Clinical Pharmacist

The ClinicalPharmacist will work as part of a MDT and pharmacy team comprising of otherclinical pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy administrators. The post holder must be passionate about deliveringhigh quality patient care, ensuring patient and drug safety, and in providingholistic patient centred care. Theclinical pharmacist will conduct structured medication reviews, LTC reviews,deprescribing where appropriate, manage care home patients and patients withfrailty mediation reviews, support the wider practice team with drug relatedqueries, support drug monitoring processes and drug safety. The clinicalpharmacist will support the lead pharmacist, and with the rest of the pharmacyteam, PCN CD and PCN manager in ensuring that targets around the PCN DES, IIFand practice QOF, drug safety and monitoring searches are met.

Main duties of the job

The post holder must be passionate about delivering high quality patient care, ensuring patient and drug safety, and in providing holistic patient centred care. The clinical pharmacist will conduct structured medication reviews, support wider practice team with drug related queries, support drug monitoring processes and drug safety.

About us

PCCO PCN has a diverse younger than average patient population with higher levels of deprivation linked with obesity, smoking, mental health, and cardiovascular disease. PCN main practice branch is centred in Normanton with a multicultural population adding challenges of language barriers, health inequalities, and patient understanding of health. PCCO PCN has higher than average use of opiates, and other prescribed drug dependency drugs.

In return, Lister House Surgery will offer you the following benefits:

• Generous holiday entitlement
• Access to a variety of NHS discounts.

Unfortunately due to a high volume of applications we arenot able to reply to each application, and if you do not hear from us within 2weeks of your application you have been unsuccessful on this occasion, thankyou.

Job responsibilities

The following are the core responsibilities of the PCN Clinical Pharmacist post. There may be occasions, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

• Clinical pharmacists will work as part of amulti-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to clinically assess and treatpatients using their expert knowledge of medicines
• They will be prescribers, or will becompleting training to become prescribers, and will work with and alongside thegeneral practice team.
• Clinical pharmacists will undertakemedication reviews to proactively manage people with LTC, people in care homes,frailty, and people with learning disabilities or autism (through STOMP StopOver Medication Programme).
• Clinical Pharmacists will provide specialistexpertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the publichealth and social care needs of patients at the PCNs practice and to help intackling inequalities.
• Clinical pharmacists will provide leadershipon person centred medicines and quality improvement, whilst contributing to theQOF and both practice /PCN enhanced services.
• Through structured medication reviews,clinical pharmacists will support patients to take their medications to get thebest from them, reduce waste and promote self-care.
• Clinical pharmacists will have a leadershiprole in supporting further integration of general practice with the widerhealthcare teams (including community and hospital pharmacy) to help improvepatient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage generalpractice workload.
• The role has the potential to significantlyimprove quality of care and safety for patients.
• The Clinical Pharmacist will developrelationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across PCNsand the wider health care systems
• Clinical pharmacists will take a central rolein the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical research withmedicines, liaison with specialist pharmacists (including mental health andreduction of inappropriate antipsychotic use in people with learningdifficulties), liaison with community pharmacists and anticoagulation.
• Take part in Clinical Audit and qualityimprovement to ensure prescribing is in line with local and national guidance,CQC requirements and up to date MHRA /CAS alerts.
• Clinical pharmacists as appropriate willsupport the Lead Clinical Pharmacist in mentoring providing training /supportfor the Pharmacy Technicians
• Support the wider clinical team witheducation and induction programmes for new clinical staff
• Support the LeadClinical Pharmacist in ensuring appropriate representation at local ICBMedicine Management Team meetings and other PCN/practice meetings

Person Specification Qualifications

• Independent prescriber - Desirable
• Completion of the CPPE PCN Pharmacist Education pathway

Experience

• Audit and Quality improvement
• Proficient in use of Microsoft Office including Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Teams and Outlook.
• General Practice experience (minimum One year)
• Knowledge and experience of using SystmOne
• Developing pathways or processes
• Understanding of QoF, IIF and PCN DES
• MHRA and CAS alerts
• Understanding of Drug Monitoring and local relevant clinical and national guidance
• Training and Monitoring

Skills

• Organised and good time management
• Interpersonal skills
• Clinical skills in deprescribing, SMRs and LTC reviews
• Problem solving
• Able to take BP, HR, RR, SATs and Weight

Personal Qualities

• Able to work collaboratively
• Managing confidentiality
• Integrity
• Polite and approachable
• Able to manage multiple streams of workload

Other

• DBS Check
• Registered with appropriate regulatory body

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.