The post holder will work directly with multidisciplinary teams to improve clinical effectiveness and person-centred outcomes. The role will be based within the GP Practice providing support to the GPs and other healthcare professionals within the teams to improve the health of patients through the rational and safe use of medicines.
The post holder will contribute to the efficient working of the Practice by leading on key areas in relation to medicines and their safe and effective use. The role will include face-to-face and remote patient contact, as well as liaison with colleagues in community pharmacy and secondary care.
Main duties of the job
Job Responsibilities
1. To develop and facilitate a good working relationship with all local providers of healthcare.
2. To liaise effectively with other healthcare teams concerned with patient care as appropriate and with all other disciplines within the practice.
3. To plan and organise own workload, including audit and project work, and training sessions for pharmacy technician, practice team, patients, carers, etc.
4. To ensure that all patient information following consultations and telephone encounters are recorded accurately.
5. To maintain registration as a pharmacist and comply with appropriate professional codes.
6. To maintain and develop professional competence and expertise, keep up to date with medical/therapeutic evidence and opinion, and local and national service, legislation, and policy developments, agree objectives and a personal development plan and participate in the appraisal process.
7. To attend practice and other meetings of relevance as required.
8. All employees should understand that it is their personal responsibility to comply with all organisational and statutory requirements.
About us
About us
Woodland Family Medical Centre is a GMS contract-holding medical practice in Stockton-on-Tees. The Practice has been established in the local area for many years and currently serves approximately 12,300 plus patients. We have 5 GP partners, 2 salaried GPs, 1 NP, 5 practice nurses, and one HCA. Our clinical staff also includes 1 clinical pharmacist. Woodlands Family Medical Centre is a training practice, hosting GP registrars and FY2's on training placements.
Job responsibilities
Job Role
1. Management of medicines at discharge from hospital.
2. To reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into care homes; identify, manage, and rectify changes; perform clinical medication reviews; produce a post-discharge medicines care plan including dose titration and booking of follow-up tests, and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post-discharge.
3. Set up and manage systems to ensure continuity of medicines supply to high-risk groups of patients (e.g. those with medicine compliance aids or those in care homes).
4. Work in partnership with hospital colleagues (e.g. care of the elderly doctors and clinical pharmacists) to proactively manage patients at high risk of medicine-related problems before they are discharged to ensure continuity of care.
5. Design, develop and implement computer searches to identify cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines.
6. Responsibility for management of risk stratification tools on behalf of the practice.
7. Working with patients and the primary care team to minimise risks through medicines optimisation.
Person Specification
Experience
* Completion of an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy, and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
* Minimum of one year post-graduate experience in pharmacy.
* Minimum of one year relevant work experience in a clinical setting.
* Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS).
* Experience of working in primary care.
* Experience of working in a GP practice.
Qualifications
* Essential: Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent).
* Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council.
* Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience.
* In-depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare.
* An appreciation of the nature of primary care and the diversity that exists between general practices.
* An appreciation of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing.
* Can plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long-term conditions.
* Recognises priorities when problem-solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and can refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate.
* Gain acceptance for recommendations and influence/motivate/persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers.
* Demonstrates accountability for delivery of professional expertise and direct service provision.
* Can communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients).
* Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* Work effectively independently as a team member.
* Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
* Independent prescriber or working towards/willing to work towards gaining independent prescribing qualification.
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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