Professional advice To work as part of the PCN team to contribute to the care of patients with a focus on medicines optimisation To produce evidence-based information on prescribing and medicines optimisation issues for GP practice staff, community pharmacists and members of the public. To act as a source of medicines information for practice staff. To liaise with specialist medicines information services as required, in order to deal with more complex queries. To provide medicines optimisation advice and input into the PCN and wider multidisciplinary team. Through structured medication reviews, support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care. Act as a source of medicines information for patients (e.g. regarding doses, side effects, adverse events, possible alternatives for out of stocks). Prescribing support To use practice clinical computer systems as required to identify and monitor prescribing issues at a PCN level To contribute to implementation of prescribing action plans within the PCN practices which promote and implement high quality prescribing and medicines optimisation, in conjunction with ICB medicines management colleagues. To provide support to the PCN to achieve targets in relation to areas within the medicines optimisation action plan and national guidelines and targets such as NSFs, NICE guidance. To develop and deliver training of medicines optimisation issues for practice staff. Support adherence with national and local guidance and pathway to improve the quality, safety and cost effectiveness of prescribing. Work with primary care professional and patients to implement NICE and other evidence based guidelines. Clinical Services To identify patients, with a prior differential diagnosis by another healthcare professional that would benefit from medication review optimise the medication as appropriate utilising independent prescribing skills where appropriate. To provide the medication review as above in a range of settings including clinics, home visits and care home visits. Contribute to reductions in medicine related hospital admissions and readmissions by supporting patients to get the best outcomes from their medicines by identifying and addressing medicines related issues. Work with community and primary care colleagues to support patients identified as high need such as those with long term conditions. Clinical Governance To be the individual responsible for the dissemination of alerts from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, the National Patient Safety Agency and the Chief Medical Officer. Each alert will contain an indication of the timescales or urgency with which it should be actioned. The alert should be distributed within this timescale. The individual will decide whether EMIS searches need to be run in a timely manner to identify affected patients and take appropriate actions as needed. To contribute to minimising the risks associated with medicines use, by reviewing prescribing systems and identifying areas of risk, then providing training to practice staff to modify their systems to manage these risks. To contribute to the development of policies and procedures to promote and monitor the safe and secure handling of medicines throughout the practice. Contribute to the audit programme within the practice. Research and development To participate in the evaluation of the pilot programme by monitoring the defined indicators as per NHS England. To contribute to the practice audit plan. Professional Supervision To provide professional supervision and support to the other GP clinical pharmacists within the PCN as they join over the next few years. To encourage the sharing of good practice and peer review within the local PCN clinical pharmacist network. Other duties 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 workloads. Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical research with medicines, liaison with specialist pharmacists (including mental health and reduction of inappropriate antipsychotic use in people with learning difficulties). To undertake ad-hoc projects, as agreed with line managers. To work in a professional manner complying with confidentiality and data protection policies and guidance. To undertake any other duties relevant to medicines optimisation as agreed with line managers.