{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nClinical Pharmacist (part time) with Newbridge Surgery in Wolverhampton, United Kingdom\n\n Job summary CLINICAL PHARMACIST - 19 hours per week (approx) Salary dependent upon experience - circa approx £35.00 p/h Newbridge Surgery is a GPPractice with approximately 5,800 patients located near Tettenhall Village in Wolverhampton. We work as part of Wolverhampton Total Healthdelivering a Primary Care Network (PCN) service to approximately 58000 patientsacross Wolverhampton. We currently have an opportunityfor an experienced Clinical Pharmacist to join the Surgery. Previous experience of working as a ClinicalPharmacist in a General Practice environment is essential. The role is to improve health outcomes and the efficiency of the Primary Care team by providing direct, assessible and timely medicines expertise.To pro-actively transfer workload relating to medicines optimisation issues from other clinical staff to improve patient care and safety. Main duties of the job You will be working in a patient facing role with managing long term conditions; conducting medication reviews for patients in care homes and wider community. Other duties include; promoting self care, access and treat conditions for patients, medicines management and safer prescribing. You will be an independent prescriber with demonstrable experience in an General Practice environment and knowledge of EMIS / Docman 10 is desirable. About us Newbridge Surgery is a GP Practice with approximately 5,800 patients located near Tettenhall Village in Wolverhampton. We work as part of Wolverhampton Total Health delivering a Primary Care Network (PCN) service to approximately 58000 patients across Wolverhampton. Job description Job responsibilities The successful candidate will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to develop and run processes for repeat prescription reauthorisation, management of medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing. You will also undertake structured medication reviews for patients in care homes and community. You will also be required to undertake face to face patient assessments and reviews. 1. Patient Facing Clinical Services andCare Conductface to face and other modes of medication review and agree medicines careplans in agreement with patients and carers. Deliveringlong term conditions clinics and home visits particularly for patients withcomplicated medication regimes and prescribe accordingly. Consultwith patients for acute illnesses within defined levels of competence andindependently prescribe medication. Prescribeacute and repeat medication for patient needs within areas of competency. Receivereferrals and directed patients from triage services and other clinicians. Providetargeted support and pro-active review for vulnerable, complex patients andthose at risk of admission and re-admission to secondary care. Receiveand resolve medicines queries from patients and other staff. Contributeto public health campaigns (e.g. flu clinics) through advice or direct care. Providespecific advice and support to patients in care homes and support staff. Providehelp and advice on medicines use to patients and their Carers. Promoteself-management and develop patient support systems. Managetherapeutic drug monitoring system and recall of patients taking high riskdrugs i.e. anticoagulants, anticonvulsants and DMARDS etc. Support virtual and remote models ofconsultation and support including e-consultations, remote medication reviewand telehealth and telemedicine. 2. Medicines Optimisation Systems Organiseand oversee repeat prescribing, repeat dispensing, electronic prescribing andmedication review systems. Provideleadership and support to prescription administrative staff. Handleprescription queries and requests directly. Overseesystem for reconciliation of medicines from outpatient and discharge lettersand support safe transfer of care through liaison with hospital and communitycolleagues. Liaisewith other stakeholders in the supply chain such as community pharmacists andappliance contractors to handle queries and manage supply problems. Maintainand review a Medicines Handling Policy for the practice to ensure safeprocesses for self-administered medicines and controlled drugs. Supportthe delivery of QOF, incentive schemes, QIPP and other quality or costseffectiveness initiatives. Agreeand review Prescribing Formularies and Protocols and monitor compliance levels. Improve the data quality of medicinesrecords and linking to conditions. 3. Safety Reportmedicines related incidents, contribute to investigations and root causeanalyses. Participatein serious incident investigations and multidisciplinary case reviews. ReportAdverse Drug Reactions and promote reporting by MDT. Overseeuse and monitoring of high risk drugs and drugs of abuse. Action and response to Drug SafetyAlerts and other safety cascades. 4. Training and education andinformation Participatein MDT learning activities. Participatein and contribute to MDT clinical supervision sessions and case reviews. Developand deliver education sessions and training to clinical and non-clinical staffon medicines issues. Delivereducation and support to individual patients and patient support groups onmedicines. Deliverad-hoc medicines advice to doctors and other clinicians. Assessemergent clinical evidence and develop strategies for implementation inpractice. Horizonscan for new drugs and provide information to the MDT on their introduction. Provideadvice on cost effective prescribing and supply issues. Provideteaching and support to medical students, GP trainees and other traineehealthcare professionals. Activelyparticipate in Network MDT meetings and any clinical supervision anddevelopment sessions. Actively participate in National CPPEtraining scheme for clinical pharmacists as appropriate. 5. Quality Ensure compliance with CQC and otherprofessional standards. Promote a culture of constantimprovement and excellence. Conduct regular clinical audits andother improvement activities. Assess own performance regularly andmake suggestions of how to improve personal and team performance. Lead and participate in PDRs andother improvement activities. Contribute to the achievement of KPIsand objectives of the Network. Understand a risk management approachand apply it to all activities. 6. Financial and physical resources Manage prescribing expenditure andmonitor drug budget. Prescribe cost effectively. Reduce waste. Ensure safe storage and security ofmedicines. 7. Governance Agreeand maintain Medication Review Policies and procedures. Agreeand manage Repeat Prescribing Policy and Processes. Maintain prescribing policies withinthe practice to manage risk including medicines storage, preparation,administration and disposal to comply with Medicines Act 1968 and Misuse of DrugsAct 1971 and evolving legislation. Job description Job responsibilities The successful candidate will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to develop and run processes for repeat prescription reauthorisation, management of medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing. You will also undertake structured medication reviews for patients in care homes and community. You will also be required to undertake face to face patient assessments and reviews. 