Clinical Pharmacist

Integrated Care System; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Clinical Pharmacist to improve patient care by providing expertise in clinical medicines management. The role involves working within a multi-disciplinary team, addressing medication-related queries, and developing protocols to enhance patient safety and care efficiency. Ideal candidates should possess strong clinical knowledge, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work dynamically within a diverse team.

Benefits

Employee assistance package

Qualifications

• Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Minimum 2 years' experience in primary care.
• In-depth knowledge of evidence-based healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Manage chronic disease within the practice and conduct clinical medication reviews.
• Provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation.
• Support practice staff with prescription and medication queries.

Skills

Communication

Clinical knowledge

Teamwork

Education

Completion of an undergraduate degree in pharmacy

Independent prescribing qualification

Clinical Diploma

Job description

Village HealthGroup is a thriving busy dispensing practice serving 27,000 patients. Basedover 4 sites we have a large multi-disciplinary team led by our GP Partnerswhich comprises GPs, Nurses & HCAs as well as Clinical Pharmacists, NAs,tNAs & Social Prescribers as part of our wider PCN ARRS team. Our clinicalteam is supported by our administrative, secretarial & reception teams.

We have anexciting opportunity for a Clinical Pharmacist to join our practice team workingalongside our PCN pharmacy team. You will be a prescriber or in the process ofcompleting this and will work as part of the general practice team within theirclinical competencies to provide expertise in clinical medicines managementacross a range of aspects such as day to day medication related queries, acuteprescription requests, supporting hospital discharge prescribing arrangementsand follow up, actioning of MHRA alerts and targeted medication reviews whichmay be done over the telephone or face to face. You will be expected to help instreamlining processes and developing protocols to allow for safer prescribingand to meet CQC expectations.

You will act asa specialist resource to answer medicines-related queries, to signpost to otherservices and to liaise with other healthcare professionals as required.Clinical supervision and mentorship will be provided by the GP Partners for thepharmacy team.

Main duties of the job

We are lookingfor candidates who are enthusiastic self-starters and who are adaptable tochange. You will have excellent communication skills and be proactive inapproaching patients, carers, colleagues and other agencies as and when needed.It is expected that you will be able to use your initiative to gatherinformation and to use the resources that are available to you, such asprescribing guidelines. Being a team player is essential. A good level ofcompetence in use of I.T, predominantly SystmOne is required.

The successfulcandidate will work within a supportive practice team and the wider PCNpharmacy team in order to deliver safe and effective use of medicines byapplying their clinical, pharmaceutical and technical skills to a variety oftasks within the medicines optimisation agenda.

This role ispivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies, sorequires motivation and passion to deliver an excellent service within generalpractice.

If you are aforward-thinking individual who is keen to develop in this role, we want tohear from you!

About us

We offer:

An employeeassistance package for all staff

For furtherinformation or an informal discussion about the role please contact Suzy Lyonat [e-mail]

Closing datefor applications: Sunday 13th July

Job responsibilities

Salary Grade -Dependant on experience

Reportingto -GP Partner Leadfor Pharmacy

Accountableto -Partners

THE PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

General Practice is at the heart of the Healthand Social Care system and it is critical to have thriving, sustainable generalpractices that meet local peoples health needs. The Clinical Pharmacist is instrumental insupporting the practice clinically. This is a key role, intended to support thedelivery and development of the pharmacist role in primary care and ensure that we continue to provide highquality, accessible and responsive services to both practices and patients.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

-Actswithin professional boundaries, supporting and working alongside a team ofpharmacists and pharmacy technicians in general practice.

- Works as partof a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role.

- Takesresponsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the practiceand undertakes clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patientswith complex polypharmacy.

- Providesprimary support to practice staff with regards to prescription andmedication queries. (helps support the repeat prescriptions system, dealwith acute prescription requests, and medicines reconciliation on transferof care and systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinicalmedicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs ofpatients in the practice)

- Providesclinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement andmanages some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhancedservices.

- Ensures thatthe practice integrates with community and hospital pharmacy to helputilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensure better access tohealthcare and help manage workload.

- The role ispivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies sorequires motivation and passion to deliver excellent service withingeneral practice.

- Demonstrates understandingof, and contributes to, the workplace vision.

- Demonstrates ability toimprove quality within limitations of service.

Areasof responsibility for all clinical pharmacists

Workingwith stakeholders

Recognise the relevant keymulti-professional stakeholders across the ICS to include, and not limitedto, the wider health and social care system.

Identify and develop relationships with the practice team,private providers, the local primary care team, neighbouring PCNs and otherkey partners to enable good working relationships and promote and share bestpractice.

Develop networks with local,regional, and national clinical specialist pharmacy interest groups wherepossible.

ClinicalPractice

Provide telephone,domiciliary and face to face medication reviews, and where competentlong-term condition reviews and common/ minor/ self-limiting conditionmanagement. Priority areas being complex polypharmacy, frailty, asthma, COPDand people with learning disabilities.

Provide face to faceand telephone medication expertise.

Be a prescriber or belooking to complete relevant training to become a prescriber.

Through holisticstructured medication reviews, support patients with their medication to getthe best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care.

Support withmedicines reconciliation of hospital discharges and clinic letters

Support the provisionof patient care that helps tackle local health inequalities.

Critically appraisecomplex medicines information and then communicate this to patients, carers,and health care professionals. This includes supporting with medicinesinformation queries.

Review and supportthe repeat prescribing process to ensure patients are receiving theirmedication safely.

Maintaincomprehensive documentation and records according to legal and localrequirements. This includes recordingall relevant pharmaceutical information in the patients record andcommunicating in writing with other health care professionals.

