We are a SystmOne forward-thinking training practice looking for an experienced clinical pharmacist with proven leadership qualities who is passionate about advancing clinical pharmacy services in primary care through collaborative working. We are looking for a clinical pharmacist to join our friendly team. The role is a permanent position offering up to 30 hours per week. The successful candidate will have excellent inter-personal, organisational and teamwork skills.
Applicants are required to have excellent computer and communication skills, both face to face and telephone.
Applicants need to be smart, professional, friendly, reliable and punctual. You will need to work well under pressure, be able to multitask, pay attention to detail and have excellent customer care skills.
Flexible working is essential which may include some weekend working.
Experience of working in a GP practice is desirable.
Main duties of the job
The Practice-based Clinical Pharmacist will improve the quality and safety of care offered to patients. They will have regular contact with patients and will reduce the workload of GP prescribers in the practice. They will also support the management of patients with long-term conditions.
Specifically, the Clinical Pharmacist will develop and manage medicines optimisation services within primary care. They will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to manage medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing. They will perform face-to-face medication reviews of patients with polypharmacy; especially for those with frailty and/or with multiple co-morbidities. They will undertake face-to-face reviews of patients with specific long-term conditions that fall within their competency (such as asthma reviews). They will provide leadership on quality improvement and clinical audit, as well as managing aspects of medicines safety and antibiotic stewardship. They will contribute to practice financial stability through optimisation of medicines related targets in QOF and GMS premium specification delivery.
About us
A large training practice in the city of Nottingham, you will be working with a friendly, experienced team playing an important part of a wider team, providing a first-class professional service to our patients. It is very important that all staff work together as part of a team and support one another. The team consists of 7 GPs, a nursing team of 4, 4 secretaries, 9 receptionists and 1 practice manager.
Ongoing training and professional development is provided.
An attractive reward package with membership to the NHS pension scheme.
Job responsibilities
AIMS
The key aims for the clinical pharmacist are:
1. To reduce the medicines related workload on doctors
2. Increase safety and quality of prescribed medicines
3. Provide support on medicines related issues to the whole practice team
4. Be a point of contact for patients regarding medicines queries
They should support the following clinical work:
1. Clinical Medication Review
2. Chronic Disease Management (for example, managing hypertension/Type 2 Diabetes/Asthma/COPD patients, polypharmacy review)
3. Medicines reconciliation on transfer between care providers
They should also support the following practice development work:
1. Focusing on QoF Domains, improving disease registers
2. Prescribing Safety, Clinical audit, Local Enhanced Services support
3. Lead on prescription management (systems and processes, ensuring monitoring is being done, support clerical staff)
4. Medication review for Older People with Frailty (2% most vulnerable)
5. Management of medicines at discharge from hospital including patient cohorts who attend with medicines related issues. E.g. Diabetic patients presenting with hypoglycaemia
6. To support locality MDTs via attendance of meetings
7. Long-term condition clinics, e.g. Diabetes, Asthma, COPD, Enduring Mental Health Conditions
8. Clinical advice and expertise on medicines to practice staff and patients
9. Telephone and patient facing medicines advice
10. Antibiotic Stewardship
Person Specification
Qualifications
* CPPE qualified or enrolment on the CPPE pathway (can be exempted)
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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