Trent PCN Clinical Pharmacist

Job summary

As a Clinical Pharmacist you will work with our current Clinical Pharmacist Team to further develop and manage medicines optimisation services.

You will work in the Trent PCN practice's, and therefore have the opportunity to build up relationships with the primary care team.

You will work together to manage repeat prescription authorisation and reauthorisation, acute prescription requests, management of transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing.

You will have the opportunity to develop areas of clinical interest in a patient facing role, develop or improve your prescribing skills and improve the management of patients with long term conditions. Mentoring and support will be provided.

You will be supported through your CPPE pathway and also your IP course if needed by our team of Pharmacists.

You will not be working in any practice alone.

Main duties of the job

Youwill provide primary support to general practice staff with regards toprescription and medication queries. You 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 patient in the GP practice(s).

Youwill provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and qualityimprovement and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework andenhanced services.

Youwill ensure that the practice integrates with community and hospital pharmacyto help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensure better access tohealthcare and help manage workload. The role is pivotal to improving thequality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and passionto deliver excellent service within general practice.

Youwill work with the other CPs in our large team being fully supportedthroughout.

About us

K2 Healthcare is a GP Federation covering 16 practices:10in Grantham and surrounding villages and 6 in Sleaford. We cover 130,000+patients across all sites. We have a team of 12 CPs working for us including 3senior CPs and 6 pharmacy technicians.

We are also working with Trent Care Network, covering fivepractices with a population of 40,000 to provide support and mentorship fortheir Clinical Pharmacists as they grow their team. This post will be workingout of the 5 sites and will have the support of all the K2 Team.

Trent PCN have invested heavily in their clinicalpharmacist programme.

The CP Team are all atdifferent stages of completing their CPPE / IP course and are happy to speak toyou regards their experience with K2 Healthcare.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder is a pharmacist, whoacts within their professional boundaries, supporting and working alongside ateam of pharmacists in general practice. In this role they will be supported bysenior clinical pharmacists who will develop, manage and mentor them.

The post holder will work as part of amulti-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role. The post holder will takeresponsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the practice andundertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients withcomplex polypharmacy.

The post holder will provide primarysupport to general practice staff with regards to prescription and medicationqueries. They will help support the repeat prescription system, deal with acuteprescription requests, and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care andsystems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advicewhile addressing both public and social care needs of patient in the GPpractice (s).

The post holder will provide clinicalleadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement and manage someaspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Two years post qualification

Desirable

Experience of working in Primary care - desirable but not essential.

Skills

Essential

Excellent communication skills (written and oral) Strong IT skills Competent in the use of Office and Outlook Effective time management (planning and organising) Ability to work as a team member and autonomously Excellent interpersonal skills Problem solving and analytical skills Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure

Other Requirements

Essential

Flexibility to work outside of core office hours Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check

Personal Qualities

Essential

Polite and confident Flexible and cooperative Motivated, forward thinker Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required High levels of integrity and loyalty Ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations Commitment to ongoing professional development Effectively utilise resources Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort

Qualifications

Essential

Completion of an undergraduate degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.

Desirable

May hold or be working towards an independent prescribing qualification. Recognises priorities when problem-solving and identifies deviations from normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate. May have completed CPPE Pathway

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