PCN Clinical Pharmacist

The type of duties involved will be

In return we can offer you the opportunity to work for forward thinking practice where you will be given the opportunity to enhance your portfolio; for example, becoming an independent prescriber or gaining a postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy.

All practices use SystmOne clinical IT system.

Responsible for supporting

Market Rasen Surgery in delivering effective medicines management within the

practice, identifying areas for improvement, and initiating and managing

change.

Patient Services

Delivery of patient services as determined by practice

policy and local and national guidelines

Repeat prescribing, daily authorisation of repeats

Synchronise medication

Review discharge letters and A&E attendances

Review clinic letters requesting a change in medication

Manage urgent script requests

Complete a face-to-face review with patients who have a

complex medication regime if needed

Liaise with hospital pharmacists

Complete annual medication reviews for patients with

long-term conditions

Complete structured medication reviews

Run CQC reports to ensure safe management of

prescribing, and contribute to QOF-related prescribing indicators and

medicines-optimisation audits

Review nursing/care/residential home patients

medication reviews and de-prescribing, informed by recognised polypharmacy and

de-prescribing tools (e.g. STOPP/START)

Consider 7-day scripts for vulnerable patients

Face-to-face consultation in clinics and as requested

by the doctor both in practice and domiciliary

Market Rasen Surgery is a medium-sized dispensing practice based in the centre of town, just on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds and within easy reach of hospitals in Grimsby, Lincoln, Gainsborough and Louth. We serve a largely rural community of approximately 10600 patients over approximately 200 square miles.

The practice is contracted by the ICB to provide general medical services to our patient population. As well as general medical services, we also provide many additional services, including minor surgery such as vasectomies, hernias and skin procedures in our purpose-built theatre.

In addition to the 2 GP Partners and 8 salaried GPs, we have 3 ACPs, highly skilled practice nurses who carry out general nursing duties, also manages the care of patients with conditions such as asthma or other respiratory disease, diabetes and chronic heart disease.

We also employ an older adults nurse who carries out reviews of patients and supports them with their day to day activities.

The nursing team is supplemented by trained HCAs who take blood, monitor warfarin levels and take basic data such as height and weight.

We also have a team of attached nursing staff who look after our patients. These include care co-ordinator, physios, OT & community midwife. we also have regular outreach clinics in paediatrics, diabetes and psychiatry for the elderly.

The clinical team is supported by the dispensary and administrative staff.

Qualifications

Experience