Senior Clinical Pharmacist Prescriber, Integrated Neighbourhood Teams
Posted 13 hours 23 minutes ago by NHS
Permanent
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Other
London, United Kingdom
Job Description
Senior Clinical Pharmacist Prescriber, Integrated Neighbourhood Teams Interested in an exciting clinical prescribing role working to delivery the new Integrated Neighbourhood model of care within Lewisham Borough as part of the Lewisham Integrated Medicines Optimisation Service (LIMOS)?
We are looking for three enthusiastic senior pharmacists with strong established clinical skills to join the Lewisham Integrated Neighbourhood Team Programme and improve outcomes for patients with multiple long-term conditions in Lewisham.
INTs are a model of care designed to meet the holistic needs of the local population, working with professionals and as a local community to ensure people get the right care at the right time, from the right people and to tackle health inequalities. These posts will be key in ensuring delivery of this new model. As the programme will focus on patients with three of more long term conditions around CVD, diabetes and AF in the first instance, experience of management of patients in these areas would be beneficial.
Main duties of the job The Senior Clinical Pharmacist Prescribers will be responsible for providing clinical care to conduct patient facing multi-morbidity reviews and optimise medicines management for patients across one or two Neighbourhood footprints. A key part will be close working with and supervision of non-clinical members of the core INT team including caseworkers, Health Coaches and link workers. Close working and communication with these members of the core INT and wider teams across both health and social care and primary and secondary care settings to ensure effective patient management and delivery of the INT programme will be key.
About us Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
1. Provide clinical leadership for the core INT team and support the Principal Pharmacist to develop the service to meet the needs of the PCNs and wider Lewisham INT model of care.
2. To supervise other non-clinical staff within the INT core team, including 1-2 caseworkers, link worker and health coach within the Neighbourhood for which responsible.
3.To deliver patient facing care and conduct multi-morbidity reviews to improve outcomes for patients with complex needs or provide support before needs become acute.
4. Participate in clinical audit to support evaluation of service delivery and inform improvement.
5. To work closely with other members of the core INT team including link workers, key workers, health equity team, GPs and community groups, linking with clinicians and staff within other community and secondary teams within both health and social care to ensure a holistic and multidisciplinary approach to care maintained.
6. Provide medicines management expertise and support to patients, other clinical and non-clinical staff as part of the INT model of care.
7. To practice and promote appropriate evidence-based and cost-effective prescribing and .de-prescribing where appropriate.
8. Provide highly specialist medicines management support and training for GPs, nurses and other members of the multi-disciplinary care team for patients with multi-morbidity in all settings.
9. To support the Principal Pharmacist with development of protocols in collaboration with key stakeholders as necessary to support service delivery.
Service Development Job description Job responsibilities Key Result Areas & Performance:
1. Provide clinical leadership for the core INT team and support the Principal Pharmacist to develop the service to meet the needs of the PCNs and wider Lewisham INT model of care.
2. To supervise other non-clinical staff within the INT core team, including 1-2 caseworkers, link worker and health coach within the Neighbourhood for which responsible.
3.To deliver patient facing care and conduct multi-morbidity reviews to improve outcomes for patients with complex needs or provide support before needs become acute.
4. Participate in clinical audit to support evaluation of service delivery and inform improvement.
5. To work closely with other members of the core INT team including link workers, key workers, health equity team, GPs and community groups, linking with clinicians and staff within other community and secondary teams within both health and social care to ensure a holistic and multidisciplinary approach to care maintained.
6. Provide medicines management expertise and support to patients, other clinical and non-clinical staff as part of the INT model of care.
7. To practice and promote appropriate evidence-based and cost-effective prescribing and .de-prescribing where appropriate.
8. Provide highly specialist medicines management support and training for GPs, nurses and other members of the multi-disciplinary care team for patients with multi-morbidity in all settings.
9. To support the Principal Pharmacist with development of protocols in collaboration with key stakeholders as necessary to support service delivery.
Service Development 1. To work with the Principal Pharmacist for INT and other stakeholders to develop and refine service delivery models within the INT programme to support effective delivery of activity across all PCNs/ Neighbourhoods.
2.To work closely with colleagues and other staff involved in the INT programme to promote and embed the role of the INT into local pathways of care.
