Clinical Pharmacist

as an integral part of the general practice team, working within professional

boundaries and alongside a well-established Clinical Pharmacist in Aintree

Park.

To be responsible for proactively managing

repeat prescribing, providing structured medication reviews, managing long term

conditions

Make decisions about the management

of medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing.

Improve

patient health outcomes by providing direct, accessible and timely medicines

and expertise including face to face contact with patients.

To contribute to improve health outcomes in long term conditions as a

member of the multidisciplinary primary care team.

To provide specialist knowledge and advice on pharmaceutical matters

including cost effective prescribing and clinical guidelines for disease

treatment.

Contribute to improved health outcomes in long term conditions.

Aim to review multiple long term conditions and support patients to

manage their conditions.

Carry out face to face clinical medication reviews for patients on

multiple medications for long term conditions.

Review if prescribing is appropriate in line with current guidance, cost

effective and safe.

Identify unmet need and stop unnecessary or ineffective medicines,

implementing own prescribing changes as an independent prescriber.

Provide advice on suitable alternative medications

in the event of a medicine being unavailable.

Review all safety alerts (e.g. MHRA) and ensure any

action required is undertaken.

Work with the practice team to help reduce

medicines related emergency admissions by running regular searches to identify

patients at risk of harm from their medicines. Review these patients to reduce

the risk of harm.

Improve communication about medication-related

issues between the practice and both the patient and other care providers.

Management of medicines related information at

hospital admission.

To review communication processes between

practices/ hospitals/care homes/ community pharmacies at hospital admission to

evaluate how this can be improved.

To reconcile medicines following discharge from

hospital/ intermediate care; identify and rectify unexplained changes, manage

these changes without referral to the GP; perform a clinical mediation review;

produce a post-discharge medicines care plan including dose titration and

booking of follow-up test, and work with patients and community pharmacists to

ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge. Set up and

manage systems to ensure continuity of medicines supply to high-risk groups of patients

(e.g. those with medicine compliance aids).

Reconcile medication from clinic appointment

correspondence, identifying any unexplained changes and rectifying these by

communication with the secondary care provider. Ensure patients are fully aware

of any changes and that a plan for monitoring/dose titration is in place.

Ensure care home residents have an annual

medication review by a clinical pharmacist. Any changes agreed with the patient

and/or their representative should be communicated to the care home staff and

the community pharmacy.

To ensure the practice repeat prescribing system is

safe, efficient and helps minimise waste.

To reauthorise medication for future repeat

prescribing within scope of competence as an independent prescribe.

To identify patients suitable for repeat

dispensing. Ensure this is implemented effectively by close working with

patients, prescribers and community pharmacies.

Review the prescribing of medication for vulnerable

patients to ensure it is appropriate e.g. weekly prescriptions for at

risk-patients, monitored dosage systems or alternative solutions to improve

patient compliance.

Review daily pathology results for patients under

their care.

Contribute to achievement of QOF targets to improve

health outcomes.

Build good working relationships with local

Medicines Management Team members.

an excellent employer, we offer numerous staff benefits and incentives

including 12 months of mentoring for all new starters, BMA model contract,

competitive salary, indemnity fees paid, protected study leave, enhanced annual

leave for 100% attendance, plus family friendly working opportunities.

actively encourage applications from individuals who share our vision and we

are particularly interested in hearing from individuals who are looking to

develop an area of interest, support teaching or training and education.

Aintree Park is an organisation that is committed to equality and diversity,

and we strive for our workforce to be representative and inclusive of the

community we are proud to serve.

Although not required by law, we strongly

recommend that all staff have received all Covid vaccinations.

Experience

Attributes and Behaviour

Qualifications

Desirable: - Independent prescriber Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society