Clinical Pharmacist

Job summary Thepost holder is a pharmacist, who acts within their professional boundaries,supporting and working alongside a team of clinicians in general practice.
Thepost holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facingrole.
The post holder will take responsibility for areas of chronic diseasemanagement, with a special interest in diabetes, within the practice and undertakeclinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complexpolypharmacy.
Thepost holder will provide primary support to general practice staff with regardsto prescription and medication queries.
They will help support the repeatprescription system, deal with acute prescription requests, and medicinesreconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, providingexpertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and socialcare needs of patients at Shah Zaman Surgery.The post holder willbe responsible to hold an appropriate indemnity cover for their clinical work.Thepost holder will provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation andquality improvement and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomesframework and enhanced services.
Main duties of the job Patient facing Long-term condition ClinicsSee (where appropriate) patients with single or multiple medicalproblems where medicine optimisation is required ( Diabetes,COPD, asthma).
Reviewthe on-going need for each medicine, a review of monitoring needs and anopportunity to support patients with their medicines taking ensuring they getthe best use of their medicines ( medicines optimisation).
Make appropriaterecommendations to Senior Pharmacists (where available) or GPs for medicineimprovement.Patient facing ClinicalMedication ReviewUndertake clinical medication reviews with patients and producerecommendations for senior clinical pharmacist (where available), nurses and/orGP on prescribing and monitoring.Patient facing Care Home medication reviewsUndertakeclinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for thesenior clinical pharmacist(where available), nurses or GPs on prescribing andmonitoring.
Workwith care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering andadministration.
About us Shah Zaman Surgery is a well-established medical practice serving a diverse community of approximately 4,800 patients.
Our dedicated team includes 3 General Practitioners (GPs), 1 Practice Nurse, 1 Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP), 2 Physician Associates, and 1 General Practice Assistant (GPA), supported by a skilled reception and administrative team.As a training practice, we are committed to the development of future healthcare professionals and regularly host medical students.
Our team is known for its friendly, hardworking, and collaborative environment, ensuring high-quality care for our patients.
Job description Job responsibilities Thepost holder is a pharmacist, who acts within their professional boundaries,supporting and working alongside a team of clinicians in general practice.
Thepost holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facingrole.
The post holder will take responsibility for areas of chronic diseasemanagement, with a focus on diabetes, within the practice and undertakeclinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complexpolypharmacy.
Thepost holder will provide primary support to general practice staff with regardsto prescription and medication queries.
They will help support the repeatprescription system, deal with acute prescription requests, and medicinesreconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, providingexpertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and socialcare needs of patients of Shah Zaman Surgery.
The post holder willbe responsible to hold an appropriate indemnity cover for their clinical work.Thepost holder will provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation andquality improvement and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomesframework and enhanced services.
Thepost holder will ensure that the practice integrates with community andhospital pharmacy to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensurebetter access to healthcare and help manage workload.
The role is pivotal toimproving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requiresmotivation and passion to deliver excellent service for Shah Zaman Surgery.Thepost holder will be supported to develop their role to become a non-medicalprescriber, if they are not already a prescriber.
PrimaryDuties and Areas of Responsibility Patient facing Long-term condition Clinics See (where appropriate) patients with single or multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation is required ( Diabetes,COPD, asthma).
Review the on-going need for each medicine, a review of monitoring needs and an opportunity to support patients with their medicines taking ensuring they get the best use of their medicines ( medicines optimisation).
Make appropriate recommendations to Senior Pharmacists (where available) or GPs for medicine improvement.
Patient facing Clinical Medication Review Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for senior clinical pharmacist (where available), nurses and/or GP on prescribing and monitoring.
Patient facing Care Home medication reviews Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for the senior clinical pharmacist(where available), nurses or GPs on prescribing and monitoring.
Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration.
Patient facing domiciliary clinical medication review Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for the senior clinical pharmacists (where available), nurses and GPs on prescribing and monitoring.
Attend and refer patients to multidisciplinary case conferences.
Management of common/minor/self- limiting ailments Managing 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 Patient facing medicines support Provide patient facing clinics for those with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines in the practice Telephone medicines support Provide a telephone help line for patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines.
Medicine information to practice staff and patients Answers relevant medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff, other healthcare teams ( community pharmacy) and patients with queries about medicines.
Suggesting and recommending solutions.
Providing follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes Unplanned hospital admissions Review the use of medicines most commonly associated with unplanned hospital admissions and readmissions through audit and individual patient reviews.
Put in place changes to reduce the prescribing of these medicines to high-risk patient groups.
Management of medicines at discharge from hospital 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 ( those with medicine compliance aids or those in care homes).
Signposting Ensure that patients are referred to the appropriate healthcare professional for the appropriate level of care within an appropriate period of time pathology results, common/minor ailments, acute conditions, long term condition reviews etc.
Repeat prescribing Produce and implement a practice repeat prescribing policy.
Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions and reviewing medicines reaching review dates and flagging up those needing a review.
Ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required.
Risk stratification Identification of cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through pre-prepared practice computer searches.
This might include risks that are patient related, medicine related, or both.
Service development Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components ( advice on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets).
Information management Analyse, interpret and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks to support decision- making.
Medicines quality improvement Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in areas directed by the GPs, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the practice team.
Medicines safety Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance.
Implementation of local and national guidelines and formulary recommendations Monitor practice prescribing against the local health economys RAG list and make recommendations to GPs for medicines that should be prescribed by hospital doctors (red drugs) or subject to shared care (amber drugs).
Assist practices in seeing and maintaining a practice formulary that is hosted on the practices computer system.
Auditing practices compliance against NICE technology assessment guidance.
Provide newsletters or bulletins on important prescribing messages.
Education and Training Provide education and training to primary healthcare team on therapeutics and medicines optimisation.
Care Quality Commission Work with the general practice team to ensure the practice is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved.
Public health To support public health campaigns.
To provide specialist knowledge on all public health programmes available to the general public.
Cost Saving Programmes To make recommendations for, and manage pharmacy technician (where available) to make changes to medicines designed to save on medicine costs where a medicine or a product with lower acquisition cost is available.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential Qualified as a Clinical Pharmacist Special Interest in Diabetes Experience Essential Qualified as a Clinical Pharmacist Desirable Experience working as a Clinical Pharmacist