Clinical Pharmacist
1 month ago
Job summary
Clinical Pharmacist required for Southend Victoria Primary Care Network. Duties include medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and implement systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of patients in the PCN.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.
The post holder will ensure that the practice integrates with community and hospital pharmacy to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage workload. The role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and passion to deliver excellent service within general practice
About us
Southend Victoria PCN covers eight practices with approximately 60,000 patients in the centre of Southend-On-Sea, Essex. We are a co-operative close knit group of practices who work closely together to deliver services which provide an enhanced level of care for our patients.
Clinical Pharmacist is a new and developing role within General Practice and this is a wonderful opportunity for someone who is passionate about demonstrating how effective this and impactful this will be.
The Queensway Surgery is the lead practice for the PCN. It is a large training practice with the ethos of developing staff to fulfil their potential. There is regular training scheduled for all clinicians to facilitate their development and we insist on good GP supervision for Pharmacists when they are working at any of our GP practices.
You will be joining a team currently consisting of 5 Physician Associates, 4 Advanced Nurse Practitioners, 3 Care Coordinators, 2 Physiotherapists, 2 GP Assistants, a Dietician, a Paramedic, a Podiatrist all supported by a Clinical Director and dedicated management team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Pharmacist
Southend VictoriaPrimary Care Network
The closing date is31 August 2024
Job overview
Primary Care Networks (PCN) have provided anexciting opportunity to develop and extend the role of the Clinical Pharmacistinto the work of General Practice. Having recently merged with another PCN weare looking to add at least one additional Clinical Pharmacist role to enable apresence in more surgeries and increase the capacity of the service.
Main duties of thejob
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 practiceintegrates with community and hospital pharmacy to help utilise skill mix,improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manageworkload. The role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operationalefficiencies so requires motivation and passion to deliver excellent servicewithin general practice
About us
Southend Victoria PCN covers eight practices with approximately 60,000 patients in the centre of Southend-On-Sea, Essex. We are a co-operativeclose knit group of practices who work closely together to deliver serviceswhich provide an enhanced level of care for our patients.
Clinical Pharmacy is a new and developing rolewithin General Practice and this is a wonderful opportunity for someone who ispassionate about demonstrating how effective this and impactful this will be.
The Queensway Surgery is the lead practice for thePCN. It is a large training practice with the ethos of developing staff tofulfil their potential. There is regular training scheduled for all cliniciansto facilitate their development.
Salary
AFC Band 7-8a depending on experience
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent). Specialist knowledge acquired through postgraduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience. Independent prescriber or working towards/intent of gaining an independent prescribing qualification. Willingness to complete the 18 month Primary Care pathway trainingOther
Essential
Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). Self-Motivation. Adaptable In date DBS Immunisation status. Full Driving LicenceDesirable
Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. A member of or working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. Safeguarding adult and children level three. Information Governance toolkit completion. Basic life support training.Experience
Essential
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. An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing. 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). Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions. Good IT skills. Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information. Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate. Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines. Produce timely and informative reports. Gain acceptance for recommendations and influence/ motivate/ persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations/ agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers. Work effectively independently and as a team member. Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision.Disclosure andBarring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation ofOffenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for asubmission for Disclosure to be made to the
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