The post holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, with their time split between face-to-face clinical reviews with patients and desk-based activities according to the needs of the practice (e.g. prescription management, prescribing safety, clinical audit, local incentive scheme support, medicines reconciliation). The post holder will be required to hold an Independent Prescribing Qualification.
The post holder will act within their professional boundaries, supporting and working alongside a team of pharmacists in general practice. In this role, they will be supported by a Lead Pharmacist who will develop, manage, and mentor them.
As part of a multi-disciplinary team, 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 and signing prescriptions as per clinical competencies.
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 while addressing both public and social care needs of patients in the GP practice(s).
Main duties of the job
* Managing a caseload of patients with common, minor, self-limiting ailments while working within a scope of practice and limits of competence.
* Signposting to community pharmacy and referring to GPs or other healthcare professionals where appropriate.
* Provide a telephone help line for patients with questions, queries, and concerns about their medicines.
* Answer relevant medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff, other healthcare teams (e.g. community pharmacy), and patients with queries about medicines.
* Suggesting and recommending solutions. Providing follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes.
* To reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care, and into care homes, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post-discharge.
* 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).
About us
Lancaster Medical Practice is a large, at-scale, GP provider delivering General Medical Services to around 68,000 patients in Lancaster and surrounding villages. Formed in April 2017 from our successful, legacy practices, Lancaster Medical Practice has continued to evolve to become the strong, high-performing Practice it is today, receiving a rating of Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission in August 2018.
We deliver our services from eight locations throughout the city of Lancaster and its surrounding area and are continuing to develop ourselves to improve what we do for our patients, staff, and the local community. We are a progressive, modern organization with patient-centered General Practice at our core. When joining #teamlmp you are joining an organization with a wide variety of clinical and non-clinical roles but who all work together to provide the best care we can to our patients.
LMP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. All successful candidates will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). All staff are therefore expected to behave in such a way that supports this commitment and will be responsible for safeguarding the interests of children and adults who they come into contact with during their work.
Please be aware that in the event that we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the post before the closing date.
Job responsibilities
For further information on this vacancy, please see the job description and person specification linked.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
* Masters Degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent.
* Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
Experience
* Previous experience that demonstrates good attention to detail.
* Experience of working in a confidential environment.
* Previous experience of working in General Practice, NHS, or Healthcare setting.
Skills & Knowledge
* In-depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare.
* An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing, and strategies for improving prescribing.
* Excellent interpersonal, influencing, and negotiating skills.
* Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients).
* Able to plan, manage, monitor, advise, and review general medicine optimization issues in core areas for long-term conditions.
* Able to obtain and analyze complex technical information.
* Recognizes priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and can refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate.
* Produce timely and informative reports.
* Gain acceptance from recommendations and influence/motivate/persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations/agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers.
* Work effectively independently and as a team member.
* Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision.
* Good general computer skills, including the ability to use Microsoft Office, email, and the internet.
* Evidence of excellent administration and organizational skills.
* An excellent standard of grammar and spelling in the English language.
* A conscientious approach and commitment to working in an adaptable and flexible manner.
* The ability to work effectively when busy and multi-task when required.
* The ability to deal with personal information sensitively and respect people's right to confidentiality.
* Time management.
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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