Specialist Clinical Pharmacist - Primary Care
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Clinical Pharmacist - Primary Care (Ponteland / Haydon Bridge & Allendale)
We have a great opportunity for pharmacists wishing to develop their careers as part of our progressive team, with a national reputation for innovation and development. Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has a diverse and supportive clinical pharmacy team with a proven track record of providing high quality, patient-centred care. With the highest proportion of pharmacist prescribers in the country, our clinicians use their skills to support patients wherever they are across primary and secondary care (hospital, home, or care home).
Our team offers a unique clinical, patient-facing role that allows pharmacists to develop or maintain their skills within primary care. With full access to acute trust teams and resources, this will help to enable a system-wide approach to patient care, designed around you to make the most of your skill set.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic pharmacist to support medicines optimisation across Northumbria Primary Care's West Northumberland neighbourhood (NPC Ponteland and NPC Haydon Bridge & Allendale practices) to help meet their population needs. This clinical role will involve supporting patients with long-term conditions, medication review, and patient-facing medicines support to ensure that care is personalised to 'what matters' to patients.
Job responsibilities
To provide specialist clinical pharmacy services within primary care. Primary care encompasses general medical practice, as well as people requiring care in their own homes or in residential care homes. Responsibilities include:
1. Providing leadership on medicines optimisation within primary care, advising on medicines use (risk, clinical governance, research and development, formulary, expenditure), and developing/auditing relevant protocols and guidelines.
2. Assisting in the provision of expert advice on pharmaceutical matters and medicines management within own area of responsibility.
3. Managing the care of specific patients, as part of the team.
4. Ensuring compliance with medicines legislation.
5. Undertaking teaching and supervising less experienced pharmacists, technical staff, and students.
6. Participating in multi-disciplinary team meetings as appropriate.
7. Contributing to the collection of clinical key performance indicators.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Professional Registration
* Vocational masters degree in pharmacy (or equivalent)
* Previous pre-registration training
* Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
* IT skills to at least ECDL standard or equivalent experience
* Independent Prescriber, or commitment to achieving this on appointment
* Membership of Royal Pharmaceutical Society or organizations to assist personal and professional development
* Achieved or working towards a postgraduate clinical qualification
Other requirements
* It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.
Experience and knowledge
* Knowledge and experience of the operation of NHS Organisations
* Experience of supervising staff
* Highly developed specialist knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience
* Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
* Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
* Published pharmaceutical research
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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