Prescribing Pharmacist

1 month ago


London, United Kingdom Upton Lane Medical Centre Full time

Job summary

Provide professional specialist medicines management advice to GPs, practice nurses, community pharmacists, community nurses and other health professionals to promote the safe, effective and high quality, cost effective use of medicines in all prescribing decisions. To identify, develop and promote quality improvements in medicines management across community pharmacy & GP practices ensuring that best practice is adopted Provide support for the medicines management technician(s)/facilitator(s) to deliver the medicines management goals of the CCG To contribute to the development and implementation of the CCG prescribing strategy and medicines management initiatives across the CCG To encourage better pharmaceutical understanding throughout the primary health care team, including training of GPs practice nurses, practice staff, attached staff, community pharmacists and pharmacy staff Undertake risk assessment and management and ensure compliance with medicines legislation Liaise with prescribing colleagues primary and secondary care to ensure consistency with District-wide prescribing strategies To contribute to the development & implementation of new medicines

management initiatives and services within GP practices, community pharmacies and community providers

Contribute to the clinical medication review service to care homes and other workstreams as required.

Main duties of the job

To provide and receive complex information relating to medicines and medicines management, this includes clinical information regarding patient care, technical medicines management/therapeutics information and prescribing activity data derived from audit data and similar sources, the post holder will need to receive this from and provide it to patients, carers and other health professionals. He/she may need to persuade the recipients of the validity and relevance of the information/argument, and negotiate actions in line with Medicines Management goals. the post holder may have to adjust his/her communication style and content to take account of the other persons language difficulties, intellectual abilities, background knowledge, etc

o this includes advice on choice of drug treatment, including choice of drug(s), side effects and doses

o this advice will be in response to review and analysis of patient prescriptions

o this will also involve ensuring compliance with medicines legislation, National Patient Safety Agency advisory notices and other established good practice to manage and minimise risk.

To propose and implement policy or service changes that impact within and beyond the post holders own role, including work within the practice, community pharmacies and by community nurses. This includes the development of prescribing / medicines management guidelines and protocols.

About us

Improving thehealth and quality of life for all individuals in the communities we serve,delivering an invaluable service to our clients and patients, providing a positiveand safe experience for all our patient care.

Upton Lane MedicalCentre requires the highest standards of personal and professional conduct fromall of its employees. All employees must comply with the Code of ProfessionalConduct appropriate to their professional governing body and to Upton LaneMedical Centre Code of Conduct, which is embedded in the Conduct

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide professional specialist medicines management advice to GPs, practice nurses, community pharmacists, community nurses and other health professionals to promote the safe, effective and high quality, cost effective use of medicines in all prescribing decisions. To identify, develop and promote quality improvements in medicines management across community pharmacy & GP practices ensuring that best practice is adopted Provide support for the medicines management technician(s)/facilitator(s) to deliver the medicines management goals of the CCG To contribute to the development and implementation of the CCG prescribing strategy and medicines management initiatives across the CCG To encourage better pharmaceutical understanding throughout the primary health care team, including training of GPs practice nurses, practice staff, attached staff, community pharmacists and pharmacy staff Undertake risk assessment and management and ensure compliance with medicines legislation Liaise with prescribing colleagues primary and secondary care to ensure consistency with District-wide prescribing strategies To contribute to the development & implementation of new medicines

management initiatives and services within GP practices, community pharmacies and community providers

Contribute to the clinical medication review service to care homes and other workstreams as required. Person Specification

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Essential

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Desirable

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Experience

Essential

Minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience. In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence based healthcare. An appreciation of the nature of GPs and General Practices or hos-pital experience An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strate-gies for improving prescribing

Qualifications

Essential

Masters Degree in Pharmacy, MPharm Clinical Diploma Certificate in Independent Prescrib-ing

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