3.To provide operational and clinical support to developments around multi-morbidity and delivery of the INT model of care.
4. To support the planning and actions required to continuously improve the quality of service provided and ensure a quality improvement approach is taken to medication optimisation and any service development or re-design.
5. To contribute to and support the evaluation of outcome measures associated with the INT service
Clinical Services & Patient Care
1. To act as a clinical role model to other members of the wider MDT and provide direct supervision to non-clinical members within the core team in allocated Neighbourhood(s) to ensure improved outcomes achieved through the provision of holistic, team approach to care, which includes the safe and clinically cost-effective use of medicines.
2. To provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation in the context of multi-morbidity across the core INT and wider setting.
3.To conduct patient facing and telephone consultations to independently review patients with complex multi-morbidity focusing on optimisation of cardiovascular disease management and improving long-term outcomes.
4. To collaborate with multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) to develop and implement individualised care plans.
5. To provide clinical advice and support to other members of the INT including complex scenarios to ensure a high standard of patient care delivered within the INT framework.
6. To manage complex and non-routine medicines management problems in patients under the INT service, making onward referrals when needed.
7.To demonstrate an intuitive grasp of situations based on knowledge, expertise and understanding and to make decisions about drug therapy with limited information.
8.To work with colleagues to facilitate robust communication and onward referral pathways to support seamless care for patients managed by the INT service where complex medicines and/or other needs are identified.
9. To ensure efficient transfer of information related to complex medicines management needs across care interfaces and reconcile information received to ensure the safe transfer of care for vulnerable patients with complex medicines management needs.
10. To work as an independent prescriber and review medication to ensure that patients medicines are optimised for safety, effectiveness and cost-efficiency in line with competency and agreed scope of practice as approved by the relevant Trust governance process.
Information & Data Management
1. To contribute to the development of quantitative and qualitative performance measures, co-ordinate their use and be involved in disseminating, acting on and sharing learning from information gathered.
2. To participate in the design and collection of clinical audit data, leading implementation in designated areas and participate in research projects to improve the quality of care and inform best practices.
3. To utilise available information from audits, national guidelines, and benchmarking data to influence and implement improvement in service delivery.
4. To work closely with PCNs ensuring seamless integration of patient data for improved care co-ordination.
Staff Management and Education and Training
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We are looking for three enthusiastic senior pharmacists with strong established clinical skills to join the Lewisham Integrated Neighbourhood Team Programme and improve outcomes for patients with multiple long-term conditions in Lewisham.
INTs are a model of care designed to meet the holistic needs of the local population, working with professionals and as a local community to ensure people get the right care at the right time, from the right people and to tackle health inequalities. These posts will be key in ensuring delivery of this new model. As the programme will focus on patients with three of more long term conditions around CVD, diabetes and AF in the first instance, experience of management of patients in these areas would be beneficial.
Main duties of the job The Senior Clinical Pharmacist Prescribers will be responsible for providing clinical care to conduct patient facing multi-morbidity reviews and optimise medicines management for patients across one or two Neighbourhood footprints. A key part will be close working with and supervision of non-clinical members of the core INT team including caseworkers, Health Coaches and link workers. Close working and communication with these members of the core INT and wider teams across both health and social care and primary and secondary care settings to ensure effective patient management and delivery of the INT programme will be key.
About us Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
- Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
- Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
- Improving the experience of staff with disability
- Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
- Making equalities mainstream
1. Provide clinical leadership for the core INT team and support the Principal Pharmacist to develop the service to meet the needs of the PCNs and wider Lewisham INT model of care.
2. To supervise other non-clinical staff within the INT core team, including 1-2 caseworkers, link worker and health coach within the Neighbourhood for which responsible.
3.To deliver patient facing care and conduct multi-morbidity reviews to improve outcomes for patients with complex needs or provide support before needs become acute.
4. Participate in clinical audit to support evaluation of service delivery and inform improvement.
5. To work closely with other members of the core INT team including link workers, key workers, health equity team, GPs and community groups, linking with clinicians and staff within other community and secondary teams within both health and social care to ensure a holistic and multidisciplinary approach to care maintained.
6. Provide medicines management expertise and support to patients, other clinical and non-clinical staff as part of the INT model of care.
