Clinical Pharmacist

North Thames Genomics Laboratory Hub; Cornwall; On-site; CAD 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health center is seeking a Clinical Pharmacist to enhance medication management and support general practitioners. The position involves running medication review clinics, developing prescribing policies, and ensuring adherence to clinical standards. Ideal candidates should possess a Vocational Masters in Pharmacy and robust clinical experience.

Qualifications

• Vocational Masters Degree and GPhC registration mandatory.
• Post-graduate qualification in clinical pharmacy preferred.
• Ability to travel between patients and practice, with a full driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Conduct medication review clinics and home visits as needed.
• Support development and implementation of prescribing policies.
• Lead quality improvement in medicines safety and population health interventions.

Skills

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Ability to work under pressure

Persuasive negotiating and influencing abilities

Education

Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy

Post-graduate qualification in clinical pharmacy or equivalent

Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Job description

Areyou an experienced Clinical Pharmacist ready for change and seeking a newchallenge? Would you like to be part ofan inclusive, supportive, and innovative team, that is co-located and where itis essential to enjoy daily coffee with your colleagues? Good beans provided!

Ifthe answers so far are yes, then you could be the missing part of ourjigsaw.

Weare looking for a Clinical Pharmacist at Leatside Health Centre to workalongside our GP Pharmacy Lead and established Pharmacy team. You won't be on your own!

Please note this role will be employed by Leatside Health Centre General Practice.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be an expert in a clinicalspeciality, as well as actively supporting the development and general day today oversight of the clinical pharmacy team. The post holder will also run faceto face clinics in a general practice or within a clinical hub setting. Key responsibilities include :

Identify patientsrequiring medication review and conduct appropriate

medication review clinicsor home visits if required by the practice and

liaise with carers, CommunityHealth teams or social care staff to

optimise drug therapy, reduce polypharmacyand minimise unnecessary

waste, communicating directly with patients asnecessary.

Provide pharmaceuticalsupport to the GPs to enable them to develop,implement and monitor an agreed prescribing plan which meets the objectives ofthe medicines management plan.

Assist practice in developing formularies, guidelines and policies to ensure theimplementation of NICE guidelines,National Service Frameworks and the requirements of the medicines-relatedaspects of the GMS contract.

Lead on population levelhealth management projects for proactive QI in medicines safety. This willinclude the formation of a virtual workforce to deliver eclipse and routinemedicines safety audit to the practices within ECPCN. This may extend to providingnetwork level resilience to core contractual medicines safety e.g. CQCmedicines governance indicators.

Support the delivery ofinnovative population health interventions in chronic disease areas.

About us

Leatside Health Centre is a forward thinking General Practice organisation based in Redruth and is part of North Kerrier East Primary Care Network and North Kerrier Integrated Neighbourhood Team.

Job responsibilities

Communications and leadership

Demonstrate tact, diplomacy and negotiating skills to engage withdoctors to persuade them to work towards objectives, overcoming resistance tochange.

Develop good working relationships with the whole range of practicestaff and a network of contacts within the locality and secondary care toprovide problem-solving advice on a wide range of matters relating tomedicines.

Advise community pharmacists in the vicinity of where prescribing andmedicines management developments and / or changes are planned so they mayanticipate the impact on their pharmacies and give a consistent message topatients.

Work in a discreet and professional manner, respecting and maintainingthe confidentiality of patient specific and prescribing data (both at practiceand organisational / locality wide level).

Be aware of, and monitor, the advice given to practices byrepresentatives of the pharmaceutical industry and to counter the impact ofinappropriate information to prescribers.

Actively lead quality improvement in this area, linking in withfinancial incentives where relevant (e.g. leading for a given network DESwithin the purview of a specialisation).

Policy and Service Development

Support the development of prescribing policy in the practice and caresettings, the implementation of that policy and be involved in the developmentof policy in discreet areas of prescribing, involving working with cliniciansin both primary and secondary care.

Produce best practice policies, protocols and SOPs for review by theclinical pharmacist lead and PCN board for adoption at a practice level acrossthe network.

Planning and organising

Be able to prioritise and meet set deadlines particularly when underpressure.

Take the delegated lead responsibility for specific projects or keyspecialist areas of pharmacy practice as identified by line management.

Organise and manage their personal workload in the face of competingpriorities, managing their own time effectively and working closely with arange of practice staff and the administration and technical staff in theMedicines Management department.

Record and report to line management and practices on the workundertaken and the benefits produced, in a timely manner, using tools such asMicrosoft Word, Excel, and e-mail.

Analysis and data management

Critically appraise information from drug industry to inform otherstaff members and healthcare professionals in practices.

Assist in analysing medicines data, including interpreting e-PACT data(web-based electronic prescribing data analysis system) and providing reportsat practice level for designated practices.

Actively identify quality improvement areas based on practice levelprescribing data.

Demonstrate good computer literacy (e-mail, word, excel, PowerPoint,on-line medicines information databases).

Promote and be an advocate for the use of local formularies inpractices in both written and electronic format ensuring that the formulary isthe cornerstone for all prescribing practice in primary care.

Decisions made : (Freedom to act)

The post holder will be guided by their professional Code of Ethics,relevant legislation, policies and guidelines, local and national medicinesmanagement frameworks and guidance and will be able to interpret these and makejudgements on how they apply when dealing with specific situations as theyarise. The post holder will be expected to work under their own initiative,often in isolation, but will be able to seek guidance from their peers or linemanagers if the need arises.

Person Specification

Work related skills

• Patient physical assessment, e.g. blood pressure measurement, blood glucose testing, urine testing, pulse oximetry, temperature measurement.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Persuasive negotiating and influencing abilities.
• Well organised.
• Advanced level of clinical reasoning.
• Maintains high standard of practice.
• Able to work under pressure.
• Able to work as part of a team or as an individual.
• Flexibility required with regard to working hours.
• Post holder will be required to travel between patients and practice and needs a full driving licence and access to a car.
• To use VDU equipment for a significant proportion of the day on most days.
• High degrees of concentration required.

Experience

• Knowledge of the wider NHS.
• Extensive knowledge and expertise across a number of clinical areas including common chronic disease management.
• Expert knowledge in a defined clinical area with demonstrable evidence of previous specialist experience in this area.
• NHS experience in Primary Care, Hospital or Community Pharmacy.
• Delivery of Medicines Management Standards and Policies.
• Extensive experience of strategic working with primary care health teams.
• Experience of working on projects where post holder uses own initiative and manages own time.
• Experience of providing strategic prescribing advice to GPs.
• Experience in analysing PACT data.
• Experience of multidisciplinary working.
• Experience in implementing, leading and developing projects.
• Able to motivate others.
• Able to prioritise and meet set targets.
• Able to co-ordinate and plan activities with others.
• Able to propose, lead and manage strategic network level projects.

Qualifications

• Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy, or equivalent comprehensive experience.
• Completion of Pre-Registration Training
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Evidence of commitment to Continuing Professional Development
• Post-graduate qualification in clinical pharmacy or equivalent (for example - PgDip or MSc Clinical Pharmacy) or equivalent primary care experience
• Completion of the CPPE PCN / MOCH pharmacist pathway
• Registration with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (MRPharmS)

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.

Depending on experienceup to £54,375 depending on experience pro rata