PCN Pharmacist

Lincolnshire Co-op; Wollaton; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Lincolnshire Co-op is seeking a PCN Pharmacist to enhance medicines optimisation and support prescribing safety within a Primary Care Network.

You will work with GPs and community pharmacists to improve patient outcomes and drive improved care across local communities. This role offers opportunities to develop clinical expertise and leadership in medicines management.

Qualifications

• GPhC registration and eligibility to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Provide medicines optimisation support within GP practices and primary care networks.
• Carry out medication reviews and advise on prescribing and monitoring needs.
• Collaborate with GPs, community pharmacy teams and other healthcare professionals.

Skills

Pharmacy practice

Education

GPhC-registered pharmacist

Job description

What if your next role gave you the opportunity to make a real difference to people's health every day?

At Lincolnshire Co-op, our pharmacies are trusted healthcare destinations, providing expert advice, clinical care and support to local communities.

As a PCN Pharmacist, you'll work within an evolving Primary Care Network, supporting medicines optimisation, improving prescribing safety and helping deliver joined-up care across General Practice and Community Pharmacy.

Develop your clinical practice and make a difference

No two days are the same. You could be carrying out structured medication reviews for patients with long-term conditions, responding to prescribing queries, supporting clinical audits or working with GP practice teams to improve the safe and effective use of medicines.

You'll use your clinical knowledge and professional judgement to provide personalised, patient-centred care, helping people get the best possible outcomes from their medicines.

Working alongside GPs, community pharmacists and other healthcare professionals, you'll build valuable relationships, broaden your clinical experience and contribute to improving healthcare across our communities.

This is an opportunity to develop your expertise, grow your confidence and play an important role in shaping the future of primary care.

Main duties of the job

Support better outcomes through medicines optimisation

Behind every prescription is a person who needs the rightsupport.

Your work will combine patient-facing care, medicinesoptimisation and professional collaboration. As a PCN Pharmacist, you'll:

• - Prioritise patient care by supporting patients with one ormultiple medical conditions where medicines optimisation is required
• - Undertake clinical medication reviews, review monitoring needs and producerecommendations for senior clinical pharmacists, nurses and/or GPs onprescribing and ongoing care
• - Work closely with GPs, community pharmacy teams and other healthcareprofessionals, answering medicines-related queries and supporting safe,effective prescribing
• - Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in areas directed by GPs, feedingback results and implementing changes with the practice team
• - Manage the repeat prescribing re-authorisation process by reviewing patientrequests, monitoring review dates and flagging those needing further clinicalreview
• - Support signposting and referrals to community pharmacy and other healthcareprofessionals where appropriate
• - Help practices achieve Quality and Outcomes Framework indicators and supportthe development of services with medicinal components
• - Use the Electronic Prescription Service tracker correctly to support claimsand manage processes effectively
• - Train and support primary healthcare teams on therapeutics and medicinesoptimisation

About us

From a single store in 1861, Lincolnshire Co-op has grown to be one of the most successful co-operatives in the UK. Were proud to be able to offer a wide range of services from across our family of businesses. From Food Stores and Pharmacies to Post Offices and Support Services, were a growing society made up of over 220 outlets and nearly 3,000 colleagues.

We're owned by our members, the people of Lincolnshire and surrounding counties, and have been for more than 160 years! Communities are at the heart of everything we do and motivates us to deliver more than great customer service. We support them by sharing dividend with our members, investing in new and improved services, raising money for charity through our Community Champion scheme, supporting local schools and so much more! Find out more about us, our purpose and wonderful colleagues here.

We work together as a Society and are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is barrier free and as inclusive as possible for everyone. If you need any adjustments, would like us to do anything differently during the interview or would like to get in touch with us about anything else, please contact our Recruitment team on [phone], or alternatively you can email [e-mail].

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose -

• Providing support to general practicecolleagues with regards to prescription and medication queries.
• Prescribingto patients, providing advice on appropriate dosing and routes ofadministration, addressing both public and social care needs of patients in theGP practice.
• Providingclinical leadership on medicines optimisation, quality improvement and managesome aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.
• Ensuring that the practice integrates with communityand hospital pharmacy to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes,ensure better access to healthcare and help manage workload.

Your duties and responsibilities -

• Seeing (where appropriate) patients withsingle or multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation is required(e.g. hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia, asthma/COPD etc.)
• Reviewingthe on-going need for each medicine, a review of monitoring needs and anopportunity to support patients with their medicines ensuring they are gettingbest use from their prescriptions
• Undertakingclinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for the SeniorClinical Pharmacist, nurses and/or GP on prescribing and monitoring.
• Signpostingand referral of patients to community pharmacy and referral to other healthcareprofessionals where appropriate
• Supportingthe planning and organisation of cross sector hypertension case findingclinics.
• Answeringrelevant medicinerelated enquiries from GPs, otherpractice colleagues, other healthcare teams (e.g. community pharmacy) andpatients with queries about medicines
• Providingspecialist knowledge on all public health programmes available to the generalpublic.
• Managingthe repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing patient requestsfor repeat prescriptions and reviewing medicines reaching review dates andflagging up those needing a review.
• Providingpharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new servicesthat have medicinal components (e.g. advice on treatment pathways and patientinformation leaflets)
• Undertakingclinical audits of prescribing in areas directed by the GPs, feeding back theresults and implementing changes in conjunction with the practice team.
• Providingeducation and training to primary healthcare team on therapeutics and medicinesoptimisation.
• Providinglongitudinal care by maintaining accurate documentation. Ensuring interventionsare coded appropriately.
• Supportingpractices to achieve the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) indicators.
• Checkingpatients' prescriptions for accuracy and safety, ensuring no drugs arecontraindicated with one another.
• Ensuringlegal compliance in the pharmacy, reviewing labels, doses and procedures asrequired.
• Organisingand directing workflow, verifying the preparation and labelling ofpharmaceuticals and verifying order entries, charges and inspections.
• Securinginventories-controlled drugs to maintain compliance with regulations.
• Communicatingeffectively with doctors about prescriptions.
• Offeringvarious wellness and health-screening services, such as blood-pressuremonitoring, flu and other vaccine administration, and diabetes screening.
• Ensuringthe correct usage of the Electronic Prescription Service tracker to processclaims and manage this process.
• Providing information to patients on how get themaximum benefit from the medicines they are prescribed.

Qualifications

• - Educated to degree level in a relevant qualification, registered with the GPhC and eligible to work in the UK.

Experience

• - Have experience and an awareness of common acute and long-term conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice.
• - Demonstrate understanding of the pharmacy role in governance and can implement this appropriately within the workplace.
• - Understands and demonstrates the characteristics of a role model to members in the team and/or service.
• - Committed to continual personal and professional development.
• - To understand customer needs and provide excellent customer care.
• - A flexible approach to ways of working.
• - A proven track record of utilising their own initiative and prioritising own time.
• - Excellent communication skills with a willingness to embrace new challenges and an ability to listen and engage effectively.
• - Promotes diversity and equality in people management techniques and leads by example.
• - Knowledge of Lincolnshire Co-op and of the Co-operative business model, demonstrating values that would support our Purpose.

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.