7. To practice and promote appropriate evidence-based and cost-effective prescribing and .de-prescribing where appropriate.
8. Provide highly specialist medicines management support and training for GPs, nurses and other members of the multi-disciplinary care team for patients with multi-morbidity in all settings.
9. To support the Principal Pharmacist with development of protocols in collaboration with key stakeholders as necessary to support service delivery.
Service Development Job description Job responsibilities Key Result Areas & Performance:
1. Provide clinical leadership for the core INT team and support the Principal Pharmacist to develop the service to meet the needs of the PCNs and wider Lewisham INT model of care.
2. To supervise other non-clinical staff within the INT core team, including 1-2 caseworkers, link worker and health coach within the Neighbourhood for which responsible.
3.To deliver patient facing care and conduct multi-morbidity reviews to improve outcomes for patients with complex needs or provide support before needs become acute.
4. Participate in clinical audit to support evaluation of service delivery and inform improvement.
5. To work closely with other members of the core INT team including link workers, key workers, health equity team, GPs and community groups, linking with clinicians and staff within other community and secondary teams within both health and social care to ensure a holistic and multidisciplinary approach to care maintained.
6. Provide medicines management expertise and support to patients, other clinical and non-clinical staff as part of the INT model of care.
7. To practice and promote appropriate evidence-based and cost-effective prescribing and .de-prescribing where appropriate.
8. Provide highly specialist medicines management support and training for GPs, nurses and other members of the multi-disciplinary care team for patients with multi-morbidity in all settings.
9. To support the Principal Pharmacist with development of protocols in collaboration with key stakeholders as necessary to support service delivery.
Service Development 1. To work with the Principal Pharmacist for INT and other stakeholders to develop and refine service delivery models within the INT programme to support effective delivery of activity across all PCNs/ Neighbourhoods.
2.To work closely with colleagues and other staff involved in the INT programme to promote and embed the role of the INT into local pathways of care.
3.To provide operational and clinical support to developments around multi-morbidity and delivery of the INT model of care.
4. To support the planning and actions required to continuously improve the quality of service provided and ensure a quality improvement approach is taken to medication optimisation and any service development or re-design.
5. To contribute to and support the evaluation of outcome measures associated with the INT service
Clinical Services & Patient Care
1. To act as a clinical role model to other members of the wider MDT and provide direct supervision to non-clinical members within the core team in allocated Neighbourhood(s) to ensure improved outcomes achieved through the provision of holistic, team approach to care, which includes the safe and clinically cost-effective use of medicines.
2. To provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation in the context of multi-morbidity across the core INT and wider setting.
3.To conduct patient facing and telephone consultations to independently review patients with complex multi-morbidity focusing on optimisation of cardiovascular disease management and improving long-term outcomes.
4. To collaborate with multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) to develop and implement individualised care plans.
5. To provide clinical advice and support to other members of the INT including complex scenarios to ensure a high standard of patient care delivered within the INT framework.
6. To manage complex and non-routine medicines management problems in patients under the INT service, making onward referrals when needed.
7.To demonstrate an intuitive grasp of situations based on knowledge, expertise and understanding and to make decisions about drug therapy with limited information.
8.To work with colleagues to facilitate robust communication and onward referral pathways to support seamless care for patients managed by the INT service where complex medicines and/or other needs are identified.
9. To ensure efficient transfer of information related to complex medicines management needs across care interfaces and reconcile information received to ensure the safe transfer of care for vulnerable patients with complex medicines management needs.
10. To work as an independent prescriber and review medication to ensure that patients medicines are optimised for safety, effectiveness and cost-efficiency in line with competency and agreed scope of practice as approved by the relevant Trust governance process.
Information & Data Management
1. To contribute to the development of quantitative and qualitative performance measures, co-ordinate their use and be involved in disseminating, acting on and sharing learning from information gathered.
2. To participate in the design and collection of clinical audit data, leading implementation in designated areas and participate in research projects to improve the quality of care and inform best practices.
3. To utilise available information from audits, national guidelines, and benchmarking data to influence and implement improvement in service delivery.
4. To work closely with PCNs ensuring seamless integration of patient data for improved care co-ordination.
Staff Management and Education and Training
1 . click apply for full job details