Clinical Pharmacist

NHS; Telford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks an enthusiastic Clinical Pharmacist to join their team in Telford. The role involves managing chronic diseases, conducting clinical medication reviews, and providing support to general practice staff. This position offers the opportunity to work within a multi-disciplinary team and contribute to patient care in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in chronic disease management.
• Ability to conduct clinical medication reviews.
• Recognizes roles of colleagues and communicates effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage chronic disease patients and optimize their medications.
• Conduct clinical medication reviews and provide recommendations.
• Support general practice staff with prescription queries.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Patient Care

Clinical Leadership

Job description

The postholder is a pharmacist who acts within their professional boundaries, supporting and working as part of a multi-disciplinary team in general practice. In this role, they will be supported by a more Senior Clinical Pharmacist who will develop, manage, and mentor them.

The postholder will take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the practice and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy.

The postholder will provide primary support to general practice staff regarding prescription and medication queries. They will help support the repeat prescription system, deal with acute prescription requests, and conduct medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of the patient in the GP practice(s).

The postholder will provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement, and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.

Main duties of the job

Primary Duties and Areas of Responsibility

Chronic Disease

See (where appropriate) patients with single or multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation is required (e.g., COPD, asthma).

Review the ongoing need for each medication, monitoring needs, and support patients with their medicines to ensure they get the best use of their medicines (i.e., medicines optimisation).

Make recommendations to GPs for medicine improvement where appropriate.

Ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required.

Clinical Medication Reviews

Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients, either in practice or over the telephone, and produce recommendations for nurses and/or GPs on prescribing and monitoring.

Conduct clinical medication reviews with patients residing in care homes and produce recommendations for nurses or GPs.

Work with care home staff to improve the safety of medicines ordering and administration.

Perform clinical medication reviews with patients in their own homes and produce prescribing and monitoring recommendations.

Management of Common/Minor/Self-limiting Ailments

Manage a caseload of patients with common, minor, or self-limiting ailments within scope of practice and competence limits.

About us

Teldoc Primary Care Network (PCN) covers a population of 60,000 patients within Telford & Wrekin, Shropshire. We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Clinical Pharmacist to join our team of existing Clinical Pharmacists in providing excellent patient care.

Job Responsibilities

An ability to embrace new ways of working, including telephone and video consultations alongside traditional face-to-face contacts, is essential.

Person Specification

Experience

• Recognises the roles of other colleagues within the organization and their contribution to patient care.
• Uses appropriate communication to gain the cooperation of relevant stakeholders (patients, colleagues, other professionals, NHS, private organizations).
• Works effectively as part of a team.
• Recognizes personal limitations and refers to more appropriate colleagues when necessary.
• Develops and maintains effective working relationships within and outside the practice and locality.
• Maintains strong links with all services across the locality.
• Liaises with CCG colleagues, including Pharmacists, on prescribing matters to ensure consistency of care.
• Understands and contributes to workplace governance and standards of practice.
• Engages with Patient Participation Groups (PPGs) and involves them in service development.
• Seeks to improve quality within service limitations.
• Reviews progress annually and develops plans to achieve priorities.
• Motivates self to achieve goals.
• Promotes diversity and equality in management and leadership.
• Understands national priorities' implications for the team and service.
• Manages resources effectively.
• Follows relevant standards, policies, and procedures.
• Identifies and resolves risk management issues according to policy and protocol.
• Supports performance management processes.
• Extends boundaries of service delivery within the team.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, requiring a Disclosure check for any criminal convictions.

Head of Clinical Workforce, Quality and Governance