Clinical Pharmacist

Job summary

Navigation 1 is seeking to recruit Clinical Pharmacists to develop & support medicines optimisation work across the 11 GP practices within the Primary Care Network (PCN).

This is an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Pharmacist to join a developing PCN. The post will be directly employed by Navigation 1 but will work across a number of Practices and be supported by our GP practices Clinical Pharmacists who all have a wealth of primary care experience to support your development.

The post holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary team in a patient-facing role. The Clinical Pharmacists will take on responsibility for areas of chronic disease management and will work proactively with other healthcare professionals as part of this across the organisation and PCN area. Working alongside other Pharmacist and Technician resource within our practices and CCG. We are keen to hear from pharmacists of all backgrounds and level of experience, whether you have already completed or would like to complete the independent prescriber qualification. Full time working will be considered

Main duties of the job

The PCN ClinicalPharmacist will need to be committed to improving health and putting patientsfirst. Key qualities will be the ability to build effective relationships withpatients, GPs, nurses, community Pharmacists, hospital and practice staff, andto work effectively as part of a team.

The post holder will:

Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role Support delivery of the new network Directly Enhanced Service (DES) Conduct structured medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy Provide clinical medicines expertise to both patients and practice teams Improve prescribing practices across the PCN Improve service and quality through mechanisms such as clinical audits Interface with community and hospital colleagues to help resolve medication-related issues Assist with delivery of enhanced health in care homes initiatives alongside the already established CCG Care Homes Medicines Team.

It is a requirement of therole to be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council. Primary careexperience would be an advantage however is not essential. Flexibility,enthusiasm and good clinical knowledge are essential.

About us

Coventry Navigation 1 PCN consists of 11 GP Practices covering approx. 80000 patients. Our network operates with in the city of Coventry.

The successful candidatewill join a core PCN Pharmacy Team and will be supported by a Senior ClinicalPharmacist and a GP Supervisor. Regular development sessions, teaching,training and opportunities to upskill will be provided.

If you are a forward thinking individual who is keen to develop in this role, we want to hear from you

If you have recently applied for this post please do not re-apply, your application will already have been considered.

Job description

Job responsibilities

KEY DUTIES ANDRESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical Duties

• Performface to face medication reviews of patients with polypharmacy, in practice andin patient’s homes (including care homes).

• Throughstructured medication reviews, support patients to take their medications toget the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care

• Provideexpertise in clinical medicines review and address public health and socialneeds of patients in GP practices 2

• Discusscomplex and sensitive information with patients during medication reviewincluding medical histories, lifestyles and personal circumstances and to referon to other services as appropriate.

• Improvepatient and carer understanding of, confidence in and compliance with theirmedicines.

• Provideleadership on person-centred medicines optimisation (including ensuringprescribers in the practice conserve antibiotics in line with localantimicrobial stewardship guidance) and quality improvement whilst contributingto the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.

• Providegeneral practitioners with appropriate recommendations and actions plansfollowing medication review clinics with patients to optimise the patient’streatment with medicines and ensure appropriate follow up with patients.

• Recordmedication review plans, recommendations and outcomes on GP computer clinicalsystems and own clinical notes in accordance with practice procedures.

• Reconcilemedicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into carehomes; identify and rectify unexplained changes; manage changes by referral tothe GP; perform clinical medication review; support the production of post-‐discharge medicines care plans and work with patients andcommunity pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need.

• Supportthe processing of complex repeat prescribing medication requests made bypatients or other repeat prescribing queries.

• Work inpartnership with hospital clinicians to proactively manage patients at highrisk of medicine-‐relatedproblems before they are discharged to ensure continuity of care.

• Liaisewith the GP and Nurse Practitioner team on prescribing and medication issues,especially around management of long-term conditions.

• Developas an independent prescriber to manage and prescribe for patients within aspecific chronic disease area.

• Withappropriate training, monitor the effects of medication by checking clinicalsigns ( BP, pulse monitoring, spirometry, etc).

• Attendregular clinical supervision sessions to promote a culture of continuousprofessional development and shared learning.

SupportiveClinical Duties

• As partof the multi-disciplinary team, attend relevant MDT Network meetings, providinginformation and feedback.

• Reportmedicines related incidents, contribute to investigations and root causeanalyses as well as participating in serious incident investigations and multidisciplinarycase reviews

• Delivertraining, mentoring and guidance to other clinicians and staff on medicineissues.

