Prescribing Team Lead

4 weeks ago

Faversham, Kent, United Kingdom Newton Place Surgery Full time
Job Title: Prescribing Team Lead

We are seeking an experienced and skilled Prescribing Team Lead to join our team at Newton Place Surgery. As a key member of our multidisciplinary team, you will play a vital role in leading improvements to maximize safe, cost-effective best practice in prescribing to improve the quality of patient care.

Main Responsibilities:
  • Support the prescription team to resolve day-to-day medicines issues and help patients get the best from their medicines.
  • Support the Practice in dealing with complex queries around medication from patients, secondary care professionals, community pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals.
  • Implement medication changes and reconciliation with the support of the wider clinical team when informed via hospital/clinical letter.
  • Complete audits around patient safety in prescribing medication and present the information for sharing with the clinical teams using in-house audit protocols.
  • Ensure that all major MHRA drug alerts, where appropriate and within levels of competence, are acted upon and provide advice on medication changes that occur as a result.
  • Undertake patient notes review to ensure adherence to monitoring and shared care protocols, encouraging dose optimization and medication synchronization where needed.
  • Day-to-day handling of prescription queries within the area of own competence and act as a source of support to the wider teams.
  • Improve prescribing processes at the surgery, which will require delivery of training and development to prescribing clerks to support improved coordination and effective administration within the surgery.
  • Assist in advising clinicians of alternative meds when notified items are unavailable under SSP, long or short term out of stock in line with formulary guidance.
  • Assist in the surgery response to complaints in order to de-escalate and feedback on significant events that involve medication or prescribing team processes.
  • Liaise with Medicines Management Team, community pharmacy, and hospital pharmacy teams in relation to medication queries.
  • Promote cost-effective, safe, evidence-based prescribing in accordance with national and local guidance, seeking support from local Medicines Management teams when needed.
  • Create, review, and disseminate protocols, both clinical and non-clinical when needed.
  • Take a leading role in Medicines Management incentives.
  • Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in line with National and Local guidance.
  • Act as lead on contractual incentives set out by Kent and Medway ICB Medicines Management team; this incentive is designed to support the delivering NHS Long-term Plan looking at Clinical Effectiveness, patient Safety, and patient experience.
Leadership:
  • Proactively participate in leadership to support the prescribing team and surgery.
  • Carry out annual appraisals for the prescribing team and set realistic targets.
  • Ensure training is up to date and accurate for prescribing team competencies and reviewed regularly.
  • Provide expert knowledge, guidance, and experience to effectively manage the prescribing team.
  • Day-to-day general administrative duties ensuring general oversight of the prescribing team.
  • Ensure adequate rota to support a full working team, including holiday and sickness.
  • Carry out productivity reviews with prescribing clerks and formulate plans to develop if needed.
  • Be responsible for interview, selection, and induction of new team members.
  • To motivate and empower the prescribing team to provide effective and efficient administration support for the surgery.
  • Promote and follow HR policies and liaise with senior management when required.

Requirements:

  • Minimum 5 GCSE A-C or equivalent.
  • A level or Equivalent level 3 qualifications.
  • Prescription clerk or dispensary qualification.
  • Experience of working on EMIS web Clinical System.
  • Knowledge of current medicines management issues.
  • Experience of working within a Primary or Secondary Care setting.

Working at Newton Place Surgery:

We are a forward-thinking practice, committed to delivering high-quality care to our 19,400 registered patients. The practice is part of Mid-Kent PCN and has a friendly large multidisciplinary team including 17 GPs, ACPs, paramedics, clinical pharmacists, ANPs, practice nurses, Associate Practitioners, and HCAs. We are a vibrant purpose-built surgery, set in the beautiful market village of Faversham, with good transportation links and a variety of additional on-site services.

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