General Practice Clinical Pharmacist

Integrated Care System; London; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

A London healthcare provider is seeking a qualified pharmacist to implement effective medicine management and participate in the delivery of high-quality healthcare. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of experience, possess an independent prescriber qualification, and work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team. This role focuses on patient care in the community and aims to maximise the quality of medication management.

Qualifications

• Qualified pharmacist with minimum 5 years post-qualification experience.
• Experience working in General Practice and communities of Tower Hamlets.
• Independent prescriber.

Responsibilities

• Implement effective medicine management.
• Conduct medication reviews.
• Provide leadership to Medicine Optimisation Scheme.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Influencing skills

Negotiation skills

Problem-solving skills

Education

Masters degree in pharmacy - MPharm or equivalent

Completion of the CPPE Pathway to General Practice

Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Job description

You would be joining an existing team of Network ClinicalPharmacists, based in the heart of the East End at the Aberfeldy Practice.

The Practice's mission is to provide accessible,compassionate, and high-quality healthcare to every patient they serve. Theyare committed to promoting health and well-being, preventing illness, anddelivering personalised care that meets the diverse needs of the community.

As part of the pharmacy team you will be responsible forimplementing effective medicine management through the identification of areasof improvement and innovation. We see these roles as instigators of a dynamicmedicines management approach, including delivery of training and advice andexpertise to other Primary Care colleagues, thus helping to maximisecost-effective prescribing, whilst improving the quality of patient care.

If you are qualified,experienced and ready for a new challenge then come and work with us in NHSTower Hamlets!

Main duties of the job

Successful candidate will:

Be a qualified pharmacist (ideally having completed CPPE pathway and an Independent Prescriber course)

Have a passion for providing high quality care

Work within the local community and adopt an integrated multidisciplinary approach to service delivery

Medication reviews

Interested in supporting long-term condition reviews for patients

Audits

Give leadership to the Medicine Optimisation Scheme and PCN initiatives

Review hospital discharge summary and add, amend and remove medication as necessary

Review CAS alerts and ensure compliance for CQC

Attend practice meetings, MDTs, PLTs as necessary

A minimum of 5 years post-qualification experience is desirable!

About us

WHO WE ARE

The Poplar and Limehouse Health and Wellbeing Network CIC is a partnership of 4 local general practices, community care teams, and local third-sector providers

Network Ambition

Our goal is to lead the way in creating a strong partnership between healthcare, social care services & community services in the Poplar and Limehouse area in order to:

Access and manage resources effectively

Create new and innovative ways to provide and deliver services that can reduce health inequalities

Make sure that patients and the public have better experiences with our services

We aim to enable patients to have independence, choice and control over their health care and provide integrated care at their first point of contact.

We work together in a collaborative model, with our four GP Practices to maximise the benefits to our patients and our community while preserving the integrity of each individual Practice.

The Aberfeldy Practice is a founder member of the Poplar & Limehouse Health & Wellbeing Network CIC and serves over 13,000 patients. They recently relocated to a new healthcare facility and are confident that new and existing patients will benefit from improved and a wider range of services.

Job responsibilities

Overall purpose of the post

Responsible for working with and supporting the practice teams in providing and supporting high quality clinical care for acute and chronic problems. Implementing effective medicine management; identifying areas for improvement and initiating and managing change.

Key responsibilities of this Post

1. Be able to work flexibly and supportively in a general practice setting alongside other clinicians, particularly existing Clinical Pharmacist colleagues

2. Develop and manage a medicines management plan and deliver patient services as determined by practice policy and local and national guidance.

3. Help build the medicines management approach in designated practices across the Network, including delivery of training and advice and expertise to other Primary Care colleagues, to maximise cost-effective prescribing and improve the quality of patient care.

4. To identify, develop and promote quality improvements in medicines management and pharmaceutical understanding across community pharmacy & GP practices ensuring that best practice is adopted.

5. To develop and support new ways of working and workflow redesign linked to the safe, effective, high quality, use of medicines. by providing professional specialist medicines management

The Role

• Act as a contact for medicines related issues within practice and contribute pharmaceutical expertise to clinical decisions.
• To contribute to discharge advice, note reconciliation, medication reviews and reauthorisations.
• To contribute to the work of delivering high quality care and effective and efficient medicine management for patients with chronic diseases.
• To undertake risk assessment/management and ensure compliance with medicines legislation and bring to the attention to all prescribers within the practice any changes to prescribing laws/guidelines.
• Liaise with prescribing colleagues in primary and secondary care to ensure consistency with borough wide prescribing strategies.
• To ensure that prescriptions are up to date, revised and changed according to patient needs or changing condition, acting promptly on requests from outside agencies.
• To liaise with secondary care regarding any medication queries relating to patients and amend patient records accordingly inc. medication specification in hospital letters.
• To carry out medication reviews of patients on repeat medicines and amend prescriptions according to patient needs or changing conditions
• To be a first source of information for patients about medicines.
• To act on any drug alerts and amend medication accordingly in consultation with the patient.
• To ensure all practice staff have access to up-to-date medicines information providing regular updating on clinical pathways, new medicines and NICE recommendations and guidelines.
• To work with the CCG medicines management team to agree target areas for the practice and amend medication accordingly in consultation with patients.
• To promote and lead medicines management campaigns to reduce medicines waste.
• To carry out prescribing audits as required and liaise with colleagues at CCG.
• Attend and participate in any Practice meetings and Network MDTs.
• To maintain accurate computerised records.
• Communicating effectively with patients and carers and recognising their needs for alternative methods of communication.
• To undertake home visits when required.
• To undertake any other duties commensurate to the role, particularly supporting new ways of working inc. telephone triage.
• Attend all relevant and required training and comply with Network arrangements for continuing professional development

Person Specification

Knowledge

• *An appreciation of the nature of primary care knowledge of
• prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing.
• *Knowledge of the most up to clinical practice for the role

Experience

• An appreciation of the nature of general practice with
• 3 years experience of working in General Practice
• Experience of working within the communities of Tower Hamlets

Skills

• *Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
• *Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• *Able to demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients)
• *Able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions
• *Able to recognise priorities when problem solving and identify deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate
• *Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines

Qualifications

• Independent prescriber
• Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Completion of the CPPE Pathway to General Practice
• Masters degree in pharmacy - MPharm or equivalent

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.

£53,766 to £60,387 a yearPro-rata, includes high cost area supplements (HCAS)