PCN Clinical Pharmacist

As a Clinical Pharmacist within the PCN, you will work as part of the practice team, supporting GPs, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to deliver high-quality, safe, and effective prescribing. You will be responsible for medicines management, structured medication reviews (SMRs), and improving patient outcomes through proactive, evidence-based pharmaceutical care. You will also be a non-medical prescriber and contribute to chronic disease management, supporting patients with polypharmacy and deprescribing where appropriate.

We are looking for someone, who can act within their professional boundaries, supporting and

working alongside a team of Health Care Practitioners within general practice

and a Primary Care Network (PCN). The post holder will provide primary support

to general practice staff across the PCN, with regards to prescription and

medication queries. They will perform medicines reconciliation on transfer of

care and implement systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in

clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of

patients in the PCN. The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary

team in a patient-facing role. They will take responsibility for areas of

medicines optimisation within the PCN and undertake structured clinical

medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy.

The post holder will provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and

quality improvement (QI) and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes

framework and enhanced services at practice and PCN level. The post holder will

work with all sectors of pharmacy across the health system to improve

population health. Demonstrating improvement in patient outcomes and working to

reduce health inequalities across the PCN contributing to improving the

efficiency of general practice and delivering a best in class service, the post

holder will be supported to develop their role.

New Cross Alliance is a small but very committed and driven Primary Care Network. Consisting of 3 practices, all geographically close and based in Ilford, we have a population of circa 33,000 patients. We feel we are in tune with the need to recognise and work effectively with the concept of population health management and recognise the importance of the newly emerging primary care roles in this context. We are conscious of the need to change current traditional ways of working and begin to benefit from the concept of the patient seeing the right healthcare professional to get the most appropriate support and guidance. Nowhere is this more relevant than in the area of medication usage where significant gains can be made by introducing pharmacist leadership into any strategies the PCN will pursue in this area of care.

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