Advanced Clinical Pharmacist

Integrated Care System; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

An Integrated Care System seeks an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist to join their team in Liverpool. This role involves conducting medication reviews, managing repeat prescriptions, and collaborating with healthcare professionals to ensure high-quality patient care. The successful candidate will be an independent prescriber with at least two years of experience, strong communication skills, and competent IT abilities.

Benefits

27 days annual leave

NHS pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Colleague wellbeing package

Qualifications

• A minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience.
• Experience of medication review, face to face and remotely.
• Experience of repeat prescribing and prescribing for long-term conditions.

Responsibilities

• Undertake Clinical medication reviews and contribute to updating prescribing policy.
• Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process.
• Work collaboratively with the healthcare team to deliver exceptional patient care.

Skills

Clinical medication reviews

Excellent communication skills

Education

Degree in Pharmacy

Independent prescriber V300

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Advanced Clinical PharmacistAre you an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist? We are looking for an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist who will be a key member of the organisation. You will work with clinical colleagues to ensure the highest standards of care are provided for all registered and temporary patients and will work across the organisation to become a core member of the team of healthcare professionals.Location: Primary Care Hub, Litherland with flexibility for home working.Shifts 08.00 18.30 Monday - FridaySalary £55,690 - £62,682 per annumWhat will you be doingUndertake Clinical medication reviewsContribute to updating and implementing prescribing policy.Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions, and reviewing medicines reaching review dates, and flagging up those needing a review.Undertake repeat prescribing.Reconcile medicines after hospital and intermediate care discharge and ensure patients receive required treatments.Incorporate the objectives of medicines optimisation into every day general practice, including the aims of national and local strategies.Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration.Set up and manage systems to ensure continuity of medicines supply to high-risk groups of patients (eg those with medicine compliance aids or those in care homes).Identify cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through practice computer searches, including risks that are patient related, medicine related, or both.Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components (e.g. advise on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets).Analyse, interpret and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks.Monitor the practices prescribing against Pan Mersey Formulary RAG list and make recommendations to GPs for medicines that should be prescribed by hospital doctors (red drugs) or subject to shared careImplement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance.Answer all medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff and patients with queries about medicines.Assist practices to achieve QoF objectives.Evaluate clinical information from examination & history taking and initiate appropriate treatment and/or referral.Signpost appropriately to other services in the identified healthcare pathway.Provide assessment, treatment and diagnosis within competency at point of first contact by attending to patients in a variety of settings according to patient needs.Contribute to audits and quality improvement initiatives.Support public health campaigns, including immunisations and flu vaccination initiatives.Ensure compliance with CQC standards and health, safety, and infection control policies.Work collaboratively with the wider healthcare team, including GPs, nurses, and other professionals, to deliver exceptional patient care.Contribute to fostering a supportive and efficient team environment.Maintain accurate and contemporaneous records, utilising computer systems where appropriate and consider the Caldicott Principles in relation to all data handling.

Main duties of the job

What do I needA degree in pharmacyBe an independent prescriber V300Competent IT skills, including the use of Microsoft Word & Excel. And ability to use systems.A minimum of 2 years post-qualification experienceExperience of medication review, face to face and remotelyExperience of repeat prescribing and prescribing for long term conditionsExcellent written and verbal communication skillsAbout usPrimary Care 24 (PC24) is a not-for-profit social enterprise established in 1990, delivering NHS contracts exclusively. The majority of our surplus is reinvested in patients and staff. We believe that primary healthcare should be accessible for everyone and are committed to delivering the best quality care we can, challenging social exclusion and working locally, where and when we can, to support our communities. We combine the best of the NHS with social enterprise innovation, developing solutions for NHS primary care and caring for our clinicians so that they can, in turn, care for our patients.

About us

Whats on offer?£55,690 - £62,682 per annum, DOE37.5 hours, Hybrid27 days annual leave (pro rata) previous NHS service will be taken into account.NHS pension schemeNHS car fleet schemeNHS home electronics schemeCycle to work schemeEligible to apply for blue light cardColleague wellbeing package - which allows you to claim money back on optical, dental, private consultations and physiotherapy.Colleague eventsCome join our proud teamThis vacancy may close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore, it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment

Job responsibilities

Advanced Clinical Pharmacist

Are you an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist? We are looking for an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist who will be a key member of the organisation.You will work with clinical colleagues to ensure the highest standards of care are provided for all registered and temporary patients and will work across the organisation to become a core member of the team of healthcare professionals.

Location:Primary Care Hub, Litherland with flexibility for home working.

Shifts08.00 18.30 Monday - Friday

What will you be doing

• Undertake Clinical medication reviews
• Contribute to updating and implementing prescribing policy.
• Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions, and reviewing medicines reaching review dates, and flagging up those needing a review.
• Undertake repeat prescribing.
• Reconcile medicines after hospital and intermediate care discharge and ensure patients receive required treatments.
• Incorporate the objectives of medicines optimisation into every day general practice, including the aims of national and local strategies.
• Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration.
• Set up and manage systems to ensure continuity of medicines supply to high-risk groups of patients (eg those with medicine compliance aids or those in care homes).
• Identify cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through practice computer searches, including risks that are patient related, medicine related, or both.
• Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components (e.g. advise on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets).
• Analyse, interpret and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks.
• Monitor the practices prescribing against Pan Mersey Formulary RAG list and make recommendations to GPs for medicines that should be prescribed by hospital doctors (red drugs) or subject to shared care
• Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance.
• Answer all medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff and patients with queries about medicines.
• Assist practices to achieve QoF objectives.
• Evaluate clinical information from examination & history taking and initiate appropriate treatment and/or referral.
• Signpost appropriately to other services in the identified healthcare pathway.
• Provide assessment, treatment and diagnosis within competency at point of first contact by attending to patients in a variety of settings according to patient needs.
• Contribute to audits and quality improvement initiatives.
• Support public health campaigns, including immunisations and flu vaccination initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with CQC standards and health, safety, and infection control policies.
• Work collaboratively with the wider healthcare team, including GPs, nurses, and other professionals, to deliver exceptional patient care.
• Contribute to fostering a supportive and efficient team environment.
• Maintain accurate and contemporaneous records, utilising computer systems where appropriate and consider the Caldicott Principles in relation to all data handling.

What do I need

• Be an independent prescriber V300
• Competent IT skills, including the use of Microsoft Word & Excel. And ability to use systems.
• A minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience
• Experience of medication review, face to face and remotely
• Experience of repeat prescribing and prescribing for long term conditions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

About us

Primary Care 24 (PC24) is a not-for-profit social enterprise established in 1990, delivering NHS contracts exclusively. The majority of our surplus is reinvested in patients and staff.We believe that primary healthcare should be accessible for everyone and are committed to delivering the best quality care we can, challenging social exclusion and working locally, where and when we can, to support our communities.We combine the best of the NHS with social enterprise innovation, developing solutions for NHS primary care and caring for our clinicians so that they can, in turn, care for our patients.

Whats on offer?

• 37.5 hours, Hybrid
• 27 days annual leave (pro rata) previous NHS service will be taken into account.
• Cycle to work scheme
• Eligible to apply for blue light card
• Colleague wellbeing package - which allows you to claim money back on optical, dental, private consultations and physiotherapy.

Come join our proud team

This vacancy may close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore, it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

Person Specification

General Requirements

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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.