The clinical pharmacist in a general practice organisation has the following key responsibilities in relation to delivering health services. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels. A Clinical Pharmacist will: Assess and triage patients, including same day triage, and as appropriate provide definitive treatment (including prescribing medications following policy, patient group directives, NICE (national) and local clinical guidelines and local care pathways) or make necessary referrals to other members of the primary care team Be a prescriber, or completing training to become a prescriber, and work with and alongside the general practice team Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients at the organisation and to help in tackling inequalities Through structured medication reviews, support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care Have a leadership role in supporting further integration of general practice with the wider healthcare teams (including community and hospital pharmacy) to help improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage general practice workload Develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across the wider health and social care system Consult patients within defined levels of competence and independently prescribe acute and repeat medication Receive referrals and directed patients from triage services and other clinicians Receive and resolve medicines queries from patients and other staff Deliver long term condition clinics and home visits, particularly for patients with complicated medication regimes, and prescribe accordingly Review medications for newly registered patients Improve patient and carer understanding of confidence in and compliance with their medication To maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation Encourage cost-effective prescribing throughout the organisation Organise and oversee the organisations medicines optimisation systems, including the repeat prescribing and medication review systems Secondary Responsibilities; Support delivery of QOF, incentive schemes, QIPP and other quality or cost effectiveness initiatives Agree and review prescribing formularies and protocols, and monitor compliance levels Improve the data quality of medicines records and linking to conditions Support virtual and remote models of consultation and support, including e-consultations, remote medication review, and telehealth and telemedicine 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