• AttendProtected Learning Time sessions (PLT’s) and possibly practice awaydays/development sessions.

• Ensurethat, within each practice you work, staff and clinicians are kept up to date regardingchanges in national and local medicines guidance and legislation.

• Criticallyappraise clinical evidence and present information to prescribers viaprescribing meetings and educational events, as required.

• Lead onmedicines management governance arrangements to adhere to CQC standards,including assisting in developing policies and SOPs.

• Review repeat prescribing protocols andprocesses and support staff in their implementation

• Perform prescribing audits and direct/supervisethe audit activity of others

• Facilitate good working relationships betweenpractices and local community pharmacists.

• Be responsible for delivering local prescribingquality initiatives in collaboration with CCG medicine management.

• Develop an effective network and workingrelationship with individual practice GPs, practice staff, CCG medicinesmanagement colleagues, secondary care and other professionals.

• All members of staff have an individualresponsibility to comply with the organisation’s policies and practices.

Safeguarding

• All members of staff have a responsibility toensure the Safeguarding of patients within the organisation.

• Ensure knowledge of Safeguarding policies andtraining is up to date

• Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding andpromoting the welfare of children.

Confidentiality

• In the course of seeking treatment, patientsentrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation totheir health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right toexpect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately

• In the performance of the duties outlined inthis job description, the post-holder will have access to confidentialinformation relating to patients and their carers, member practices, staff andother healthcare workers. All such information from any source is to beregarded as strictly confidential

• Information relating to patients, carers,colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the organisation mayonly be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the policies andprocedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal andsensitive data

Keep up to date with IG AndGDPR legislation

Health & safety

• The post-holder will ensure the promotion andmanagement of their own and others’ health, safety and security as defined inthe organisations Health & Safety policy and the Infection Control policyand published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):

• Ensuring adherence to individual responsibilitiesfor infection control and health and safety, using a system of observation,audit and check, hazard identification, questioning, reporting and riskmanagement.

• Maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of healthand safety and infection control statutory and best practice guidelines, andensure implementation of these across all areas

• Using personal security systems within theworkplace according to organisation guidelines

• Identifying the risks involved in workactivities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks

• Making effective use of training to updateknowledge and skills

• Using appropriate infection control procedures,maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards, andinitiation of remedial / corrective action where needed

• Actively identifying, reporting, and correctionof health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised

• Keeping own work areas and general / patientareas generally clean, identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation toother work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in themaintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business inconsultation (where appropriate) with other managers

• Undertaking periodic infection control training(minimum annually)

Equality and diversity

• The post-holder will support the equality,diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

• Acting in a way that recognises the importanceof people’s rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent withprocedures and policies, and current legislation

• Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs andbeliefs of patients, carers and colleagues

• Behaving in a manner that is welcoming to and ofthe individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelingspriorities and rights.

Contribution to theimplementation of services

The post-holder will:

• Apply Navigation 1 Limited policies, standardsand guidance

• Apply relevant policies, standards and guidanceof practice within which you work

• Discuss with other members of the team how thepolicies, standards and guidelines will affect own work

• Participate in audit where appropriate

Conditions of employmentincluding hours of work, holidays etc. are covered in the Contract of Employment.The staff handbook contains employment policies. You are employed in the roleas specified within your job description. However, in order to meet the needsof service users and ensure the efficient running of the service, a flexibleapproach to your duties is required. You may be required to undertake any otherreasonable duty which is required such as covering for colleagues andundertaking general administration tasks in relation to working within Navigation1 and local practices, this may on occasion not be planned and will be on an,as and when required basis

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Vocational 4-year Masters degree in pharmacy 1 years pre-registration training Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council Evidence of Continuing Professional Development Covid Vaccination Training

Desirable

Postgraduate diploma/MSc in Clinical or Community Pharmacy or equivalent Non-medical prescriber registration Advanced assessment and history taking skills, or be willing to enrol in a current training pathway to develop these

Experience

Essential

Good critical appraisal skills Experience of patient consultation Experience of working with GPs

Desirable

Post- registration experience in primary, secondary or community pharmacy Experience of clinical pharmacy

Knowledge

Essential

Good understanding of primary care structure and General Practice Good clinical knowledge Able to apply clinical knowledge appropriately in a variety of practice settings or patient groups

Desirable

Knowledge of GP clinical computer systems

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