Practice Pharmacist
Found in: Talent UK C2 - 2 weeks ago
Job summary
Parkview Surgery is seeking an enthusiastic and dynamic practice Pharmacist who is passionate about providing excellent quality care to our patients.
Schedule: hours per week Monday to Friday (no weekend working). We are open to flexible hours of work.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will become part of a multidisciplinary team within the practice. You will work collaboratively as part of our pharmacy team with our doctors, nurses and other clinicians, to deliver high quality, cost-effective and evidence-based use of medicines.
You will be encouraged to develop your career.
About us
We are looking for a highly motivated Practice Pharmacist with good interpersonal and communication skills to join our busy and friendly team with a patient population of around 7,300 patients.
We are a forward-looking practice which offers high quality care. We are also a SystmOne practice.
Hours to be discussed to meet the needs of the Practice. Please be advised that early application is recommended due to the potential demand for the position.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job responsibilities
MANAGEMENT OF PATIENT HEALTH AND ILLNESS
To develop, implement and maintain practice based pharmacy services covering the core and additional areas as defined within the WYICB Practice Pharmacist service specification.
To provide face to face and telephone reviews for patients within defined therapy areas and clinical competence as agreed with the GP partners.
To provide prescribing support and advice to clinical staff within the surgery.
To provide prescription support, training and advice to non-clinical staff within the surgery.
To provide treatment advice and support to registered patients.
To facilitate effective transfer of patient-care from external organisations to surgery through the appropriate processing of medication related communications eg. hospital discharge letters, consultant clinic letters.
To undertake reviews of individual patients medication.
To make recommendations for improving patient care and safety, to GPs and other healthcare professionals involved in the patients care.
To utilise prescribing rights on an independent basis in the course of carrying out regular duties and responsibilities and within the pharmacists competence.
To aid in the evaluation, development and implementation of guidelines protocols and formularies within the surgery.
To contribute to the design and delivery of initiatives regarding the management of medicines within the practice. To be responsible for implementing these initiatives at practice level, monitoring changes made and ensuring that benefits are maintained in the future.
To identify areas of clinical risk at practice level and make recommendations to support the introduction of new working practices that will optimise the quality of prescribing and make more efficient use of practice resources.
To develop and maintain an effective network and working relationships with other members of the practice.
To participate in multidisciplinary clinical meetings within the practice.
To maintain own clinical and professional competence and be responsible for own Continuous Professional Development.
To participate in clinical and medication audit in priority areas, such as QOF, NICE guidance, NSFs and other agreed target areas.
To work in collaboration with individuals appointed in the ICB and other local practices on local priorities where this also will be of benefit to registered patients or has been agreed by the partners.
To assist in the medication reviews and care plans of patients on the frailty register.
To develop ideas which would benefit the practice in the longer term Research
To support and ensure formulary adherence.
To carry out monthly audits and feedback to partners at monthly meetings.
To monitor and help control year to date growth of prescribing spend, to ensure this remains below the national average of 5%.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
Minimum of 2 years experience post-qualification In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based medicine and healthcare Good knowledge of service developments in medicines, prescribing, NHS policy and other relevant policy directives A good understanding of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing Ability to solve problems effectively and timely and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and when to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate Excellent understanding and implementation of legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct Good understanding of patient centred care and impact on care quality and outcomes Good understanding of patients role in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence as per NICE guidance Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills Excellent written and verbal communication skills Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences ( patients) Ability to plan, prioritise, manage, monitor, advise and review clinical and general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions Good IT skills Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information Able to work under pressure and challenging situations to meet deadlines Produce timely and informative reports Experience of multi-disciplinary team working Experience of committees/ working groups Drug information experience Experience in writing complex and high quality reports Experience in audit, research and analysis of highly complex information related to improving clinical quality Experience of independent patient consultation, review and recommendations/prescribing
Desirable
Clinical Prescriber Experience of independent patient consultation, review and recommendations/prescribing
Qualifications
Essential
Undergraduate degree in pharmacy (MPharm)
Desirable
Independent prescriber Postgraduate Certificate in Pharmacy Practice