Clinical Pharmacist

Patient or non- patient facing Long-term condition Clinics Review where within the scope of practice patients with single or multiple medical

problems where medicine optimisation is required e.g. COPD or asthma.

Review the on-going need for each

medicine, a review of

monitoring needs and an opportunity to support patients with their medicines

taking ensuring they get the best use of their medicines i.e. medicines optimisation.

Implement changes or make appropriate depending on scope of practice.

Management of common, minor and self-

limiting ailments Managing caseload of patients with

common minor or self-limiting ailments while working within a scope of practice

and limits of competence.

to community pharmacy and referring to GPs or other healthcare professionals

where appropriate.

Patient facing medicines support Provide

patient facing clinics for those with questions queries and concerns about

their medicines in the practice

Telephone medicines support Provide a telephone help line for

patients with questions queries and concerns about their medicines.

Medicine information to practice staff

and patients Answers relevant medicine-related enquiries from GPs other

practice staff, other healthcare teams e.g. community pharmacy and patients

with queries about medicines. Suggesting and recommending solutions. Providing

follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes

Unplanned hospital admissions Review

the use of medicines most commonly associated with unplanned hospital

admissions and readmissions through audit and individual patient reviews. Put

in place changes to reduce the prescribing of these medicines to high risk patient groups.

Management of medicines at discharge

from hospital Review To reconcile medicines following

discharge from hospitals intermediate care and into care homes including

identifying and rectifying unexplained changes and working 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 or those in care

homes.

that patients are referred to the appropriate healthcare professional for the

appropriate level of care within an appropriate period of time e.g. pathology

results common and minor ailments acute conditions long term condition reviews

etc.

practice repeat prescribing policy.

Manage the repeat prescribing

reauthorisation process by

reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions and reviewing medicines

reaching review dates and flagging up those needing a review. Ensure patients

have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required.

of cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through pre-prepared

practice computer searches. eg. ECLIPSE reporting tool

Service development Contribute pharmaceutical advice for

the development and implementation of new services that have medicinal

components e.g. advice on treatment pathways and patient information

leaflets.

Information management Analyse interpret and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks to support

decision- making.

Medicines quality improvement Undertake

clinical audits of prescribing in areas directed by the GPs feedback the

results and implement changes in conjunction with the practice team.

changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other

local and national guidance.

Implementation of local and national

guidelines and formulary recommendations Monitor practice prescribing against the local health

economies RAG list and make recommendations to GPs for medicines that should be

prescribed by hospital doctors - red drugs or subject to shared care - amber

drugs. Assist practices in seeing and maintaining a practice formulary that is

hosted on the practices computer system.

Education and Training Provide

education and training to primary healthcare team on therapeutics and medicines

optimisation as requested by prescribing lead.

with the general practice team to ensure the practice is compliant with CQC

standards where medicines are involved.

Public health To support

public health campaigns. To provide specialist knowledge on all public health

programmes available to the general public.

Collaborative Working Relationships Recognises the roles of other colleagues

within the organisation and their role to patient care Demonstrates use of

appropriate communication to gain the co-operation of relevant stakeholders including patients senior and peer colleagues, and other professionals other

NHS or private organisations e.g. CCGs

Demonstrates ability to work as a member

of a team able to

recognise personal limitations and refer to more appropriate colleagues when

necessary

Actively

work toward developing and maintaining effective working relationships both

within and outside the practice and locality

with CCG colleagues including CCG Pharmacists on prescribing related matters to

ensure consistency of patient care and benefit

with CCG pharmacists and Heads of Medicines Management or Optimisation to benefit

from peer support

with other stakeholders as needed for the collective benefit of patients

including but not limited to Patients GP nurses and other practice staff other

healthcare professionals including CCG pharmacists pharmacy technicians optometrists dentists health and social care teams and dieticians etc.

Locality GP prescribing lead Locality managers Community nurses and other

allied health professionals Community and hospital pharmacy teams, Hospital

staff with responsibilities for prescribing and medicines optimisation.

Taking responsibility for own

development with relevant evidence-based knowledge and competence in all

aspects of the role to meet clinical governance guidelines for Continuing

Professional Development - CPD and a Personal Development Plan - PDP.

Stay up to date through attendance

at any courses and or study days necessary to ensure that professional

development requirements are met demonstrating

skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

to a performance review including taking responsibility for maintaining a

record of own personal and or professional development.

Work closely with other clinical

staff and administrative managers in the setting up and or improving of

practice systems for monitoring and or measuring performance against Clinical

Work to deliver the NHS contract

requirements related to the practice including the terms of the Quality and

Outcomes Framework and locally enhanced services

Commit to take and pass the

necessary Physician Associate re-certification exams currently every 6 years to maintain qualifications required to carry out duties of the role and as

statutory regulatory bodies require.

Produce complete and accurate

records of patient consultation in line with best practice confidentiality policies and procedures

Deliver care according to NHS

guidance NICE guidelines and evidence-based care

Take part in the maintenance of

quality governance systems and processes across the Practice and its

activities.

Utilise the audit cycle as a means

of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team implementing

improvements where required.

Work with other clinical teams on

improving the quality of healthcare in response to local and national policies

and initiatives as appropriate

Evaluate patients response to

health care provision and the effectiveness of care

Support and participate in shared

learning across the practice and wider organisation

Manage review and identify learning

from patient complaints clinical incidents and near-miss events

Awareness of statutory safeguarding notification processes and local guidance for children or vulnerable patients. Applying relevant policies and legislation to protect them

Ensure compliance with policies,

procedures and guidelines for self and others by taking action or alerting

senior management team if the practice appears to contravene policy or if

there are concerns over any aspect of patient care.

Maintain

confidentiality of information always acting within the terms of the Data

Protection Act and Caldicott guidance on patient confidentiality.

an awareness of the Freedom of Information Act.

relating to patients carers colleagues other healthcare workers or the

business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in

accordance with the Practice policies and procedures relating to

confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data

The Central Surgery cares for around 7500 patients in the Oadby and Wigston area. We are active members of the Oadby and Wigston PCN and are rated as Good by the CQC. Our current clinical team consists of GP's, Minor illness ANP's, an ANP specialising in care home and frailty patients, Practice Pharmacists and a full nursing team as well as extended PCN based roles. We are also an active teaching, research and training practice.

We offer an excellent employment package which includes access to the NHS Pensions scheme.

Holiday entitlement is 5 weeks plus Pro Rata Bank holidays.

Salary is dependant on experience and the hours for this role are negotiable.

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