Primary Care Network Pharmacist Band 7/8a WISE3 (NHS AfC: Band 8a) - Pharmacy - Ashford and St.[...]

Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Woking; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Woking is seeking a Primary Care Network Pharmacist to enhance patient care in a dynamic environment. The role involves managing chronic diseases, optimizing medication use, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to improve patient outcomes. Ideal candidates will have a strong clinical background and a passion for patient-centered care. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a progressive healthcare setting while developing your career.

Qualifications

• Experience in primary care setting.
• GPhC registration required.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of medicines related QoF and CQC indicators.
• Promote cost effective and evidence-based prescribing.
• Manage chronic diseases and improve patient outcomes.

Skills

Communication

Clinical Skills

Patient Care

Education

M Pharm degree or equivalent

Post graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy

Tools

EMIS

Job description

Employer Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site WISE 3 Primary Care Network - Heathcot Medical Practice Town Woking Salary £48,270 - £62,626 Band 8a OR Band 7 to 8a progression (pa inc. HCAS) Salary period Yearly Closing 26/05/2025 23:59

Primary Care Network Pharmacist Band 7/8a WISE3

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Job overview

Are you proactive with good clinical skills and enjoy working in an exciting, developing environment? Are you interested in managing chronic diseases and following the patient journey from hospital to home? If so, talk to us.

We are looking to recruit a clinical pharmacist interested in developing their career in primary care, improving patient outcomes, reducing prescribing variation and ensuring patient safety. With the increasing burden of polypharmacy and complex co-morbidities, we are looking for a pharmacist with a keen understanding of balancing risks and benefits in relation to medicines and patient circumstances.

The position involves working 4 days within WISE 3 PCN; at Heathcot Medical Centre in Woking and one day at St. Peter's Hospital.

You will be motivated, and passionate about patient care with excellent communication skills to work with a multi-disciplinary team across the locality to optimise medications with a patient-centred approach. This cross-sector roll allows the post holder to understand and develop services in both primary and secondary care, to enhance patient experience and cross-sector collaboration. It will involve undertaking work to help prevent hospital admissions and improve medicines use across the interface.

This pharmacist post is a great opportunity for pharmacists wishing to develop their career. You will ideally be a prescriber with experience of working within hospital or primary care.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for:

• Support delivery of medicines related QoF and CQC indicators, local prescribing incentive scheme and medicines safety agenda
• Support the practice with chronic disease management and day-to-day medicines related queries
• Promoting cost effective and evidence based prescribing, following national and local guidelines.
• Supporting the delivery of the pharmacy and medicines optimisation elements of the network service specifications within the Network Contract DES with a particular focus on the structured medications review and optimisation specification and the enhanced health in care homes specification.
• Support medicines optimisation across the interface and within the PCN
• Improve medicines safety and patient outcomes relating to medicines.
• Support in the management of chronic diseases, antimicrobial stewardship and polypharmacy
• Promote cross-sector collaboration and support with relevant interface projects
• Review and support the development of relevant policies and procedures
• To support the networking, education and development of trainee and foundation pharmacist

· Undertaking further education required for the role including CPPE Primary Care Pathway and Independent prescribing.

t The position is current based at Heathcot Medical Centre for 4 days and 1 day at St. Peter’s Hospital. WISE 3 PCN includes 3 GP practices each with multiple sites, the post holder may have to work across these site should the need arise.

Working for our organisation

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

This is an exciting time to join our Trust, as we work on the expansion of our theatres at Ashford Hospital and move towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures; with care delivered by dedicated, specialist teams in a modern and well-equipped environment.

We hope to use this centre to create an environment of learning and to facilitate training of the next generation of our skilled NHS workforce. Our plans are ambitious - why not, come and be a part of our journey.

Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1.MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE POST:

• Support the delivery of the medicines related QoF and CQC indicators, local prescribing incentive scheme and medicines safety agenda
• Support the practice with chronic disease management and day-to-day medicines related queries
• Promoting cost effective and evidence-based prescribing, following national and local prescribing and safety guidelines.
• Supporting the delivery of the pharmacy and medicines optimisation elements of the network service specifications within the Network Contract DES with a particular focus on the structured medications review and optimisation specification and the enhanced health in care homes specification.
• Improve use of medicines across the system, this may include but not be limited to:
  • Inappropriate use of antibiotics
  • Polypharmacy
  • Medicines optimisation in chronic diseases such as Asthma / COPD and cardiovascular disease
  • Medicines at risk of misuse
  • Care Home residents
  • Management of medicines after discharge from hospital, reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into care homes, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes and manages these changes without referral to a GP
  • Medicines Safety
  • Reducing waste and sustainability
  • Cost effective and evidence base prescribing.
• Support medicines optimisation across the interface and within the PCN
• To participate in specified interface project/audits, according to need that supports medicines optimisation activities
• Promote cross-sector collaboration and support with medicines related interface projects
• Review and support the development of relevant policies and procedures
• Management of medicines after discharge from hospital, reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into care homes, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes and manages these changes
• Work in partnership with secondary care colleagues to proactively manage patients at high risk of medicine related problems.
• Review the use of medicines most commonly associated with unplanned hospital admissions and readmissions through audit and individualised patient reviews.
• Put in place changes to reduce the prescribing of these medicines to high risk patient groups.
• To support the networking, education and development of trainee and foundation pharmacist / technicians
• Work in partnership with secondary care colleagues to proactively manage patients at high risk of medicine related problems before discharge to ensure continuity of care.
• Collaborate with pharmacy colleagues across the different sectors to ensure medicines optimisation across the interface.
• Supporting further integration of general practice with the wide healthcare teams (including community and hospital pharmacy) to help improve patient outcomes
• Manage the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical research with medicines and, liaison with specialist pharmacists.

· Undertaking further education required for the role including CPPE Primary Care Pathway and Independent prescribing.

• To maintain registration, as a pharmacist, with the General Pharmaceutical Council, and to act in accordance with the code of ethics.
• The post holder agrees to participate in Continuing Professional Development (CPD) including further training and learning in order to develop the knowledge, understanding, skills, attitudes and values to become competent in the duties described. To undertake peer review and competency-based assessment to ensure required standards of service are maintained.
• Be involved in clinical pharmacy training/teaching to pre-registration pharmacists, technicians, ATOs and junior pharmacists.
• Provide pharmaceutical education and training to other healthcare staff in all areas to which you have a responsibility.
• To follow all Health and Safety standards in compliance with Trust and PCN policies and procedures. This includes:
• Report all accidents, incidents and near misses
• Dealing with hazardous chemicals (including cytotoxic drugs) used in the department, following COSHH regulations.
• Develop, review and follow all standard operating procedures (SOPs) accurately.
• Maintain accurate manual and computer records.
• Ensure professional and legal standards are adhered t

Other:

All Pharmacy staff will maintain confidentiality with regard to any information about patients, confidential information about the Trust and commercial information (for example, contract prices for drugs)

It is the responsibility of every employee to take reasonable care of their own health and safety and the health and safety of anyone else who may be affected by what they do.

This job description is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of the Trust and in consultation with the post-holder.

Your hours are based on a whole time week of 37.5 hours. Hours are calculated excluding meal breaks and are to be worked in accordance with the needs of the service and as agreed with your manager. The Trust operates a 24 hour 365 day per year service. The way in which the contracted hours are worked may change in accordance with the needs of the service, following consultation

General responsibilities

• To support the department and organisation by carrying out any other duties that reasonably fit within the broad scope of a job of this grade and type of work.

Person specification

Qualifications

• M Pharm degree or equivalent
• Post graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent experience
• GPhC registration

Experience

• Working in primary care setting
• Experience in use EMIS computer software system

Knowledge

• Knowledge of treating and managing chronic diseases in primary care
• Knowledge of the medicines related CQC domains for general practice

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.