PCN Senior Clinical Pharmacist

• Agree with Clinical Director, PCN Manager, Prescribing Leads, and Practice Managers how the day-to-day schedule for your Clinical Pharmacy Team should be structured to manage the balance between contract delivery responsibilities and the need to support Primary Care services in general.
• Share any CPD learning acquired because of Stakeholder Engagement and Environmental Awareness analysis with The Clinical Director, PCN Manager, Prescribing Leads & with your immediate team.
• Monitor the inputs (number of clinical sessions and tasks) undertaken by your team members (CPs and PTs) and assess the effectiveness of these interventions.
• Support the individual CPs and PTs with queries whilst they progress through their independent prescribing qualification.
• Proactively organise and run team meetings for the PCNs Clinical Pharmacist/Pharmacy Tech team monthly liaising with wider PCN management team as appropriate
• Conduct probation reviews and appraisals for the CPs & PTs within their team in accordance with the appraisal policy whilst seeking timely feedback from the Clinical Director and practice GP prescribing leads
• Make recommendations to Clinical Director for any necessary individual or team development in a timely manner
• Using personal networks, contribute & support the recruitment process for new recruits to the PCN Clinical Pharmacy Team
• Alert the PCN/Practice Manager to any Significant Events and associated learning that arises within them (independently of practice-based SE reporting)
• Follows professional and organisational policies/procedures relating to performance management.
• Ensure there is appropriate clinical supervision in place for all pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
• Ensure all pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are engaged with the review and appraisal systems.

• Agree a process with each Practice within the PCN (recognising that all practices within the PCN are moving forward from a base of multiple individual processes) to ensure that all medicines safety alerts are managed, and learning is supported without unnecessary duplication of effort across individual practices, whilst in accordance with the reporting received and in compliance with CQC requirements.
• Proactively propose any necessary SOPS to be introduced or modified following discussions with Practices/PCN Prescribing Leads

Essential

• Experience in the specialist clinical field equivalent to working at advanced level 1 of the RPS pharmacy framework
• Experience and an awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-terms conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice
• Experience in the leadership, supervision and management of other staff
• Experience in the teaching and training of others in a variety of settings e.g. clinical, academic

Essential

• Professional degree or diploma in relevant field or equivalent
• Extensive knowledge of medicines optimisation, acquired through post graduate clinical pharmacy diploma or equivalent experience or training.
• Post graduate learning to masters level or equivalent
• Appropriate statutory professional body registration
• the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Successful completion of the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway
• Must be willing to participate in any relevant training identified to develop skills required to carry out duties including extended role activities
• Maintains a portfolio of CPD in line with regulatory body standards
• Holds an independent prescribing qualification
• Teaching, training or mentorship qualification or experience to the equivalent level

Desirable

• Specific CPD modules relevant to specialist field
• Leadership and management qualification
• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy

Essential

• Advanced specialist theoretical and clinical knowledge appropriate to service area and profession
• Advanced knowledge of relevant current issues in health and social care, ethics and innovation and application in practice
• An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
• Demonstrates awareness of limits to knowledge base
• Experience of leading the development and implementation of clinical governance, service development and quality measures in practice
• Knowledge of current research and/or clinical audit methodology
• Knowledge of clinical patient record systems
• Advanced assessment, planning, treatment and evaluation skills appropriate to clinical area
• Performs highly specialised tests / procedures / diagnostics relevant to clinical role to an advanced level
• Highly complex analytical and creative problem-solving skills in unpredictable situations, synthesising a variety of evidence and presenting this in a relevant format e.g. report; presentation
• Workload management including delegation of tasks and day-to-day team leadership
• Competent IT skills in order to collect and interpret data, present reports and compile presentations in a range of contexts
• Advanced verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills including communicating complex or potentially distressing information to patients / carers and managing conflict when appropriate
• Risk assessment skills
• Reflective practice skills able to give clear and effective feedback and support others to develop
• Develop and lead complex clinical audit within clinical area
• Lead / contribute to research activities relevant to clinical area locally and nationally
• Able to demonstrate clear and inspiring clinical leadership internally and externally always behaving as a role model
• Displays care, compassion, sensitivity and responsiveness to other peoples feelings and needs
• Able to work as part of a team, co-operating to work together and in conjunction with others and willing to help and assist wherever possible and appropriate appreciating the value of diversity in the workplace

Desirable

• Experience of practical application of innovation techniques
• Knowledge/experience of highly specialised treatment modalities within the clinical area
• Evidence of clinical leadership
• Experience of change management theory