Primary Care Network Clinical Pharmacist

4 weeks ago

Southall, United Kingdom Northolt PCN Full time

Job summary

We are looking for a Part-time Primary Care Network Clinical Pharmacist with IP qualifications preferred to work along side an experienced IP-Qualified Clinical Pharmacist.

The role is responsible for supporting Northolt Primary Care Networks and member practices in implementing the NHS Long Term Plan, which includes effective medicine management, identifying areas for improvement and initiating and managing change.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will

provide primary support to general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries help support the repeat prescriptions system deal with acute prescription requests Independent prescribing qualifications(preferred) complete medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of patient in the GP practice(s) provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the practice and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy ensure that practices integrate with community and hospital pharmacy to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage workload

About us

Northolt Primary Care Network started in the year 2019. We have 6 GP practices in the PCN. You will be working with 1 or more practices within the PCN.

You will be reporting to the PCN clinical Director and the PCN Board. Your Day to day clinical supervision is received from the Partner or their Nominated Deputy in the practice in which you are working or attach to.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Role - may include the following:

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).

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.

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.

Repeat prescribing:

Produce and implement a repeat prescribing policy. Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorization process by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions and reviewing medicines reaching review dates and flagging up those needing a review to the GP. Monitor and manage patients with polypharmacy.

Telephone and patient facing medicines support:

Provide a telephone help line for patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines. Hold clinics for patients requiring face-to-face medicines use reviews, advise about medicines and adherence support.

Medication review:

Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for the GPs on prescribing and monitoring.

Care home medication reviews:

Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for the GP on prescribing and monitoring. Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration.

Domiciliary clinical medication review:

Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for the GPs on prescribing and monitoring.

Long-term condition clinics:

See patients with single medical problems where medicine optimisation is required (, COPD, asthma). Make recommendations to GPs for medicine improvements.

Service development:

Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components (, advise on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets).

Care Quality Commission:

Work with the Member Practices to ensure compliance with CQC standards where medicines are involved. Undertake risk assessment and management and ensure compliance with medicines legislation.

Public health:

To contribute to public health campaigns, including flu vaccinations and adult immunisation programmes.

Cost saving programmes:

Undertake changes to medicines (switches) designed to save on medicine costs where a medicine or product with lower acquisition cost is now available.

Medicine information to practice staff and patients:

Answers all medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff and patients with queries about medicines.

Information management:

Analyse, interpret and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks to support decision making.

Medicines quality improvement:

Undertake simple audits of prescribing in areas directed by the GPs, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the practice team.

Training:

Provide education and training to primary healthcare team on therapeutics and medicines optimisation.

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 setting 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.

Medicines safety:

Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance. Person Specification

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare. An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Good IT skills. Able to recognize priorities. Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines. Work effectively independently and as a team member. Self-Motivation. Adaptable. Full Driving License / willingness to travel across patch. Mandatory training up to date.

Qualifications

Essential

. Pharmacy Degree from UK university . Independent Prescribing Certificate or working towards it

Experience

Essential

Experience / familiarity with clinical systems such as SystmOne. Any Experience in Pharmacy (Hospital,Primary Care or Community).

Desirable

2 years post qualification experience in Pharmacy (Hospital, Primary Care or Community). Experience of working in a GP practice Independent prescribing qualification.

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