PCN Clinical Pharmacist
- NHS
- Part Time
- Scunthorpe
- Negotiable
Job Description
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated onsite clinical pharmacist to join our growing, supportive team.
Please note this is an onsite role and not remote working.
You should be able to work independently and demonstrate a high standard of safe clinical decision making with a broad and relevant knowledge base.
The post holder will provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement and manage some aspects of the Quality and Outcomes Framework and Investment and Impact Fund where appropriate.
We are looking for a candidate who is a qualified Independent Prescriber.
Main duties of the job
Provide support to general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries and help support the repeat prescription system
Lead on the monitoring of practice prescribing against national guidelines and formulary recommendations,including High Risk Medication prescribing/monitoring
Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and make recommendations on prescribing and monitoring
Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration
Attend and refer patients to multidisciplinary team meetings
Where appropriate and required, provide patient facing clinics and/or phone consultations for those with questions and concerns about their medicines in the practice
Manage caseload of patients with common/self-limiting/minor ailments while working within a scope of practice and limits of competence
Set up and manage systems to ensure continuity of medicines supply to high risk groups of patients
Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components
Analyse, present and interpret medicines data to highlight issue and risks to support decision making
Assist in the transition to eRD
Ensure the practice is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved.
About us
Church Lane Medical Centre is a progressive and friendly training practice.
10,900 patients and continuing to increase
4 GP Partners, 1 Salaried GP. Excellent clinical support including Prescribing Nurse Practitioners, Advanced Clinical Practitioner and highly skilled nursing and healthcare assistant team.
Rated Good by CQC
SystmOne clinical system
High QOF achiement
The Benefits
Salary is negotiable dependent on experience.
6 weeks annual leave
NHS pension
Employee Assistance helpline
Regular clinical meetings
Regular Protected learning time
Job responsibilities
Providing medicines optimisation to patient population
Work with the general practice team to ensure the practice is compliant with Care Quality Commission (CQC) Standards where medicines are involved.
Undertake audits and support the team with safe prescribing.
Monitoring patients with complex long term conditions such as hypertension or diabetes
Undertaking Structured Medication Reviews (SMRs) as stipulated in the Network Contract DES. Review medication for newly registered practice patients.
Management of self-limiting ailments; signposting to community pharmacy and referring to GPs or other health care professionals where appropriate.
Medicine information to practice staff and patients
Unplanned admissions; work with multidisciplinary review teams to manage medicines-related risk for readmission and patient harm. Put in place changes to reduce the prescribing of high risk medicines to high-risk patient groups.
Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions and reviewing medicines reaching review dates and flagging those up needing a review.
Support and work with the CCG Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes team to undertake SMRs with patients with multi-morbidity and polypharmacy living in long term residential care.
Take a leading role in the contractual requirements to support frail patients with their medication including patient identification and undertaking SMRs.
Implementation of local and national guidelines and formulary recommendations
Provide education and training to primary healthcare team on therapeutics and medicines optimisation. Contribute to clinical meetings and case reviews. Provide training to students where appropriate.
Support Public health campaigns and provide specialist knowledge.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
- Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent
- Independent Prescriber
Desirable
- Clinical diploma
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 3 years in post
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare
- Understanding of the nature of general practice
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Work effectively independently and as a team member
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Church Lane Medical Centre
Address
1 Orchid Rise
Scunthorpe
DN15 7AN
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.churchlanemcscunthorpe.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
