Clinical Prescribing Pharmacist

NHS; Lewes; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a Clinical Prescribing Pharmacist to manage chronic diseases and optimize medication therapy. This role includes conducting clinical medication reviews, offering medicines advice, and supporting Pharmacy Technicians. The ideal candidate will be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and have experience in primary care. This position provides opportunities for professional development within a supportive multidisciplinary team.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Registered pharmacist with General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Experience in managing chronic disease areas and polypharmacy.
• Knowledge of public health and social care needs.

Responsibilities

• Conduct clinical medication reviews for chronic disease management.
• Provide expert clinical medicines advice to patients and staff.
• Manage long-term conditions through structured medicine reviews.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Effective communication

Problem-solving

Ability to work under pressure

Knowledge of primary care prescribing

Education

Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council

Post-graduate diploma level or equivalent training

Completion of Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

The postholder will be a Clinical Prescribing Pharmacist working within theirprofessional boundaries as part of a small, supportive, and multi-disciplinaryteam. This role involves both patient-facing and non-patient-facing functions.The post holder will be responsible for managing various areas of chronicdisease, including heart failure reviews, structured medication reviews (SMRs),hypertension management, lipid management, and other conditions based on theneeds of the practice.

The role alsoincludes conducting clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patientswith complex polypharmacy, ensuring optimal therapeutic outcomes. In addition,the post holder will help support the Pharmacy Technicians with clinicalqueries and will be required to make prescribing decisions for them whennecessary.

As part ofthe team's focus on safer prescribing practices, the post holder will offerexpert clinical medicines advice while addressing both public health and socialcare needs of patients.

The postholder will also be required to complete the Primary Care Pharmacy EducationPathway (PCPEP), if not already completed.

A dedicatedLead Partner provides clinical oversight, offering leadership, support, andopportunities for professional development in a positive learning environment.

Main duties of the job

See patients with single or multiple medicalproblems where medicine optimisation is required

Review the ongoing need for each medicine including SMRs

Following discharge from hospitals to ensurepatients receive the medicines they need post discharge

Reading and analysing clinic letters from specialists to implement treatment plans

Ensure patients have appropriatemonitoring tests in place when required

Support MOIS, LCS and AMS projects outlined annually by localICB

Working at a strategic level across Foundry to optimise QOF andpromote best practice and quality improvement

Identification of cohorts of patients at high risk ofharm from medicines

Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development andimplementation of new services that have medicinal components

Analyse, interpret and present medicines data tohighlight issues and risks to support decision making

Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in areasdirected by the PCN, feedback the results and implement changes

Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts

Implementation of Local and National Guidelines andFormulary Recommendations

Monitor practice prescribing against the local health policiesand guidance and make recommendations to GPs

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

About us

Foundry is an innovative single Practice PCNserving a population of circa 28,500 patients from 4 sites across the Lewes andRinger area of East Sussex. The Practicehas received national acclaim for its population health management approach andour aim is to continuously improve the experience of care and outcomes for ourlocal population.

Job responsibilities

Undertake clinics, diagnose and treatpatients (within scope). Also, deal with appropriate patient presentation. Thiswill includebeing responsible for managing various areas of chronic disease,including heart failure reviews, structured medication reviews (SMRs),hypertension management, lipid management, and other conditions based on theneeds of the practice.

Provide pharmaceutical input for chronicdisease management, ensuring to make every contact count public healtheducation interventions with patients. Follow up identified patient groups,targeting better patient adherence with treatment to improve outcomes.

Identify patients requiring a medicationreview and undertaking a medication review in order to optimise drug therapy,reduce polypharmacy and minimise unnecessary waste, communicating directly withpatients as necessary (where appropriate, within scope of practice).

Responsible for managing long-termconditions, through conducting structured Medicine Reviews and Chronic DiseaseManagement clinics (within scope)

Review and action incoming hospitalcorrespondence, particularly where medicine reconciliation or initiation isrequired and managing medicines from transfer of care. This will includeliaising with local pharmacies to improve patient outcomes.

Provide advice on queries from otherhealthcare professionals

Advising patients of the adverse side effectof medication and potential interaction with other medication/treatments.

Provide medicines and long term diseaseadvice and support to GP practice staff, practice registered patients, and thewider practice team (within scope)

To advise on risk management processesrelating to the prescribing and monitoring of specialist drugs e.g. controlleddrugs and those subject to shared care arrangements.

Provide advice and support to improve thedisease registers to ensure all suitable patients are identified and offeredsuitable treatment and monitoring for their condition (within scope)

Depending on the needs ofthe practice, help GPs by managing the repeat prescribing reauthorisationprocess by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions, issuingprescriptions and reviewing medicines reaching review dates and flagging upthose needing a review.

Ensure patients haveappropriate monitoring tests in place when required.

Facilitate and participate inmulti-disciplinary meetings related to prescribing topics and to engage in thetraining of other healthcare professionals and practice staff on mattersrelating to medicines usage.

Undertake clinical audits of prescribing indetermined areas, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunctionwith the relevant practice team.

To help with QOF, contributing to theachieving of Quality Outcome Frameworks objectives of Foundry Healthcare.

Prepare evidence-based resources andinformation to support the Clinical Pharmacy Team and all other relevant healthprofessionals in the implementation of rational cost-effective prescribing.

Support MOIS, LCS and AMS projects outlinedannually by local ICB, where appropriate.

Complete the Primary Care Pharmacy EducationPathway (PCPEP)

Person Specification

Experience

• Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
• Knowledge of GPs and general practice services
• Knowledge of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients)
• Ability to use work-based IT programs to deliver high quality care
• Ability to obtain and analyse complex technical information
• Able to prioritise when problem solving and identify deviations from the normal pattern
• Able to recognise limitations and refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate
• Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Produce timely and informative reports
• Work effectively independently and as a team member
• Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision
• Self-motivated
• Adaptable and flexible approach to delivering high quality patient care
• Current DBS
• Safeguarding adult and children level three
• Full immunisation status
• Professional indemnity insurance
• Renewal of yearly mandatory revalidation
• Basic life support training
• Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• A member of or working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Specialist knowledge acquired through post- graduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience
• PCPEP completed
• Experience of working in a GP practice or Primary Care Network
• In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidencebased healthcare
• Ability to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions
• Able to gain acceptance for recommendations and influence/motivate/persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations/agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers
• Experience of documenting patient care on SystmOne
• Information Governance toolkit completion

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.