Clinical Pharmacist Community Beds

Job responsibilities

Medicines Safety

Have awareness of changes to medicines that can result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance, working with colleagues to help implement such changes.

Provide advice and support in risk management, clinical governance issues and ensure compliance with medicines legislation, patient safety advisory notices and other established good practices to manage and minimise risk.

Leadership, Culture & Values:

Contribute to a positive, open culture where teams feel supported to raise concerns, learn, and improve.

Consistently demonstrate and promote Leeds GP Confederations values and behaviours in all aspects of work.

Organisational Support:

Professional support of pharmacy technicians employed by Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust deployed into community care bed units.

Work with wider team to ensure procedures in community care beds are compliant with CQC and other regulatory and legislative standards where medicines are involved.

Work collaboratively with colleagues across clinical and operations teams to support service delivery and organisational objectives.

Information Governance, Safeguarding & Compliance:

Ensure adherence to information governance standards, maintaining confidentiality and data protection in line with organisational policy and legal requirements.

Promote and support safeguarding practices.

Maintain compliance with statutory and mandatory training requirements.

Contribute to a culture of compliance, accountability, and high standards of governance.

Personal/Professional Development:

The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by Leeds GP Confederation as part of this employment, such training to include:

Completion of all mandatory training

Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development

Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

General tasks:

In agreement with their line manager carries out such other duties as may be reasonably expected in accordance with the grade of the post.

Maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information appropriately.

Participate in team meetings, training, and personal development activities.

Build and maintain professional working relationships with stakeholders.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Strong organisational abilities, capable of planning and prioritising effectively.

Ability to work well under pressure and execute tasks to a high standard whilst supporting peers.

Good questioning skills to enable issues/problems to be identified and resolved.

Awareness and experience of working with and respecting confidential material.

Confidentiality:

During the course of your employment, you may have access to, see or hear information of a confidential nature and you are required not to disclose such information, particularly that relating to patients and staff.

The post holder must be compliant with the principles of GDPR at all times.

You must not make any disclosure to any unauthorised person or use any confidential information relating to the business affairs of Leeds GP Confederation, unless expressly authorised to do so by Leeds GP Confederation.

Equal Opportunities:

You are at all times required to carry out your responsibilities with due regard to the Leeds GP Confederations Equal Opportunities Policy and to ensure that staff receive equal treatment throughout their employment with Leeds GP Confederation.

Conflict of Interests:

You are not precluded from accepting employment outside your normal working hours. However, such other employment must not in any way hinder or conflict with the interests of your work in the Leeds GP Confederation

Code of Conduct for Professional Group:

All staff are required to work in accordance with their professional groups code of conduct.

Risk Management:

Risk management involves the culture, processes and structures that are directed towards the effective management of potential opportunities and adverse effects. Every employee must co-operate with Leeds GP Confederation to enable all statutory duties to be applied and work to standards set out in Leeds GP Confederations Risk Management Strategy.

Governance and statutory requirements:

The post holder is expected to comply with the governance arrangements and policies and procedures of the organisation, available on the Leeds GP Confederation intranet.

Equal Opportunities and Diversity:

Leeds GP Confederation has an absolute commitment to equal opportunities based on sound management practice, respect for the individual and legislative compliance. The post-holder must at all times carry out his/her responsibilities with regard to the Leeds GP Confederations Equal Opportunities Policy.

Health and Safety & Risk management:

Employees must be aware of the responsibilities placed upon them under the Health and Safety Work Act 1974, to ensure that the agreed safety procedures are carried out to maintain a safe working environment for patients, visitors, and employees.

Employees must wear personal protective equipment where provided.

All employees are expected to comply fully with the Leeds GP Confederation fire policies and procedures to meet their responsibilities in relation to fire safety. All staff are also expected to maintain safe infection control practices at all times.

All employees are responsible for reporting any accidents, untoward occurrences, and ...