicine-optimisation activity.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role to:
* Optimise the use of medicines
* Improve the safety and quality of prescribing
* Perform specific elements of general practices clinical workload
The post holder will be an independent prescriber, working within their own competency or willing to work towards the qualification.
Primary duties contained within this role include but are not limited to the following:
* Patient facing long-term condition clinic
* Patient facing clinical medication review
* Patient facing care home medication reviews
* Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration
* Attend and refer patients to multidisciplinary case conferences
* Manage caseload of patients with common ailments while working within a scope of practice and limits of competence
* Signposting to community pharmacy and referring to GPs or other healthcare professionals
About us
The Sevenhills network is a small and agile network of 4 practices based in the Darnall, Handsworth, Tinsley and City Centre areas of Sheffield. The practices have strong working relationships and are committed to developing best practice and innovative services for their diverse population. Sevenhills PCN was the winner of the 2020 HSJ award for Primary Care Innovation. Two of our practices are training practices and the network is committed to supporting clinician development.
Job responsibilities
Purpose of the role:
The role of clinical pharmacist is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies of general practice within the Sevenhills network and therefore demands motivation and a passion to deliver excellent care.
The post holder will work within their clinical competencies as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in clinical medicines management, provide face to face structured medication reviews, manage long term conditions, management of medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, manage repeat prescription authorisations and reauthorisation, acute prescription request, while addressing both the public health and social care needs of patients registered within the Sevenhills Primary Care Network.
Collaborative working relationships
* Recognise the roles of other colleagues within the organisation and their role to patient care
* Demonstrate the use of appropriate communication to gain the co-operation of relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and peer colleagues, other professionals, other NHS/private organisations e.g. CCGs)
* Demonstrate ability to work as a member of a team
* Recognise personal limitations and refer to more appropriate colleagues(s) when necessary
* Actively work toward developing and maintaining effective working relationships both within and outside the practice and locality
* Foster and maintain strong links with all services across locality
* Explore the potential for collaborative working and take opportunities to initiate and sustain such relationships
* Demonstrate ability to integrate general practice with community and hospital pharmacy teams
* Liaise with CCG colleagues including CCG pharmacists and technicians on prescribing related matters to ensure consistency of patient care and benefit
* Liaise with CCG pharmacists and Head of Medicines Management to benefit from peer support
* Liaise with other stakeholders as needed for the collective benefit of patients
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Specialist knowledge acquired through post-graduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience
* Independent prescriber or working towards/intent of gaining independent prescribing qualification
Other Requirements
* Self-motivation
* Adaptable
* Immunisation status
* Full driving licence
Skills, knowledge and experience
* An understanding of general practice and how it works
* An understanding of the context of prescribing in primary care and strategies for its improvement
* Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills including within patient consultations
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Ability to implement medicines optimisation
* Good IT skills including the ability to obtain and analyse complex technical information
* Recognise priorities when problem solving and identify deviations from the normal pattern, able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate
* Able to work under pressure, prioritise workloads and to meet deadlines.
* Work effectively both independently and as a team member
* In-depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare
* Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients)
* Produce timely and informative reports
Professional Registration
* Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
* Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
* A member of or working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
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.
#J-18808-Ljbffr