Clinical Pharmacist

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Healthcare Central London Ltd Full time

Job summary

Our vision is to be recognised as a leading GPprovider network, run by clinicians for the benefit of our local population. Wewill achieve this by working with patients and partners to ensure that generalpractice remains sustainable and independent.

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 within the practice and undertake clinical medication reviews toproactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy, especially for olderpeople, people in residential care homes and those with multipleco-morbidities.

HCL will support Clinical Pharmacist with their indemnity insurance.

Main duties of the job

The post holder acts within their professional boundaries.

The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinaryteam in a patient-facing role. The post holder will take responsibility forareas of chronic disease management within the practice and undertake clinicalmedication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy,especially for older people, people in residential care homes and those withmultiple co-morbidities.

The post holder will provide primary support to generalpractice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries. They willhelp support the repeat prescriptions system, deal with acute prescriptionrequests, medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for saferprescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressingboth public and social care needs of patient in the GP practice (s).

The post holder will provide clinical leadership onmedicines optimisation and quality improvement and manage some aspects of thequality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.

The post holder will ensure that the practice integrateswith community and hospital pharmacy to help utilise skill mix, improve patientoutcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage workload. The roleis pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies sorequires motivation and passion to deliver excellent service within generalpractice.

About us

HealthcareCentral London is the GP Federation covering the Central London borough area.The organisation supports 33 General Practices and 4 Primary Care Networks(PCNs). We operate a number of NHS contracts including a Care NavigationService, a Clinical Pharmacy Service, a Community Dermatology Service, andPartnership in Practice (PiP) - an out-of-hospitals provision which issub-contracted to its 33 General Practice members.

Ourvision is to be recognised as a leading GP provider network, run by cliniciansfor the benefit of our local population. We will achieve this by working withpatients and partners to ensure that general practice remains sustainable andindependent.

Ourapproach is to deliver exceptional assistance to our 33 General Practicemembers and to operate our NHS contracts in a manner that supports ourPractices and their patients by providing services economically, locally,promptly, and in a familiar environment.

Now inour 16th year we look forward to our continued growth and tocontributing a voice for General Practice in the planned Integrated Care System(ICS).

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB ROLE and PURPOSE

Patient facing long-term condition clinics See (where appropriate) patients with single or multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation is required ( COPD, asthma).

Delivering pharmacy related aspects of the Network DES such as conducting structured medication reviews (SMRs).

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 or GPs for medicine improvement.

Patient facing clinical medication review. Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for senior clinical pharmacist, 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, 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, nurses and GPs on prescribing and monitoring. Attend and refer patients to multidisciplinary case conferences.

Management of common/minor/self-limiting ailments manage caseload of patients with common/minor/self-limiting ailments while working within a scope of practice and limits of competence.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent) Has completed 18 month CPPE pathway (or equivalent) Independent prescriber (or actively working towards)

Skills and Behaviours

Essential

Able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general pharmaceutical care programmes for patients across core areas, including disease states/long term conditions. Accountable for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision Uses skills in a range of routine situations requiring analysis or comparison of a range of options. Recognises priorities when problem-solving and identifies deviations from normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate. Able to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct Involves patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence as per NICE guidelines. Demonstrate understanding of the pharmacy role in governance and is able to implement this appropriately within the workplace. Demonstrate understanding of, and contributes to, the workplace vision Engages with Patient Participation Groups (PPGs) and involves PPGs in development of the role and practices. Demonstrates ability to improve quality within limitations of service Reviews yearly progress and develops clear plans to achieve results within priorities set by others. Demonstrate ability to motivate self to achieve goals Demonstrates ability to lead a team and provide support to other clinical pharmacists Provides a leadership style which is underpinned by strongly held values of the organisation and around equality, diversity and openness; effectively builds and maintains relationships with direct reportee(s) and other key individuals across the organisation Promotes diversity and equality in people management techniques and leads by example Demonstrate understanding of the implications of national and local priorities for the team and/or service and manage the team through these changes Demonstrate understanding of the process for effective resource utilisation Demonstrate understanding of, and conforms to, relevant standards of practice Demonstrates ability to identify and resolve risk management issues according to policy/protocol Follows professional and organisational policies/procedures relating to performance management Demonstrate ability to extend boundaries of service delivery within the team Understands and demonstrates the characteristics of a role model to members in the team and/or service

Experience

Essential

Prior GP/clinical pharmacy experience Competent with specialist in-depth knowledge for multiple chronic disease areas, with ability to consult and independently prescribe for patients.

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