Clinical Pharmacist in Fairford (Part Time - 3 month contract)

Hilary Cottage Surgery; Fairford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare practice in Fairford is seeking a part-time Clinical Pharmacist to provide expertise in clinical pharmacy and medication management. You will work alongside GPs and healthcare professionals, leading medication reviews to enhance patient care and ensure the safe use of medicines. The role requires a strong background in clinical pharmacy and the ability to work closely with patients to support their medication needs. This is a 3-month contract position.

Qualifications

• Must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Qualified independent prescribing or working towards it preferred.
• Experience in patient-facing roles within primary care is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical pharmacy expertise to the healthcare team.
• Conduct medication reviews via telephone and face-to-face.
• Manage medication for patients with chronic diseases.
• Perform clinical audits and implement improvements.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy expertise

Medication management

Telephone consultation skills

Auditing

Education

Bachelor of Pharmacy

Job description

Clinical Pharmacist in Fairford (Part Time - 3 month contract)

Hilary Cottage Surgery is nestled in the South Cotswolds. A small surgery with around 40 staff, this part time, temporary role is funded by our PCN.

If you want to work in a General Practice, where we enjoy what we do, work well together, and work hard for our patients - as well as having a nice drive through the countryside to get to work, Hilary Cottage Surgery is the place to be!

Your temporary role role here will be towork alongside the GPs and other healthcare professionals to provide expertise in clinicalpharmacy, medicines optimisation and safety which will include undertaking structured medicationreviews. You will provide leadership for medicines use toensure patients experience high quality patient care that will improve health outcomes andefficiency of the primary care team by providing direct, accessible and timelyexpertise including telephone contact with patients.

The main duties and responsibilities will include performing remote medication reviews, support management of patients withlong-term conditions, undertake medicines reconciliation, provide telephoneconsultations, repeat prescription standardisation, implementation andmanagement, drug monitoring management, and clinical audits.

Main duties of the job

Duties include:

Action medication adjustments following hospital discharge summaries and identifying and rectifying unexplainedchanges to ensure patients are supported and receive correctmedications and deal with any queries.

Manage medication reviews withpatients by telephone and make recommendations for prescribing and monitoring. Through structured medical reviews the postholder will support patients to take their medications to get the best fromthem, reduce waste and promote self-care. Medication reviews for patients whoare regular A+E, Urgent Care Centre or hospital attenders.

Carry out clinical audits to review patients onhigh-risk medications and monitor prescribing against local and nationalguidelines.

Make recommendations for medicine switches andsupport staff with medicine related queries.

Work with the prescribing lead to review repeatprescribing policy. Make necessary changes and interventions forre-authorisation of long-term medications.

Management of repeat prescribing and managementof patients with chronic diseases where medicine optimisation is required.

Promote and increase uptake and utilisation ofelectronic repeat Dispensing (eRD) and Electronic Prescribing (EPS) in linewith defined targets.

Assist the practice to achieve QOF and EnhancesService objectives/ targets.

Provide advice and support to patients in theuse of medicines.

About us

Our practice team are here to provide patients with a professional and caring healthcare experience. We run many clinics and offer a wide variety of other medical services such as antenatal and postnatal care, childhood vaccinations and minor surgery.

We are continually monitoring our standards of service and striving to improve them.

To find out more about the practice, the people, and the services we offer, please visit www.fairfordsurgery.co.uk

Job responsibilities

Job summary:

Towork alongside the GPs and other healthcare professionals to provide expertise in clinicalpharmacy, medicines optimisation and safety which will include undertaking structured medicationreviews. You will provide leadership for medicines use toensure patients experience high quality patient care that will improve health outcomes andefficiency of the primary care team by providing direct, accessible and timelyexpertise including telephone contact with patients.

The main duties and responsibilities will include performingface-to-face and remote medication reviews, support management of patients withlong-term conditions, undertake medicines reconciliation, provide telephoneconsultations, repeat prescription standardization, implementation andmanagement, drug monitoring management, and clinical audits.

Job Responsibilities:

Clinical Practice

Action medication adjustments following receiptof hospital discharge summaries and identifying and rectifying unexplainedchanges to ensure that patients are supported and receive the correctmedications and deal with any queries as they arise.

Undertake clinical medication reviews withpatients by telephone and make appropriate recommendations for the clinicalteam on prescribing and monitoring. Through structured medical reviews the postholder will support patients to take their medications to get the best fromthem, reduce waste and promote self-care. Medication reviews for patients whoare regular A+E, Urgent Care Centre or hospital attenders.

Carry out clinical audits to review patients onhigh-risk medications and monitor prescribing against local and nationalguidelines. Analyse and present results to highlight areas for improvement.

Make recommendations for medicine switches andsupport clinical & dispensary staff with medicine related queries.

Work with the prescribing lead to review repeatprescribing policy. Make necessary changes and interventions forre-authorisation of long-term medications.

