There is an opportunity for a Clinical Pharmacist who wants to work as part of a local, multidisciplinary team in a patient-facing capacity.
You will be joining a well-established, high performing team of clinical pharmacists providing excellent supervision and professional support. The successful candidate would be covering the GP practice in Banbury Cross PCN.
We welcome applications who have the following skills and qualifications:
* Qualified and registered clinical pharmacist with minimum of 2 years post qualification experience, working either in public and/or commercial healthcare sector.
* Good knowledge of the nature of GP general practice.
* Appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing.
* Excellent written and verbal communications skills and the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients).
Main duties of the job
The clinical pharmacist will operate within designated practice teams, using and sharing pharmacy expertise to support GPs and the whole practice in effective medicines management and optimal patient care.
* Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients, looking at medicine optimisation, prescribing and deprescribing recommendations.
* Conduct patient medication reviews either on the telephone, face to face, or in a care home environment.
* Answer relevant medicine-related enquiries from GPs and other practice staff as well as patients with queries about medicines, suggesting and recommending solutions.
* Provide follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes.
* Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance.
* Ensure awareness of quality and outcomes framework, PCN directed enhanced services, local enhanced services and work within those guidelines.
* Ensure up to date knowledge of NICE guidelines and local ICB prescribing regulations.
* Ensure patient notes are updated professionally and thoroughly and correct coding is used for reporting purposes.
* Integrate and engage with the wider practice team.
About us
PML is a successful not-for-profit, GP-led organisation providing various NHS community and primary care clinical services to patients across Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire. We have evolved as an NHS healthcare provider since 2004 and in the last few years have grown significantly, now employing around 300 staff with a turnover of circa £16m. PML holds GMS contracts, as well as being a GP Federation representing circa 60 GP practices covering approximately 780,000 patients.
We welcome applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds and circumstances and people with protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.
Job responsibilities
Medication Review and Optimisation
* Respond to reception queries to amend prescriptions, re-authorise repeats, clarify doses, clarify products, and give appropriate alternatives when there are availability issues.
* Discuss specific patient and prescribing issues (e.g. complicated regimes/polypharmacy, compliance difficulties, multiple adverse effects, medication reduction times) with other clinicians as necessary.
* Identify patients in need of medication review and develop the system of patient invitation with the admin team for medication reviews.
* Discuss medication issues with patients as needed and appropriate by telephone.
* Review secondary care requests for new medication and raise any queries with relevant GP.
* Review and continue to repeat medications for new patients who have just registered with the practice.
* Monitor and inform colleagues about ongoing prescribing issues.
* Advise on cost-effective prescribing and prescribing budget issues.
* Keep the prescribing folder on the practice intranet up to date with admin support as required.
Prescribing Systems and Policies
* Liaise with reception, admin and clinical staff in discussing, developing and implementing medicines management systems in the practice.
* Work with GPs and the practice manager to review, develop and implement prescribing policies and strategies for the whole practice.
* Suggest and design audits in relation to prescribing targets.
* Monitor the practice's prescribing performance and suggest changes as appropriate.
* Support the delivery of electronic prescribing.
Working Relationships and Communication requirements
* Communicate information to patients, carers, colleagues and other agencies in a manner consistent with their level of understanding.
* Provide complex information to patients/carers and support those receiving it.
* Practice within a legal and ethical framework that adheres to the GPC Code and PML policies and procedures.
* Maintain confidentiality of information consistent with legislation and PML policy.
* Be proficient with IT systems, compile reports, and analyse data.
Person Specification
Experience
* Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience.
* 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.
* Recognise priorities when problem solving.
* Demonstrate accountability for delivering professional expertise.
Qualifications
* Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council.
* Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent.
* Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, or working towards Faculty membership.
* Independent Prescriber or working towards gaining independent prescribing qualification.
Skills and knowledge
* Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information.
* Work effectively independently and as part of a team.
* Ability to work under pressure and have good prioritisation skills.
Other
* Hold a current UK driving licence and have access to transport to undertake some travel between local GP surgeries.
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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