1. Patient Facing Clinical Services andCare Conductface to face and other modes of medication review and agree medicines careplans in agreement with patients and carers. Deliveringlong term conditions clinics and home visits particularly for patients withcomplicated medication regimes and prescribe accordingly. Consultwith patients for acute illnesses within defined levels of competence andindependently prescribe medication. Prescribeacute and repeat medication for patient needs within areas of competency. Receivereferrals and directed patients from triage services and other clinicians. Providetargeted support and pro-active review for vulnerable, complex patients andthose at risk of admission and re-admission to secondary care. Receiveand resolve medicines queries from patients and other staff. Contributeto public health campaigns (e.g. flu clinics) through advice or direct care. Providespecific advice and support to patients in care homes and support staff. Providehelp and advice on medicines use to patients and their Carers. Promoteself-management and develop patient support systems. Managetherapeutic drug monitoring system and recall of patients taking high riskdrugs i.e. anticoagulants, anticonvulsants and DMARDS etc. Support virtual and remote models ofconsultation and support including e-consultations, remote medication reviewand telehealth and telemedicine. 2. Medicines Optimisation Systems Organiseand oversee repeat prescribing, repeat dispensing, electronic prescribing andmedication review systems. Provideleadership and support to prescription administrative staff. Handleprescription queries and requests directly. Overseesystem for reconciliation of medicines from outpatient and discharge lettersand support safe transfer of care through liaison with hospital and communitycolleagues. Liaisewith other stakeholders in the supply chain such as community pharmacists andappliance contractors to handle queries and manage supply problems. Maintainand review a Medicines Handling Policy for the practice to ensure safeprocesses for self-administered medicines and controlled drugs. Supportthe delivery of QOF, incentive schemes, QIPP and other quality or costseffectiveness initiatives. Agreeand review Prescribing Formularies and Protocols and monitor compliance levels. Improve the data quality of medicinesrecords and linking to conditions. 3. Safety Reportmedicines related incidents, contribute to investigations and root causeanalyses. Participatein serious incident investigations and multidisciplinary case reviews. ReportAdverse Drug Reactions and promote reporting by MDT. Overseeuse and monitoring of high risk drugs and drugs of abuse. Action and response to Drug SafetyAlerts and other safety cascades. 4. Training and education andinformation Participatein MDT learning activities. Participatein and contribute to MDT clinical supervision sessions and case reviews. Developand deliver education sessions and training to clinical and non-clinical staffon medicines issues. Delivereducation and support to individual patients and patient support groups onmedicines. Deliverad-hoc medicines advice to doctors and other clinicians. Assessemergent clinical evidence and develop strategies for implementation inpractice. Horizonscan for new drugs and provide information to the MDT on their introduction. Provideadvice on cost effective prescribing and supply issues. Provideteaching and support to medical students, GP trainees and other traineehealthcare professionals. Activelyparticipate in Network MDT meetings and any clinical supervision anddevelopment sessions. Actively participate in National CPPEtraining scheme for clinical pharmacists as appropriate. 5. Quality Ensure compliance with CQC and otherprofessional standards. Promote a culture of constantimprovement and excellence. Conduct regular clinical audits andother improvement activities. Assess own performance regularly andmake suggestions of how to improve personal and team performance. Lead and participate in PDRs andother improvement activities. Contribute to the achievement of KPIsand objectives of the Network. Understand a risk management approachand apply it to all activities. 6. Financial and physical resources Manage prescribing expenditure andmonitor drug budget. Prescribe cost effectively. Reduce waste. Ensure safe storage and security ofmedicines. 7. Governance Agreeand maintain Medication Review Policies and procedures. Agreeand manage Repeat Prescribing Policy and Processes. Maintain prescribing policies withinthe practice to manage risk including medicines storage, preparation,administration and disposal to comply with Medicines Act 1968 and Misuse of DrugsAct 1971 and evolving legislation. Person Specification Qualifications Essential Educated to masters level or equivalent of experience of working at a senior level in a specialist area. Member of General Pharmaceutical Council. Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development. Desirable GPhC Independent Prescribing Qualification. Experience Essential Must have experience of working in Primary Care in a similar role. Evidence of experience of using independent prescribing. Ability to constructively challenge the views and practices of clinicians and managers. Experience of a patient focused role and consultation skills. Sound knowledge of medicines legislation and the vision for the role of Clinical Pharmacist within Primary Care. Ability to plan and work independently. Knowledge & Skills Essential Extensive knowledge of Medicines Optimisation. Good interpersonal skills. Current and valid driving license with access to a car or vehicle. Desirable Experience in Emis Web and Docman 10. Person Specification Qualifications Essential Educated to masters level or equivalent of experience of working at a senior level in a specialist area. Member of General Pharmaceutical Council. Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development. Desirable GPhC Independent Prescribing Qualification. Experience Essential Must have experience of working in Primary Care in a similar role. Evidence of experience of using independent prescribing. Ability to constructively challenge the views and practices of clinicians and managers. Experience of a patient focused role and consultation skills. Sound knowledge of medicines legislation and the vision for the role of Clinical Pharmacist within Primary Care. Ability to plan and work independently. Knowledge & Skills Essential Extensive knowledge of Medicines Optimisation. Good interpersonal skills. Current and valid driving license with access to a car or vehicle. Desirable Experience in Emis Web and Docman 10. 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. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see Additional information UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see Employer details Employer name Newbridge Surgery Address 255 Tettenhall Road Wolverhampton WV6 0DE Employer's website "}