Advanced Clinical Pharmacist

Integrated Care System; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Manchester is seeking an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist to enhance the pharmacy services in a primary care setting. Responsibilities include managing chronic diseases, conducting clinical reviews, and developing areas of prescribing expertise. Candidates must have substantial primary care experience and relevant qualifications, including a Clinical Pharmacy Diploma. This role offers an opportunity to improve patient health outcomes through effective medication management.

Qualifications

• Substantial post registration experience in Primary Care.
• Experience of multidisciplinary team working.
• Ability to provide patient information and education.
• Experience of undertaking clinical audits.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for care management of patients with chronic diseases.
• Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients.
• Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines.
• Support practices to achieve targets for prescribing.

Skills

Long-term condition management

Patient education

Clinical audits

Collaboration with healthcare professionals

Education

Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma

Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Non-medical prescriber

Job description

This is an exciting new opportunity for an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist ACP to develop their career in a primary care setting.

Main duties of the job

To further develop and enhance the clinical pharmacy service to the patients of the practice. Support the practice to achieve maximum performance through QOF including ensuring good working relationships with Community Pharmacy and supporting Practices to achieve targets for prescribing practice.

Main duties of the job

o Long-term condition reviews - Take responsibility for the care management of patients with chronic diseases where medicine optimisation is required. E.g., COPD, asthma.

o Patient facing clinical medication reviews - Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and make appropriate recommendations for the clinical team on prescribing and monitoring. Through structured medical reviews the post holder will support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care.

o Opportunity to develop specialist areas of prescribing expertise in line with the practices clinical priorities

Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst addressing both the public health and social care needs of patients to proactively tackle inequalities in health resource usage and outcomes in the area.

About us

The Delamere Medical Practice has over 15 thousand patients, we have 5 GP partners, 4 salaried GP's, 1 PA, 1 FCP, 3 Practice Nurses, 1 Care Coordinator, 4 GPA's, 1 Clinical Pharmacist, 2 Medicines Managers, 1 prescription clerk and 2 Secretaries. We also have an admin team, a Team Supervisor and a Reception Team.

Job responsibilities

o Long-term condition reviews - Take responsibility for the care management of patients with chronic diseases where medicine optimisation is required. E.g., COPD, asthma.

o Patient facing clinical medication reviews - Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and make appropriate recommendations for the clinical team on prescribing and monitoring. Through structured medical reviews the post holder will support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care.

o Opportunity to develop specialist areas of prescribing expertise in line with the practices clinical priorities

Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst addressing both the public health and social care needs of patients to proactively tackle inequalities in health resource usage and outcomes in the area.

Person Specification

Experience

• Substantial post registration experience in Primary Care
• Experience of multidisciplinary team working and making clinically appropriate interventions
• Demonstrable experience of cross sector collaborative working with primary care healthcare professionals
• Experience of writing and reviewing policies, guidelines and SOPs
• Experience of service development
• Experience of line management and clinical supervision
• Experience and competence to provide patient information & education to patients, families and carers
• Experience of undertaking clinical audits and improvement projects leading to service improvements
• Ability to demonstrate an understanding of the key stakeholders the post is likely to be supporting and how they will be expected to support them.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Non-medical prescriber (Pharmacist Independent Prescriber).

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.