PCN Clinical Pharmacist

Bosvena Health; Fowey; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Cornwall is seeking a Clinical Pharmacist to provide clinical leadership and medication management within a multidisciplinary team. The role involves conducting clinical medication reviews and supporting general practice staff. Applicants must have a pharmacy degree and be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council. Experience in primary care is preferred. This position aims to improve patient outcomes and access to healthcare.

Qualifications

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Desire to work within an MDT approach.
• Interest in long-term condition management and patient safety.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership within the PCN.
• Perform clinical medication reviews.
• Support general practice staff with clinical advice.
• Represent the PCN on medicines optimisation.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Medication management

Teamwork in MDT

Patient safety

Education

Undergraduate degree in pharmacy

Job description

Overview

This is an appointment for a Clinical Pharmacist to work within our well established PCN pharmacy team across the Network Area. The role will be based between the neighbourhoods, responding to the needs of the member practices. The post holder will be a pharmacist, who acts within their professional boundaries, providing clinical support within the PCN and working as part of multi-disciplinary teams in general practice. In this role they will receive appropriate clinical supervision. You will ensure that the practices integrate with community and hospital pharmacy to help utilise the skill mix within teams, improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage workload. Manage elements of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services such as Quality Improvement. Perform a patient facing role to include undertaking clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy in a variety of settings including the surgery, patient homes and residential care, and with a view to meeting the demands of new workstreams in primary care. Represent the PCN to strategic partners, as part of a team, on medicines optimisation and quality improvement. Provide primary support to general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice. Be supported to develop their role to become a non-medical prescriber if required.

Main duties of the job

• Medication reviews
• Working with Care homes
• Being part of a large MDT
• Working on patient safety and quality issues

About us

3 Harbours Bosvena is a PCN covering 43,500 patients based in central Cornwall. We have a well established PCN Pharmacy team who cover our 4 practices. We have a diverse population, with pockets of deprivation. We are always working on Health Inequality and Health Management projects and looking at new ways of working to innovate and improve care for our patients.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will:

• Be a pharmacist, who acts within their professional boundaries, providing clinical leadership within the PCN and working as part of multi-disciplinary teams in general practice. In this role they will receive appropriate clinical supervision.
• Ensure that the practices integrate with community and hospital pharmacy to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage workload.
• Manage elements of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services such as Quality Improvement.
• Perform a patient facing role to include undertaking clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy in a variety of settings including the surgery, patient homes and residential care, and with a view to meeting the demands of new workstreams in primary care.
• Represent the PCN to strategic partners on medicines optimisation and quality improvement.
• Provide primary support to general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice.
• Be supported to develop their role to become a non-medical prescriber if required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in pharmacy and be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Experience

• Have a desire to work within an MDT approach to provide excellent pharmacy advice and care for patients.
• Have an interest in long term condition management, patient safety and wish to support patients with medication management.
• Experience of working in primary care
• Experience of working in 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.