Clinical Pharmacist

The Methodist Church in Britain; North East; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free counselling services

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Job summary

Primary Healthcare Darlington seeks a Pharmacist with independent prescribing status to join the Enhanced Health in Care Home team. You will lead medicines optimisation for care home residents and supervise pharmacy technicians across MDTs and GP practices.

You will manage complex polypharmacy, frailty and chronic conditions, contribute to antimicrobial stewardship, and support care co-ordinators with patient-facing medicines advice while driving service improvement and equality in access to

Qualifications

• Degree in Pharmacy
• Independent prescriber, or commitment to training as one
• Completed or willing to complete the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway or an equivalent primary care pathway

Responsibilities

• Deliver structured medication reviews at the monthly care home MDT and clinical medication reviews for people with complex polypharmacy
• Provide clinical supervision to pharmacy technicians and support them and care co-ordinators in the EHiCH team
• Support colleagues and patients with medication queries and monitoring
• Lead person-centred medicines optimisation, including antibiotic conservation under local antimicrobial stewardship guidance, and quality improvement
• Assist with care home medication requests, medication advice and covert administration plans
• Provide specialist medicines expertise to address public health and social care needs
• Use audit and action planning to help tackle inequalities
• Use structured medication reviews to help patients get the best from their medicines, reduce waste and promote self-care
• Contribute to the General Practice QOF and enhanced services
• Work with practices to meet CQC standards for medicines in care home patients

Skills

Independent prescriber

Structured reviews

IT skills

Negotiation

Autonomy

Risk management

Education

Degree in Pharmacy

GPhC registration

CPPE Primary Care Pathway

Tools

SystmOne

Microsoft Office

Job description

This post sits within the Enhanced Health in Care Home team at Primary Healthcare Darlington, serving the Darlington Primary Care Network and its GP practices. The core work is medicines optimisation for care home residents, including structured medication reviews at monthly MDTs, covert medication plans and supervising pharmacy technicians. The caseload centres on complex polypharmacy, frailty, COPD, asthma and people with learning disabilities or autism. Applicants must be an independent prescriber or commit to training as one.

What the job involves

• Deliver structured medication reviews at the monthly care home MDT and clinical medication reviews for people with complex polypharmacy
• Provide clinical supervision to pharmacy technicians and support them and care co-ordinators in the EHiCH team
• Support colleagues and patients with medication queries and monitoring
• Lead person-centred medicines optimisation, including antibiotic conservation under local antimicrobial stewardship guidance, and quality improvement
• Assist with care home medication requests, medication advice and covert administration plans
• Provide specialist medicines expertise to address public health and social care needs
• Use audit and action planning to help tackle inequalities
• Use structured medication reviews to help patients get the best from their medicines, reduce waste and promote self-care
• Contribute to the General Practice QOF and enhanced services
• Work with practices to meet CQC standards for medicines in care home patients
• Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaise with specialist pharmacists, community pharmacists and anticoagulation services, while developing relationships across primary care and the…
• Contribute pharmaceutical advice on new services, treatment pathways and patient information leaflets

Qualifications

• Degree in Pharmacy
• Independent prescriber, or commitment to training as one
• Completed or willing to complete the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway or an equivalent primary care pathway

Registration & licences

• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Experience

• Experience of common acute and long-term conditions
• Proven ability to recognise and manage risk
• Working within personal limits and referring to colleagues when needed
• Flexibility with changing priorities

Skills & knowledge

• Knowledge of structured medication reviews
• Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Office
• Excellent influencing and negotiating skills
• Excellent concentration
• Managing own workload and working independently
• Commitment to reducing health inequalities

Other

• Strong problem solver
• Rigour in following legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies and codes of conduct

Nice to have

• Frailty and care home experience
• Participation in quality improvement projects with implemented change
• Track record of improvement through QIP and audit
• Experience using SystmOne
• Up-to-date knowledge of CQC regulations in general practice, particularly medicines management
• Independent Prescribing qualification
• Minimum of 2 years' experience as a pharmacist

What’s offered

• Free counselling services
• Protected time to develop professionally
• Access to high-quality training and development
• Free tea and coffee and chilled, filtered water