Educationand training

Provide training /teaching / education sessions to practice healthcare professionals andadministration staff including GPs, Nurses, Pharmacy Technicians andPharmacists.

Demonstrates self-development through continuous professionaldevelopment activity; working alongside senior clinical pharmacist toidentifying areas to develop

Gives support torelevant clinical placements.

Research

Looksfor opportunities to contribute to relevant research in collaboration with a range of stakeholders toinnovate and improve patient-centred care.

Demonstrates ability to critically evaluate and review literature

Demonstrates ability to identify where there is a gap in the evidencebase to support practice

Demonstrates ability to generate evidence suitable for presentationsat practice and local level eg through clinical audit

Demonstrates ability to apply research evidence base into workingplace

Leadershipand management

Support the medicines optimisation agenda across the PCN toensure:

Safe and effective prescribing including that related toshared-care.

Implementation of shared decision making

Prompt identification and addressing of medicines related issues

Compliance with relevant medicines legislation

Delivery of antimicrobial stewardship

Quality improvement including medicines-related digital andoperational transformation.

Contribute to thedelivery of Network Contract DES, quality and outcomes framework andenhanced services.

Develop own knowledgeand skills with a particular focus on primary care through continuousprofessional development activity.

Be an active memberof the practice team by the attendance and presentation at staff meetings,training sessions, external courses, reflective practice, and clinicalsupervision.

Clinical governance

Developand co-ordinate the implementation of relevant clinical audits within the PCNto support improvements in care.

Participate in and promote therecording and discussion of significant learning events.

Support with the cascade of AdverseDrug Reactions (ADR) to the MHRA and ensure that any drug recalls /alerts are actioned within the PCN.

Equality anddiversity

Support a culture that promotes equality and values diversity.

Support the creation of services that meets the needs of all peopleand communities avoiding unlawful discriminatory behaviour and actions.

Care Quality Commission

To work with general practice team to ensure thatpractices are compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved.

To be professionally and legally responsible andaccountable for all aspects of own work (including non-medical prescribing);maintaining own continuous personal development and professionalaccreditation as required by the General Pharmaceutical Council.

To work unsupervised and to use own initiative withinprofessional boundaries, for example to initiate, manage and record ownmeetings as necessary.

Plan and prioritise own workload to ensure an equitableservice across all practices and delivery of workplans within the PCN.

Confidentiality

To respect patient confidentiality at alltimes and not divulge patient information unless sanctioned by therequirements of the role.

SpecialWorking Conditions

The post-holder is required to travel independently between practicesites (where applicable), and to attend meetings etc hosted by otheragencies.

The post-holder may have contact with body fluids ie, wound exudates;urine etc while in clinical practice.

Health and Safety/Risk Management

Thepost-holder must comply at all times with the Practices Health and Safetypolicies, in particular by following agreed safe working procedures andreporting incidents using the organisations Incident Reporting System.

Thepost-holder will comply with the Data Protection Act (1984) and the Access toHealth Records Act (1990).

This role profilesummarises the main responsibilities and requirements of the role only. The post holder will carry out any otherduties as may reasonably be required by their line manager in line with thegrade / band of the post.

Job DescriptionAgreement

This job description is intended to provide an outline of the key tasksand responsibilities only. There may beother duties required of the post-holder commensurate with the position. This description will be open to regularreview and may be amended to take into account development within thePractice. All members of staff should beprepared to take on additional duties or relinquish existing duties in order tomaintain the efficient running of the Practice.

Additionalresponsibilities

To maintain the confidentiality of anyinformation which comes into your possession regarding patients, employees,services or any other business relating to the organisation.

To undertake any additional dutiescommensurate with the post and grade, as may be required from time to time, asdirected by your line manager.

Person Specification

Professional Registration

• Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Membership of the Primary Care Pharmacy Association
• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Skills & Knowledge

• In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare
• An understanding of the role of the clinical pharmacist within a primary care network.
• Understanding of the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on communities
• An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
• Knowledge of IT systems, including ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet to communicate and create plans and reports
• Able to plan, manage, monitor and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions
• Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
• Able to gain acceptance for recommendations and influence/motivate/persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations/agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers
• Understand the principles of research governance
• Knowledge and ability to use GP clinical systems

Experience

• Significant post qualifying experience as a pharmacist
• Minimum 2 years' experience of working as a pharmacist within primary care (GP Practice)

Personal Qualities & Attributes

• Commitment to reducing health inequalities and proactively working to reach people from all communities
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of colleagues from the NHS and other organisations and with patients using appropriate media including good written, and oral communication skills
• Ability to identify and manage risk when working with individuals
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision
• Ability to provide leadership and finish work tasks
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships and to promote collaborative practice with all colleagues
• Demonstrates personal accountability, emotional resilience and works well under pressure
• Ability to organise, plan and prioritise on own initiative, including when under pressure and meeting deadlines
• Can work flexibly and enthusiastically within a team
• Knowledge of and ability to work to policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding lone working information governance, and health and safety

Other

• Meets DBS reference standards and has a clear criminal record, in line with the law on spent convictions
• Self-motivated
• Ongoing up to date safeguarding and other mandatory training
• Immunisation status
• Access to own transport or ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis, including to visit people in their own homes
• Ability to work in different locations and help to provide cover for absent colleagues, and to take part in an extended working day in line with other general practice colleagues

Qualifications & Training

• Completion of an undergraduate degree in pharmacy
• Demonstrates understanding of and conforms to, relevant standards of practice
• Follows professional and organisational policies/procedures relating to performance management
• Holding an independent prescribing qualification
• Clinical Diploma or significant Clinical Experience

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.