Clinical Pharmacist

NHS; Wigan; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a motivated Clinical Pharmacist to join the NHS team in Wigan. This role involves managing clinical medication, supporting acute conditions, and working within a multi-disciplinary team to enhance patient care. Candidates should possess a degree in pharmacy and be adaptable to the dynamic NHS environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in primary care is essential.
• Ability to manage and prioritize workload.
• Demonstrates understanding of pharmacy governance.

Responsibilities

• Manage clinical medication management and optimization.
• Conduct structured medication reviews for patients.
• Provide advice for GP management of complex patients.

Skills

Communication

Adaptability

Leadership

Education

Degree in pharmacy

Medical prescriber

CPPE-commissioned training pathway

Tools

I.T based patient documentation systems

Microsoft Office

EMIS

Job description

An exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic ClinicalPharmacist has arisen to join our team. The working hours for this position arefull time, flexible.

This position will support our clinical teams dealing with day-to-dayacute conditions alongside medication management including post dischargesynchronisation, medication reviews and repeat prescribing.

We are looking for an individual who has excellent communication skills andadaptability to the ever-changing NHS. We will provide a friendly andsupportive environment to work in alongside development and training. You will work alongside our existing clinical pharmacists supporting our practices with medicines management.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will manage and undertake the following duties:

- Clinical medication management and optimisation

- Acute and minor aliment clinics within the candidates competencyframework

- Deal with incoming hospital discharges and third-party letters

- Repeat prescribing

- Supporting with QOF work

- Medicine safety and quality audits

- Care Quality Commission work

- Contractual target-based work

- Deal with medicine related queries

The successful applicant willwork within their clinical competencies as part ofa multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in clinical medicinesmanagement, provide face to face and telephone structured medication reviews,manage long-term conditions, ensure systems for safe prescribing, addressingpublic health and social care needs of patients at the practice. Thepost-holder will perform review of patients with polypharmacy especially forolder people, people in residential care homes and those with multipleco-morbidities.

About us

As the biggest provider of GP services in the North West, we are proud to have 40+ surgeries all rated by the CQC as either Outstanding or Good.

SSP Health cares for over 220,000 patients. We pioneered federated practice almost 20 years ago, allowing us to innovate to both improve patient care and enhance the wellbeing of our GPs.

We have won many awards over the years, and recently won Clinical Improvement for Chronic Conditions GP Practice Award and were finalists at the HSJ Awards.

We have an excellent network of support available from our practices with opportunities for development available to those who are interested in progression

Job responsibilities

The post-holder will work within their clinical competencies as part ofa multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in clinical medicinesmanagement, provide face to face and telephone structured medication reviews,manage long-term conditions, ensure systems for safe prescribing, addressingpublic health and social care needs of patients at the practice. Thepost-holder will perform review of patients with polypharmacy especially forolder people, people in residential care homes and those with multipleco-morbidities.

This role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operationalefficiencies so requires motivation to deliver an excellent service withingeneral practice.

Provide proactive leadership on medicines and prescribing systems to themultidisciplinary team, patients and their carers.

Understand the pharmacy role in governance and be able to implement thisappropriately within the workplace

Maximise the use of technology and management systems to providemanagement of safety, risk and information

Focusing on prevention of illness and personalised care, and supportingpatients to make informed decisions about their care and look after their ownhealth, by connecting them with the full range of statutory and voluntaryservices

Deliver training and inform of prescribing updates, mentoring andguidance to other clinicians and staff on medicine issues

Support the practices in improving the health of their patients throughthe rational and safe use of medicines

Undertake responsibility for areas of QoF and Quality Contract andundertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients withcomplex polypharmacy

Co-ordinate and lead meetings ensuring key performance indicators areidentified and plans for achievement shared.

Work with the general practice team to ensure the practice is compliantwith CQC standards where medicines are involved

Provide advice for the GP management of more complex patients /polypharmacy patients

Report medicines related incidents, contribute to investigations androot cause analyses

Participate in serious incident investigations and multidisciplinarycase reviews

Computer data entry/data allocation and collation, processing andrecording information in accordance with practice procedures

Initiating contact with and responding to requests from patients, otherteam members and associated healthcare professionals and providers

Participate in the primary care network MDT liaising with keystake-holders to ensure consistency of patient care and benefit.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of working within primary care
• Ability to manage and prioritise workload
• Proven ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
• Demonstrates understanding of the implications of local and national priorities for the practice and its population
• Demonstrates understanding of the pharmacy role in governance and is able to implement this appropriately within the workplace
• Good communication and record keeping skills
• Experience in using I.T based patient documentation systems
• Able to professionally and appropriately challenge differing opinions as a patient advocate.
• Experience and awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-terms conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice
• Able to work autonomously, using own clinical judgment to form clinical plan
• Dispensing skills as per protocols and patient group directives
• Knowledge of medical model of documentation
• Able to give appropriate telephone advice
• Understanding of health education/promotion
• Experience of following referral pathways
• Experience of clinical audit and research projects
• Commitment to reducing health inequalities and proactively working with reach people from all communities

Qualifications

• Degree in pharmacy with post graduate experience in pharmacy
• Medical prescriber
• Have completed CPPE-commissioned training pathway
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Committee
• Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Experience of Microsoft Office applications
• Experience of EMIS
• Able to promote a learning environment

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.