Clinical Prescribing Pharmacist

1 month ago

Sheffield, United Kingdom Townships 2 PCN Full time

Job summary

The ClinicalPharmacist will work closely with thePCN Pharmacy Team and will provideclinical support to the pharmacy technicians and clinicians. The pharmacist will support the PCN and practice clinicalteam with queriesaround medication, acute prescription requests and medicinesreconciliation following discharge from another care provider, medicationreviews, supporting self-care, minimising clinical risk, answering complexmedicines queries, and aiming to reduce wasted medicines. The post holder must be a prescriber.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate must be a prescriber and experience working in primary care would be an advantage.

About us

We currently have a team of four clinical pharmacists and four pharmacy technicians working with our five member practices.

We have 36,000 patients and all practices are situated in Sheffield 12 and Sheffield 13.

If you want to join a happy team and are up for the challenge of working in primary care this is the role for you.

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title:

PCN Clinical Pharmacist Prescriber

Team:

Reporting to: Pharmacy Team Leader

Responsible to:

Business Manager for Townships 2 Primary Care

Network

Accountable to:

Township 2 PCN member practices

Location:

Practices within the Primary Care

Network

Salary:

£ to £ an hour depending on experience

Hours:

20 hours per week

Contract Length:

Permanent

JOB SUMMARY

The ClinicalPharmacist will work closely with thePCN Pharmacy Team and will provideclinical support to the pharmacy technicians and clinicians. The pharmacist will support the PCN and practice clinicalteam with queriesaround medication, acute prescription requests and medicinesreconciliation following discharge from another care provider, medicationreviews, supporting self-care, minimising clinical risk, answering complexmedicines queries, and aiming to reduce wasted medicines. The post holder must be a prescriber.

The post holderwill be undertaking structured medication reviews, improving medicineoptimisation and safety,supporting care homes,as well as running practiceclinics, as set outin the national service specification structured medication reviews in the GPcontract. You will also be actioningacute prescription requests and conducting medicines reconciliation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The following arethe core responsibilities of the PCN Clinical Pharmacist. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks.This will be dependent upon factors such asworkload and staffing levels:

To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team whilst in a supporting function to the PharmacyTeam and other clinicians and within agreed procedures

Undertake medication reviews to support improvedpatient outcomes including:

increased medication adherence

stopping medications that are causing harm,

Participate in pharmacy meetings, andother meetings to improve engagement and to promote issues relevant toprescribing and medicines optimisation.

Support the Medicines Optimisationteam in the delivery of the Medicines Optimisation strategy in Sheffield.

Handle function specific information, which may be sensitive, complex or confidential and appropriatelyrecording, transferring and/or coordinating such information in accordance withthe Data Protection Act; Caldecott Guidelines and the Confidentiality Code ofConduct

Beresponsible for the organisation, planningand of own workload to meet setdeadlines.

Utilise GP practice clinicalsystems to conductprescribing audits SystmOne/Emis.

Ensure that all major MHRA drug alerts,where appropriate and within levelsof competence, are acted upon within practicesover an appropriate timeframe and to advise on any medication changes that occur as a result.

Undertake training and development, toensure the required knowledge and skills for practice-based work.

Carry out other duties which areappropriate to the skills and competencies of the post holder and grade.

Establish and maintain effectiveworking relationships with GP practices, CCG and other healthcareprofessionals/stakeholders across the PCN.

Provide direct support and advice to GP practices and health professionals to promote and implement high quality prescribing tothe benefit of patients.

Provide peer support to other clinicalpharmacists in the PCN

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Prescriber - See job spec for full list of requirements

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