An exciting opportunity for a Clinical Pharmacist has arisen to join our Walnut Medical Centre Practice. PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN GENERAL PRACTICE IS ESSENTIAL. The post is fully based at Walnut Medical Centre, although remote working for some sessions is possible. The successful applicants will work closely with the existing clinical teams to deliver patient care working innovatively and collaboratively.
The number of hours is flexible and may be shared with more than one applicant. This will be a combination of on-site and remote working.
This is a fantastic opportunity for the successful candidate to develop their clinical skills in a positive and excellence-focused environment. This post is offered as a permanent position.
Completion of CPPE and Independent Prescriber qualifications are an advantage and would be preferred.
PLEASE NOTE the applications may close early if a suitable applicant applies.
Main duties of the job
A unique opportunity has arisen to work alongside our current team and pharmacists to join the team. We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic Pharmacist to support and deliver our vision, mission, and values. You will deliver expertise in clinical pharmacy and provide Clinical Pharmacy input to the teams based at Walnut Medical Centre. You will assist in the delivery of the practice vision and collaborate across multidisciplinary networks to promote new ways of working to deliver the best possible care to the local population.
You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a computer and possibly patient-facing role, supporting the clinical team in providing pharmacist management support. You will be involved in delivering requirements of the DES and practice pharmacy requirements. You will be skilled in undertaking audits and quality improvement projects and ideally have knowledge of Eclipse.
About us
The Clinical Pharmacist will have a key role in supporting delivery of the practice targets and PCN objectives. The post will have both patient-facing and office-based roles in managing long-term conditions and providing pharmacist support; working directly with patients to assess and treat conditions, as well as promote self-care. The PCN Clinical Pharmacist will need to be committed to improving health and putting patients first. Key qualities will be the ability to build effective relationships with patients, GPs, nurses, community pharmacists, hospital and practice staff, and to work effectively as part of a team.
Demonstrable general pharmaceutical skills and knowledge in core areas, including long-term conditions, together with an understanding of general practice are essential. The post holder will take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the practice and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy.
Job responsibilities
The post holder will take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the practice and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy. Additionally, engage with medicines optimisation, MHRA, medication reviews, and quality improvement, and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services. You will help in the management of patients and inform them of relevant investigations and actions.
The post holder will provide primary support to general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries. They will help support the repeat prescription system, deal with acute prescription requests, and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice.
Responsibilities and Duties
1. See patients with single or multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation is required (e.g. COPD, asthma).
2. Review the ongoing need for each medicine, monitoring needs, and support patients with their medicines to ensure they get the best use of their medicines (i.e. medicines optimisation). Make appropriate recommendations to GPs for medicine improvement.
3. Conduct patient-facing clinical medication reviews and relay results and actions.
4. Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for senior clinical pharmacist, nurses, and/or GP on prescribing and monitoring.
5. Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration.
6. Manage caseloads of patients with common/minor/self-limiting ailments while working within a scope of practice and limits of competence.
7. Provide patient-facing clinics for those with questions, queries, and concerns about their medicines.
8. Provide a telephone help line for patients with questions, queries, and concerns about their medicines.
9. Answer relevant medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff, and patients.
10. Review the use of medicines associated with unplanned hospital admissions and implement changes to reduce prescribing to high-risk patient groups.
11. Reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes.
12. Manage systems to ensure continuity of medicines supply to high-risk groups of patients.
13. Produce and implement a practice repeat prescribing policy.
14. Identify cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through pre-prepared practice computer searches.
15. Conduct clinical audits and implement changes to medicines resulting from MHRA alerts and other guidance.
16. Support public health campaigns.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE OF WORKING WITHIN GENERAL PRACTICE
* Degree in Pharmacy, MPharm/BPharm
* GPhC Registered
* Full driving licence
* CPPE
* IP Qualified or working toward an IP qualification
* General Practice and understanding of medicines optimisation roles
* Desired experience: Member of the RPS, Clinical Diploma, Clinical systems trained (SystemOne/Emis/Vision), Experience in delivery and monitoring of practice and PCN requirements in respect of all targets/medications.
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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