Clinical Pharmacist

Derbyshire Dales Primary Care Network; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Supportive Practice Teams

SystmOne or EMIS familiarity

Office/clinical support

Job summary

Derbyshire Dales PCN is seeking an experienced Clinical Pharmacist to join on a part-time basis (24 hours per week) across Derbyshire Dales practices. The role offers rotation across stakeholder practices and a focus on structured medication reviews and medicines optimisation under senior guidance.

The successful candidate will have dispensary experience, be an experienced prescriber or training to become one, and work within a multi-disciplinary team to improve patient care and reduce

Qualifications

• Experience in dispensary is preferred.
• Eligible for Independent Prescriber status or working towards it.
• Willing to travel between practice sites in the Derbyshire Dales.
• Good communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to work as part of multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Work with a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role to manage chronic disease.
• Undertake structured medication reviews for polypharmacy in older patients.
• Support practice staff with prescriptions and medication queries.
• Support the repeat prescriptions system and handle acute requests.
• Lead medicines optimisation and contribute to QOF and enhanced services.
• Mentor Pharmacy Technicians and support education.
• Collaborate with DDPCN and wider healthcare teams to tackle health inequalities.

Skills

Dispensary experience

Prescriber (training/qualified)

Teamwork

Travel-ready

Education

Master's degree in Pharmacy

Independent Prescriber status

Full Driving Licence

Tools

SystmOne

EMIS

Microsoft Office

Job description

Derbyshire Dales PCN (DDPCN) is a forward-thinking primary carenetwork seeking to embrace the opportunity to work with an established ClinicalPharmacist who will be working in a rota basis for our stakeholder practices which are situated across the central and north Derbyshire Dales area.

This is a part-time role of 24 hours per week . The exact days and hours each week can be agreed with the successful candidate .

The successful candidate will work at and be under the direction of the practice teams who are looking toemploy an established Clinical Pharmacist preferably with experience of dispensary.

DDPCN is committedto supporting the successful candidate in their career in this particular general practicewhere you will have opportunities to enhance your skills in a primary caresetting which will include the support of our experienced Lead Pharmacist and wider Practiceclinical teams.

Main duties of the job

To work as part ofa multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role taking responsibility forareas of chronic disease management within the practice.

To undertakestructured medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy,especially for older people and those with multiple co-morbidities.

To provide supportto general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries.

To help support therepeat prescriptions system and deal with acute prescription requests.

To undertakemedicines reconciliation on transfer of care and contribute to the developmentof systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicinesadvice while addressing both public and social care needs of patient in the GPpractice(s).

To proactively workalongside the wider PCN, MSK and Mental Health multidisciplinary teams, onprojects such as tackling health inequalities, low prevalence for CVD and highlevels of opiates.

The role is pivotalto improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivationand passion to deliver excellent service within general practice.

About us

DDPCN is based in Tansley, Matlock and supports and works in partnership with all the GP Practicesin the Derbyshire Dales .

Whilst the PCN office is in the heart of the Derbyshire Dales, your day to day duties will be at the premises that are run by our stakeholder practices.

There is an excellent road infrastructure with access to the M1 Motorway, Sheffield, Derby, towards Manchester and Staffordshire are easily commutable.

• Supportive Practice Teams
• Supportive nursing, administrative and GP Partner teams
• Practices uses either TPP SystmOne or EMIS .

Job responsibilities

To work as part ofa multi-disciplinary practice team in a patient-facing role taking responsibility forareas of chronic disease management within the practice.

To undertakestructured medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy,especially for older people and those with multiple co-morbidities.

To provide supportto general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries.

As the Clinicalpharmacists you will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facingrole to clinically assess and treat patients using their expert knowledge ofmedicines

The ideal candidate will be an experienced prescriber, or will be completing training to become a prescriber, and willwork with and alongside the general practice team.

As the Clinical Pharmacists you will undertake medication reviews to proactively manage people with LTC, peoplein care homes, frailty, and people with learning disabilities or autism

ClinicalPharmacists will provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilsthelping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients atthe practice and to help in tackling inequalities.

Clinicalpharmacists will provide leadership on person centred medicines optimisation(including ensuring prescribers in the practice conserve antibiotics in linewith local antimicrobial stewardship guidance) and quality improvement, whilstcontributing to the QOF and both practice /PCN enhanced services.

Through structuredmedication reviews, clinical pharmacists will support patients to take theirmedications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care.

Clinicalpharmacists will have a leadership role in supporting further integration ofgeneral practice with the wider healthcare teams (including community andhospital pharmacy) to help improve patient outcomes, ensure better access tohealthcare and help manage general practice workload.

The role has thepotential to significantly improve quality of care and safety for patients.

The ClinicalPharmacist will develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacyprofessionals across DDPCN ,Derbushire Dales and the wider health care systems.

Clinicalpharmacists will take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared careprotocols, clinical research with medicines, liaison with specialistpharmacists (including mental health and reduction of inappropriateantipsychotic use in people with learning difficulties), liaison with communitypharmacists and anticoagulation.

Take part inClinical Audit and quality improvement to ensure prescribing is in line withlocal and national guidance, CQC requirements and up to date MHRA /CAS alerts.

Clinicalpharmacists as appropriate will support the Lead Clinical Pharmacist inmentoring providing training /support for the Pharmacy Technicians and PharmacyAdministrators

Support the widerclinical team with education and induction programmes for new clinical staff

Support the LeadClinical Pharmacist in ensuring appropriate representation at local ICBMedicine Management Team meetings and other PCN/practice meetings

To help support therepeat prescriptions system and deal with acute prescription requests.

To undertakemedicines reconciliation on transfer of care and contribute to the developmentof systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicinesadvice while addressing both public and social care needs of patient in the GPpractice(s).

To proactively workalongside the wider PCN, MSK and Mental Health multidisciplinary teams, onprojects such as tackling health inequalities, low prevalence for CVD and highlevels of opiates.

The role is pivotalto improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivationand passion to deliver excellent service within general practice.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in pharmacy
• Audit and Quality Improvement
• Proficient in use of Microsoft Office (including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams and Outlook
• Community or primary care / NHS experience.
• Full Drivers Licence and be able to travel independently to the two practice sites whenever required .
• Independent Prescriber (IP) or working towards qualification.
• Be willing to undertake IP course if required as part of role requirement .
• MDT Working.
• Experience of dispensary working /management
• Knowledge and experience of using SystmOne
• Developing pathways or processes
• Understanding of QOF, IIF and PCN DES processes
• MHRA and CAS alerts
• Understanding of Drug Monitoring and local relevant clinical and national guidance
• Training and Mentoring 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.