PCN Pharmacist

Support better outcomes through medicines optimisation

Behind every prescription is a person who needs the right

support.

Your work will combine patient-facing care, medicines

optimisation and professional collaboration. As a PCN Pharmacist, you'll:

multiple medical conditions where medicines optimisation is required

recommendations for senior clinical pharmacists, nurses and/or GPs on

prescribing and ongoing care

professionals, answering medicines-related queries and supporting safe,

effective prescribing

back results and implementing changes with the practice team

requests, monitoring review dates and flagging those needing further clinical

review

professionals where appropriate

the development of services with medicinal components

and manage processes effectively

optimisation

colleagues with regards to prescription and medication queries.

to patients, providing advice on appropriate dosing and routes of

administration, addressing both public and social care needs of patients in the

GP practice.

clinical leadership on medicines optimisation, quality improvement and manage

some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.

and hospital pharmacy to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes,

ensure better access to healthcare and help manage workload.

Your duties and responsibilities -

single or multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation is required

(e.g. hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia, asthma/COPD etc.)

the on-going need for each medicine, a review of monitoring needs and an

opportunity to support patients with their medicines ensuring they are getting

best use from their prescriptions

clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for the Senior

Clinical Pharmacist, nurses and/or GP on prescribing and monitoring.

and referral of patients to community pharmacy and referral to other healthcare

professionals where appropriate

the planning and organisation of cross sector hypertension case finding

clinics.

relevant medicinerelated enquiries from GPs, other

practice colleagues, other healthcare teams (e.g. community pharmacy) and

patients with queries about medicines

specialist knowledge on all public health programmes available to the general

public.

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.

pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services

that have medicinal components (e.g. advice on treatment pathways and patient

information leaflets)

clinical audits of prescribing in areas directed by the GPs, feeding back the

results and implementing changes in conjunction with the practice team.

education and training to primary healthcare team on therapeutics and medicines

optimisation.

longitudinal care by maintaining accurate documentation. Ensuring interventions

are coded appropriately.

practices to achieve the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) indicators.

patients' prescriptions for accuracy and safety, ensuring no drugs are

contraindicated with one another.

legal compliance in the pharmacy, reviewing labels, doses and procedures as

required.

and directing workflow, verifying the preparation and labelling of

pharmaceuticals and verifying order entries, charges and inspections.

inventories-controlled drugs to maintain compliance with regulations.

effectively with doctors about prescriptions.

various wellness and health-screening services, such as blood-pressure

monitoring, flu and other vaccine administration, and diabetes screening.

the correct usage of the Electronic Prescription Service tracker to process

claims and manage this process.

maximum benefit from the medicines they are prescribed.

From a single store in 1861, Lincolnshire Co-op has grown to be one of the most successful co-operatives in the UK. Were proud to be able to offer a wide range of services from across our family of businesses. From Food Stores and Pharmacies to Post Offices and Support Services, were a growing society made up of over 220 outlets and nearly 3,000 colleagues.

We're owned by our members, the people of Lincolnshire and surrounding counties, and have been for more than 160 years! Communities are at the heart of everything we do and motivates us to deliver more than great customer service. We support them by sharing dividend with our members, investing in new and improved services, raising money for charity through our Community Champion scheme, supporting local schools and so much more! Find out more about us, our purpose and wonderful colleagues here.

We work together as a Society and are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is barrier free and as inclusive as possible for everyone. If you need any adjustments, would like us to do anything differently during the interview or would like to get in touch with us about anything else, please contact our Recruitment team on (01522) 533316, or alternatively you can email careers@lincolnshire.coop.

We may choose to close our vacancies in the event that we receive a high volume of suitable applications, so we encourage all candidates to apply as soon as possible.

Qualifications

Essential: - - Educated to degree level in a relevant qualification, registered with the GPhC and eligible to work in the UK.

Experience