Senior Clinical Pharmacist (Advanced Practitioner)

Integrated Care System; Bristol; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist to contribute to the Connexus Primary Care Network. You'll enhance clinical pharmacy services, lead a team, and manage patient care, supporting the health needs of over 50,000 patients.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus statutory holidays

Opportunity to join the NHS Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Hold an independent prescribing qualification.
• At least 2 years of experience post-qualification.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance clinical pharmacy services for the PCN.
• Provide clinical leadership and mentoring to pharmacy staff.
• Conduct medication reviews and manage chronic disease care.

Skills

Clinical supervision

Medication review

Patient management

Education

Independent prescribing qualification

Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

2 years post-qualification experience

Job description

Senior Clinical Pharmacist (Advanced Practitioner)

• This is an exciting new opportunity for an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist (ACP) to develop their career in a primary care setting. Connexus Primary Care Network supports over 50,000 patients registered with five GP Practices in South-East Bristol.

Main duties of the job

To further develop and enhance the clinical pharmacy service to the patients of the Connexus Primary Care Network (PCN). To provide clinical leadership, supervision, and mentoring to Clinical Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, and Clerks working for the PCN. To provide general management (clinical and non-clinical) of the PCN Pharmacy Hub located at Brooklea Health Centre.

About us

Connexus Primary Care Network comprises five General Practices serving over 50,000 patients in South East Bristol. The PCN currently employs Clinical Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, and Pharmacy Clerks, who work closely with Practice-employed Pharmacists, GPs, and medicines management leads to ensure the provision of high-quality clinical services.

We offer a competitive salary, 25 days annual leave plus statutory holidays, and the opportunity to join the NHS Pension Scheme.

Job responsibilities

Support the PCN and Practices to achieve maximum performance through the Investment and Impact Fund (or equivalent) and QOF, including ensuring good working relationships with Community Pharmacy, and supporting Practices to achieve targets for prescribing practice.

Provide high-quality patient-facing services, including cover for the members of the pharmacy team during annual leave, study leave, or planned sick leave:

o Long-term condition reviews - Take responsibility for the care management of patients with chronic diseases where medicine optimisation is required, e.g., COPD, asthma.

o Patient-facing clinical medication reviews - Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and make appropriate recommendations for the clinical team on prescribing and monitoring. Through structured medical reviews, support patients to take their medications effectively, reduce waste, and promote self-care.

o Opportunity to develop specialist areas of prescribing expertise in line with PCN clinical priorities.

Ensure systems are in place for effective care home medication reviews, support the Pharmacy Team to undertake clinical medication reviews with patients, and work with care home staff to improve the safety of medicines ordering and administration.

Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines while addressing both public health and social care needs to proactively tackle inequalities in health resource usage and outcomes in the Connexus PCN area.

Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical research with medicines, and liaison with specialist and community pharmacists.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills

• Demonstrate understanding of the pharmacy role in governance and the ability to implement this appropriately within the workplace.
• Contribute to the PCN vision for improved services and effective resource management in primary care.
• Ability to improve quality within service limitations.
• Motivate self and others to achieve goals.
• Understand national priorities' implications for the team and service.
• Understand effective resource utilization processes.
• Identify and resolve risk management issues according to policy/protocol.
• Follow professional and organizational policies/procedures relating to performance management.
• Extend boundaries of service delivery within the team.
• Experience providing clinical supervision to pharmacy colleagues.
• Experience delivering educational events for a clinical audience.
• Critically evaluate and review literature.
• Generate evidence suitable for presentation at the local level.
• Understand principles of research governance and work as part of a research team.
• Be aware of health inequalities in the Connexus area and the primary care role in addressing them.
• Understand data protection, information governance, and confidentiality requirements in primary care.

Other

• Flexibility to work occasional evenings or Saturdays as required.
• Ability to travel between the five member Practices.

Qualifications

• Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Hold an independent prescribing qualification.
• Minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience.

Experience

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, requiring a Disclosure and Barring Service check for any previous convictions.

Salary range: £50,000 - £60,000 depending on experience (Pro Rata).