The post holder will work as a member of the NHS Integrated Care Board, Medicines Optimisation Team, working with local PCNs and GP practices to improve the quality of prescribing, reduce unwarranted variation in prescribing across the Lincolnshire ICB area, and promote safe and cost-effective prescribing.
Although the post holder will be assigned to a particular geographical area, they will be expected to work collaboratively with other team members and across the health community as work programs require. The post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering Medicines Optimisation across the health community, supporting managers and staff. There will also be an opportunity to lead on a specialist area on behalf of the Medicines Optimisation team and drive forward workstreams and guidelines relevant to this area.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Make contact, build relationships with, and maintain regular contact with PCN Clinical Directors, PCN Managers, and PCN/practice-based pharmacy colleagues working within Lincolnshire.
2. Take a lead role in upholding and maintaining regular prescribing forum meetings.
3. Provide direction and facilitation for PCNs and practices to deliver the local medicines optimisation agenda and strategy.
4. Deliver agreed prescribing education to prescribers where needed and ‘train the trainer’ education to PCN/practice-based pharmacy colleagues for delivery to prescribers and other healthcare professionals within their PCN/practice.
5. Respond to medicines-related queries from prescribers, pharmacists, and other health and care workers, providing professional prescribing advice based on evidence-based medicine, national guidance, and local prescribing patterns.
6. Analyse and interpret prescribing data to identify potential changes at PCN/practice level to optimise medicines use.
7. Develop and undertake clinical audits related to prescribing to promote safe and effective medicines use where required.
8. Conduct/participate in Structured Medication Reviews where needed to support PCN/practice staff in promoting appropriate prescribing, reducing wastage, and supporting medicines optimisation.
9. Provide support for the Senior Medicines Optimisation Team personnel and deputise where necessary and appropriate.
10. Engage with PCNs and GP practices to deliver the ICB medicines optimisation strategic objectives and priorities and ensure that the pharmaceutical needs of the population are met.
11. Lead on building a working network for PCN and practice-based pharmacy colleagues in the locality as a vehicle for supporting the coordinated delivery of the local medicines optimisation programme in PCNs and GP practices.
12. Take an active part in building and maintaining Locality Prescribing Forum(s) (or equivalent) as a platform to promote and share good prescribing practices, significant prescribing news, and changes to policy, deliver some prescribing training/education, deal with local prescribing issues, and progress the delivery of the ICB/ICS medicines optimisation agenda.
13. Identify PCNs and GP practices in the locality that require more support to deliver quality prescribing and the ICB medicines optimisation agenda and support them in finding solutions for delivery of this agenda.
14. Provide timely expert evidence-based, safe, and cost-effective pharmaceutical advice, information, and support to stakeholders to deliver improved patient care strongly linked to national and local prescribing guidelines and policies.
15. Contribute where required to the ICS medicines optimisation work programme design and delivery.
16. Develop/maintain a pharmaceutical speciality in an identified clinical area/Long Term Condition relevant to primary care prescribing and act as the local subject matter expert in that field.
17. Represent the Medicines Optimisation Team on and work collaboratively with other ICS work streams where pharmacy and prescribing is a significant factor or where a specific pharmacy or prescribing input is needed.
Further details about the duties and responsibilities of this role are provided in the attached job description.
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