PCN Clinical Pharmacist

As a Clinical Pharmacist within Severnvale Primary Care Network, you will work across four GP practices to provide high-quality, patient-centred pharmaceutical care. You will undertake structured medication reviews, support medicines optimisation, and provide clinical consultations for patients with long-term conditions and complex medication needs. You will reconcile medicines following hospital discharge, support safe and effective repeat prescribing processes, and work collaboratively with GPs, practice teams, community pharmacies and other healthcare professionals to improve patient outcomes.

You will play an active role in quality improvement by carrying out clinical audits, supporting prescribing initiatives, implementing evidence-based guidance, and contributing to medicines management projects. The role also includes supporting the day-to-day operation of the PCN Prescription Hub, providing advice and education to colleagues, participating in multidisciplinary team meetings, and helping to develop safe and effective prescribing practices across the network.

This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of a supportive, forward-thinking pharmacy team, helping to deliver innovative, high-quality care to patients across Severnvale PCN.

To provide specialist

pharmaceutical support to the 4 Practices of Severnvale Primary Care Network

(PCN).

To liaise with

patients, clinical and non-clinical staff, practice, hospital and community

pharmacists and patient's carers to improve the pharmaceutical care of patients.

To consult with

patients.

To support the Clinical

Pharmacist Management Team and fellow Clinical Pharmacists role to maximise

support to all clinical and non-clinical practice staff to improve patient care

in relation to all aspects of medicines and their impact.

provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement

and be responsible for supporting the GPs in implementing effective medicines

management within the practices, including undertaking searches and audits

identifying areas for improvement, initiating and managing change, and

monitoring budgets.

support in the day to day management of the PCN Prescription Hub.

help provide leadership to PCN pharmacy technician and Prescription Hub

Prescription Clerk Care Co-ordinators.

To carry out medication

reviews and structured medication reviews (SMRs) for patients both in the

surgery, in care homes or for housebound patients - with single or multiple

medical problems where medicines optimisation is required; reviewing the need

for each medicine and providing recommendations for other clinicians on

prescribing.

To consult with patients,

by telephone and face to face according to competency. This may include patients

with long term conditions, e.g. hypertension, CVD, diabetes as well as

medication reviews.

To reconcile medicines

following discharge from hospitals or intermediate care and working with

patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines

they need post-discharge.

To support in the

management of the repeat prescribing process, helping to manage repeat

prescription requests, resolving queries where possible and producing

prescriptions for clinical review and signature. To ensure patients have

appropriate monitoring tests in place when required.

To undertake clinical

and medication audits in priority areas, such as QOF, IIF (within PCN DES), NICE

guidance, CQC searches and other agreed target areas, feeding your findings

back to the network teams and implementing actions as appropriate

Provide independent

information to patients regarding medicines and prescribing changes, initiating

further support from other healthcare professionals where appropriate

To participate in the review

of policies relating to medicines management and prescribing

To support in identifying

areas of clinical risk at network level and make recommendations to support the

introduction of new working practices that will optimise the quality of

prescribing and make more efficient use of network resources

To help support the

Practice Clinical, Management and Administrative Teams to implement procedural

and service changes relating to prescribing to ensure best practice is adopted

in accordance with local guidelines, legislation, directives and safety updates

e.g. NICE, MRA etc.

support in the provision of education and training to primary healthcare teams

on therapeutics and medicines optimisation

participate in multidisciplinary clinical meetings within the network

maintain own clinical and professional competence and be responsible for own

continuous professional development

job description is not intended to be a complete list of duties and responsibilities

but is a guide for information to the role. The job description will be

periodically reviewed in light of the developing work requirements. The

postholder will be expected to contribute towards that revision.

The postholder will

be line managed by the Lead Clinical Pharmacist with clinical supervision

provided by a GP from the practice whose patients the post holder is dealing

with and the Senior Clinical Pharmacist.

4. SUPERVISION EXERCISED

The post holder

will provide clinical supervision to staff involved with the prescribing

process where appropriate.

PCN

Clinical director

Other

PCN staff members, e.g. PCN Manager, Frailty lead

Patients

and Carers where appropriate

Practice

Management, Reception and other Administrative staff

Secondary

Care and interface Pharmacists

ICB

Head of Medicines Management & Medicines Management Team

Community

Nurses and other allied health professionals

Pharmacists and support staff

Severnvale PCN (Primary Care Network) comprises four GP practices in South Gloucestershire delivering services to a population of circa 34,000 patients which includes 8 care homes. We are an enthusiastic, dynamic, and friendly PCN who constantly strive to improve patient pathways and health care outcomes.

The PCN team includes a Clinical Director, a PCN Manager, a Community Frailty Practitioner, a Care Coordinator, 4 Clinical Pharmacists, , 7 Care Coordinator Prescription Clerks, 2 dedicated Social Prescribing Link Workers and First Contact Physiotherapists

Skills & Knowledge

Desirable: - Good influencing and negotiating skills; - Good presentation skills; - Aware of current issues in medicines optimisation

Qualifications

Desirable: - Independent Prescribing Qualification (non-medical prescriber)

Other

Experience

Essential: - Minimum 2 years post-registration experience; - Previous primary care experience

Desirable: - Previous experience of using prescribing data; - Previous work in a multi-disciplinary team