Lead Clinical Pharmacist

Key Objectives: Provide pro-active leadership on medicines and prescribing systems to the practice clinical pharmacy team, patients, and their carers Develop and deliver patient facing services and clinics which improve patient outcomes, reflect the needs of the practice population and shift workload from other disciplines Deliver high quality medication reviews and develop bespoke medicines treatment plans for patients (particularly the elderly, complex patients, and those at high risk of admission) Improve the quality and effectiveness of prescribing through clinical audit and education to improve performance against NICE standards, prescribing guidance, and other clinical standards Develop yourself and the role through participation in clinical supervision, training, and service redesign activities Deliver training, mentoring and guidance to other clinicians and staff on medicines issues Patient Facing Clinical Services & Care Work in a patient facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using their expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas Take responsibility for the care management of patients with chronic diseases and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy, especially the elderly, people in care homes, those with multiple long-term conditions (in particular COPD and asthma) and people with learning disabilities or autism (through STOMP - Stopping Over Medication Programme) Prescribe acute and repeat medication for patient need within areas of competency Medicines Optimisation Systems Provide leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation. Through structured medication reviews, support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care Oversee system for reconciliation of medicines from outpatient and discharge letters and support safe transfer of care through liaison with hospital and community colleagues Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical research with medicines, liaison with specialist pharmacists (including mental health and reduction of inappropriate antipsychotic use in people with learning difficulties) and anticoagulation Safety Report medicines related incidents, contribute to investigations and root cause analyses Participate in serious incident investigations and multidisciplinary case reviews Report Adverse Drug Reactions and promote reporting by MDT Action and respond to Drug Safety Alerts and other safety cascades. Training, Education & Information Develop and deliver education sessions and training to clinical and non-clinical staff on medicines issues Provide ad-hoc medicines advice to doctors and other clinicians Assess emergent clinical evidence and develop strategies for implementation in practice Horizon scan for new drugs and provide information to the MDT on their introduction Provide advice on cost effective prescribing and supply issues Provide teaching and support to medical students, GP trainees and other trainee healthcare professionals Always seek to develop own knowledge and understanding Quality Provide leadership on medicines safety compliance with CQC and other professional standards Promote a culture of constant improvement and excellence Conduct regular clinical audits and other improvement activities Assess own performance regularly and make suggestions of how to improve personal and team performance Health & Safety Assist in promoting and maintaining your own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health and Safety policy. Ensure that any hazards in your working area are reported immediately to your line manager. Performance/Professional Development Participate in: Training sessions to ensure administrative, clinical and computer skills are kept up to date with current technology and practice. Regular appraisal meetings. Regular team meetings. Comply with the General Pharmaceutical Council Re-validation process Working with Patients Work in partnership with our patients to help them achieve better health outcomes. Offer a polite, friendly, and efficient level of customer service to all our patients. Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines while helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients in the network and help in tackling inequalities. Feedback Listen to feedback from patients and colleagues whether this is a complaint, comment, or compliment and if it cannot be dealt with immediately, ensure it is reported to a member of the Practice Management Team.

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