Clinical Pharmacist/Senior Clinical Pharmacist

North Eastern Derbyshire Healthcare Limited; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking an experienced pharmacist to join their team. Responsibilities include reviewing patients' medications, providing clinical leadership, and enhancing the quality of care in a primary care setting. The ideal candidate will have a Master’s in pharmacy, independent prescribing qualification, and substantial experience in primary care. Join a dynamic team focused on improving patient care and working collaboratively in a friendly environment.

Benefits

NHS pension

Qualifications

• Master's degree in pharmacy or equivalent.
• Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience.
• Experience of working in Primary Care or a GP Practice.

Responsibilities

• Review patients with single or multiple medical problems.
• Provide clinical leadership to improve systems, quality, and safety.
• Support repeat prescriptions system in practices.

Skills

Understanding of local and national medicines guidelines

Excellent written and verbal communication

Demonstrates chronic disease management

Ability to work under pressure

Knowledge of pharmacy law and ethics

Education

Master's degree in pharmacy (MPharm)

Independent prescribing qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Clinical data systems

Job description

Are you apharmacist eager to take on a new challenge that expands your clinicalexpertise and supports the delivery of outstanding patient care? We are lookingfor an enthusiastic, forward-thinking, motivated pharmacist committed toapplying their pharmaceutical knowledge and skills to improve patient care inGeneral Practice.

This is aunique opportunity to join our expanding Pharmacy team to serve the populationat South Hardwick Primary Care Network.

You will bepart of a dynamic team, committed to develop the role of a clinical pharmacistin an expanding field of General Practice to its maximum potential to deliverperson-centred, coordinated care across the health system.

This post wouldrequire both, to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facingrole, but also individual clinical decision making around your caseload ofpatients.

Main duties of the job

Theobjective of the Pharmacist is to contribute to highquality, personcentred care across South HardwickPrimary Care Network by delivering expert clinical pharmacy services withinGeneral Practice.

Thepost holder will work within their clinical competencies, to strengthenmultidisciplinary working through patientfacingclinical decisionmaking,comprehensive medication reviews, and support for chronic disease management,polypharmacy, and PCN contractual priorities.

Thepost holder will enhance medicines optimisation, respond to prescription andmedication queries, and provide clinical leadership to improve systems,quality, and safety across practices.

About us

South Hardwick PCN is a group of 8 forward thinking and progressive practices (population 69,372) who have developed a friendly and effective working relationship with one another. We are committed to working collaboratively to improve outcomes for patients and sustaining General Practice.

South Hardwick is a mix of former mining communities, suburbs, and rural communities to the south of Chesterfield. Your employer would be North Eastern Derbyshire Healthcare Ltd, and you would be entitled to NHS pension.

We have a well-established Pharmacy team of six Clinical Pharmacists and seven Pharmacy Technicians.

Job responsibilities

Reviewpatients with single or multiple medical problems integrating into existingGeneral practices teams long term conditions clinics (e.g. Hypertension,Diabetes, Heart disease, Asthma.).

Reviewmedications for these patients assessing on-going need for each medicine, areview of monitoring needs and to support patients ensuring they get the bestuse of their medicines (i.e. medicines optimisation)

Undertakeclinical medication reviews of specific groups of patients identified aspriority, such as, medications more likely to cause harm, severe frailty,potentially addictive medications, Atrial Fibrillation anticoagulationreviews, gastroprotection reviews and others identified by the practice aspriority.

Domiciliarymedication reviews(houseboundor care home residents)

Undertakeclinical medication reviews with these patients, liaison with the Communitysupport teams if necessary

Patientfacing /telephone medicines support

Providepatients advise with questions, queries, and concerns about their medicinesin the practice.

Medicineinformation to practice staff and patients

Answersrelevant medicine-relatedenquiries from GPs, other practice staff, other healthcare teams (e.g.community pharmacy). Suggesting and recommending solutions. Providing followup for patients to monitor the effect of any changes

Un-plannedhospital admissions

Review theuse of medicines most commonly associated with unplanned hospital admissionsand readmissions through audit and individual patient reviews. Put in placechanges to reduce the prescribing of these medicines to high risk patient groups.

Signposting

Ensure thatpatients are referred to the appropriate healthcare professional for theappropriate level of care within an appropriate period of time e.g. pathologyresults, common/minor ailments, acute conditions, long term condition reviewsetc

Clinicalsupervision and support

To Pharmacytechnicians and Foundation pharmacists within the team

Repeatprescribing

Support therepeat prescriptions system in practices, reviewing medicines reaching reviewdates and flagging up those needing a blood test or a review. Ensure patientshave appropriate monitoring tests in place when required.

Riskstratification

Identificationof practice and PCN priorities through data analysing and prioritise patientsto review.

To usemedicines data to highlight issues and risks to support decision-making

Servicedevelopment

Contributewith pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of newservices that have medicinal components (e.g. advice on treatment pathwaysand patient information leaflets).

MedicinesQuality Improvement

Undertakeclinical audits of prescribing in areas directed by the GPs, feedback theresults and implement changes in conjunction with the practice team

Support andhelp the technical team implement changes to medicines that result from MHRAalerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance.

Educationand Training

Provideeducation and training to peers and other primary healthcare team ontherapeutics and medicines optimisation.

CareQuality Commission

Work withthe general practice team to ensure the practice is compliant with CQCstandards where medicines are involved.

PublicHealth

To supportpublic health campaigns.

To provide specialist knowledge on all public healthprogrammes available to the general public.

Person Specification

Skills and Knowledge

• Understanding of local and national medicines guidelines.
• Demonstrates the delivery of chronic disease management, structured medication reviews that include proactively managing patients with complex polypharmacy.
• Thorough understanding of GDPR
• Understands the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on communities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills which resonate with range of different stakeholders.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients, other clinicians.)
• Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions.
• Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to senior clinicians when appropriate
• Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines.
• Patient-centred with care and compassion
• Work effectively independently and as a team member
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and Clinical data systems
• Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision
• Demonstrate ability to work in a busy environment; ability to deal with both urgent and important tasks and to prioritise effectively whilst also supporting others
• Knowledge and understanding of pharmacy law and ethics and current legislation.
• An understanding of the PCN DES and the NHS long term plan.
• Experience in measuring and understanding KPI's
• Experience of using System One

Qualifications

• Master's degree in pharmacy (MPharm) Degree or equivalent
• Independent prescribing qualification or working towards/intent of gaining independent prescribing qualification
• Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council ( GPhC)
• CPPE Pathway completion or equivalent
• Specialist knowledge acquired through postgraduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience
• Primary Care Pharmacist Association (PCPA) member

Other

• Self-aware, self- motivated, articulate, and decisive
• Respectful, positive, and optimistic
• Adaptable
• Reliable and trustworthy
• Ability to use initiative and judgement

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience.
• In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence - based healthcare of common acute and long-terms conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice.
• An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
• Ability to integrate general practice with community and hospital pharmacy teams community groups.
• Experience of working in Primary Care or a GP Practice

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.