Management of repeat prescribing and managementof patients with chronic diseases where medicine optimisation is required. E.g.,COPD, asthma, mental health and diabetes.

Promote and increase uptake and utilisation ofelectronic repeat Dispensing (eRD) and Electronic Prescribing (EPS) in linewith local & National targets.

Assist the practice to achieve QOF and EnhancesService objectives/ targets.

Provide advice and support to patients in theuse of medicines.

Knowledge, skills and experience required

Completion of an undergraduate degree inpharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.

Must be a qualified independent prescriber orworking towards

Have experience and an awareness of commonacute and long-term conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice.

Recognise priorities when problem solving andidentifies deviations from normal pattern and is able to refer as appropriate.

Able to follow legal, ethical, professional,and organisational policies and procedures and codes of conduct.

Involves patients in decisions about prescribedmedicines and supporting adherence as per NICE guidelines.

Administration and professionalresponsibilities

Lead on and develop elements of the clinicalpharmacy service to improve the patient experience.

Contribute proactively to ensure optimalmedicines usage by patients and healthcare professionals.

Contribute to ongoing development and serviceimprovements in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team.

Participate in the administrative andprofessional responsibilities of the Practice Team

Ensure accurate and legible notes are recordedin the patients computer record

Ensure accurate completion of all necessarydocumentation associated with patient care

Ensure collection and maintenance ofstatistical information required for regular and ad-hoc reports and audits

Attend and participate in Practice meetings asrequested

PCN objective such as IIF and practicepriorities such as QoF and CQC requirements

Delivering a quality service

• Recognise and work within own competence andprofessional code of conduct
• Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in amanner that maintains and promotes quality
• Deliver care according to NICE guidelines andevidence-based care
• Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self andpeer review, benchmarking, audit and formal evaluation
• Participate in the maintenance of quality governancesystems and processes
• Support and participate in shared learning across thepractice
• Understand and apply legal issues that support theidentification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, and be awareof statutory requirements

Alert other team members to issues of qualityand risk

Assess own performance and take accountabilityfor own actions, either directly or under supervision

Contribute to the effectiveness of the team byreflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improveand enhance the teams performance

Work effectively with individuals in otheragencies to meet patients needs

Effectively manage own time, workload andresources

Be punctual and professional in manner

Communication

Communicate effectively with patients andcarers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication toovercome different levels of understanding, cultural background, and preferredways of communicating

Anticipate barriers to communication and takeaction to improve communication

Maintain effective communication within thepractice and with external stakeholders

Personal/ProfessionalDevelopment

The post-holderwill participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as partof this employment, such training to include:

• Participation in an annualappraisal
• Taking responsibility for own development,learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to otherswho are undertaking similar work

Confidentiality

In the course of seeking treatment, patientsentrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation totheir health or other matters. They doso in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect theirprivacy and act appropriately

In the performance of the duties outlined inthe job description, the post holder may have access to confidentialinformation relating to patients and their carers, Practice staff, and otherhealthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to thePractice as a

business organisation. All such information from any source is to beregarded as strictly confidential

Information relating to patients, carers,colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Practice may onlybe divulged to authorized persons in accordance with the Practice policies andprocedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal andsensitive data

Any breach of confidentiality may result indisciplinary proceedings

Health & Safety

The post-holderwill assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safetyand security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:

• Usingpersonal security systems within the workplace according to Practiceguidelines
• Identifying the risks involved inwork activities and undertaking such activities in a way that managesthose risks
• Making effective use of training toupdate knowledge and skills
• Using appropriate infection controlprocedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free fromhazards
• Actively reporting of health and safetyhazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised
• Keeping own work areas andgeneral/patient areas generally clean, assisting in the maintenance ofgeneral standards of cleanliness consistent with the scope of the jobholders role
• Undertaking periodic infectioncontrol training (minimum annually)
• Demonstrate due regard for safeguardingand promoting the welfare of children

Safeguarding

You have aresponsibility to follow the principles of Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults andChildren in accordance with Practice policy.

Equality and Diversity

The post-holderwill support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers, andcolleagues.

Contribution to the Implementation ofServices:

The post-holderwill:

• Apply practice policies, standards and guidance
• Discuss with other members of the team how thepolicies, standards and guidelines will affect own work

Participatein audit. Undertake distribution of results of investigations, and workflowcorrespondence as appropriate, when required

General

To cooperate inall matters with the other members of the Practice Team with a view to ensuringa productive and happy atmosphere, greater job satisfaction for all concernedand, above all, ever-improving patient care.

This list isnot to be regarded as exclusive or exhaustive.There may be other duties and requirements associated with your post andyou will be expected to comply with any reasonable requests made by thePartners or the Practice Manager.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Pharmacy

Experience

• Previously worked in a patient facing role
• Previous experience of Primary Care

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.

Depending on experienceIndicative band: 7-8a