Clinical Pharmacist inManchester inManchester PUBLISHED 3 DEC 2023
Hope Citadel Healthcare CIC rp475ihF
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Expertise in clinical medicines review and address public health and social needs of patients in GP practices
Reduce inappropriate poly pharmacy and wasteful prescribing through clinical medication review
Reconcile medicines following hospital discharge and work with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge.
Contribute to reductions in medicine related hospital admissions and readmissions by supporting patients to get the best outcomes from their medicines and identifying and addressing medicines related issues
Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates
Manage patients and health care professionals medicine queries
Increase quality and safety of prescribing through mechanisms such as audit and PDSA cycles
Implement drug withdrawals and alerts e.g. MHRA aimed at improving medicines safety
Work with primary care professional and patients to implement NICE and other evidence based guidelines
Run clinics where medicines are the main interventions
Contribute to multimorbidity reviews and multidisciplinary reviews
Provide medicines information and training to Practice healthcare professionals and admin staff
Review daily Pathology results for patients on known medicines
Act as a source of medicines information for all of the practice team and patients (e.g. around doses, side effects, adverse events, possible alternatives e.g. around out of stocks)
Undertake minor ailments triage: dealing with minor ailments and triaging patients appropriately
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
1.Working within the practice based team to undertake medication reviews particularly in high risk groups such as:
Frail elderly
Poly-pharmacy
Renal impairment
Hepatic impairment
Substance misuse
Patients on high risk medicines
STOPP/START identified patients
Revolving door Hospital admissions
2.Improve prescribing practice through educational support for all prescribers within the practice
3.Lead on where changes in evidence require changes in prescribing across patient population e.g. where a drug is withdrawn or indications change
4.Liaise with colleagues in community pharmacy to align support for medicines adherence such as MUR and NMS
5.Support improvements in clinical care through practice based audit and implementing change
6.Prescribing advice to prescribers in practice e.g. temporary non availability of drugs
7.Ensure patient safety when they are transferred between care providers through reconciliation of prescribed medicines
Are you an experienced Clinical Pharmacist, who is proactive, enthusiastic and looking for a positive challenge and an opportunity to provide service in an area where patients need it the most? Then this could be the role for you.
This role will report to the Clinical Lead and Practice Manager, working alongside a brilliant team of Doctors, ANPs, Nurses and Administrative staff who deliver great healthcare to our patients.
Set up and manage systems to ensure continuity of medicines supply to high-risk groups of patients (eg, those with medicine compliance aids or those in care homes)
Identification of cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through pre-prepared practice computer searches. This might include risks that are patient related, medicine related, or both
Review the use of medicines most commonly associated with unplanned hospital admissions and readmissions through audit and individual patient reviews
Manage 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 to the GP. Monitor and manage patients with polypharmacy
Provide a telephone help line for patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines
Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for the GP on prescribing and monitoring
Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration
Expertise in clinical medicines review and address public health and social needs of patients in GP practices
Reduce inappropriate poly pharmacy and wasteful prescribing through clinical medication review
Reconcile medicines following hospital discharge and work with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge.
Contribute to reductions in medicine related hospital admissions and readmissions by supporting patients to get the best outcomes from their medicines and identifying and addressing medicines related issues
Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates
Manage patients and health care professionals medicine queries
Increase quality and safety of prescribing through mechanisms such as audit and PDSA cycles
Implement drug withdrawals and alerts e.g. MHRA aimed at improving medicines safety
Work with primary care professional and patients to implement NICE and other evidence based guidelines
Run clinics where medicines are the main interventions
Contribute to multimorbidity reviews and multidisciplinary reviews
Provide medicines information and training to Practice healthcare professionals and admin staff
Review daily Pathology results for patients on known medicines
Act as a source of medicines information for all of the practice team and patients (e.g. around doses, side effects, adverse events, possible alternatives e.g. around out of stocks)
Undertake minor ailments triage: dealing with minor ailments and triaging patients appropriately
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
1.Working within the practice based team to undertake medication reviews particularly in high risk groups such as:
Frail elderly
Poly-pharmacy
Renal impairment
Hepatic impairment
Substance misuse
Patients on high risk medicines
STOPP/START identified patients
Revolving door Hospital admissions
2.Improve prescribing practice through educational support for all prescribers within the practice
3.Lead on where changes in evidence require changes in prescribing across patient population e.g. where a drug is withdrawn or indications change
4.Liaise with colleagues in community pharmacy to align support for medicines adherence such as MUR and NMS
5.Support improvements in clinical care through practice based audit and implementing change
6.Prescribing advice to prescribers in practice e.g. temporary non availability of drugs
7.Ensure patient safety when they are transferred between care providers through reconciliation of prescribed medicines
Are you an experienced Clinical Pharmacist, who is proactive, enthusiastic and looking for a positive challenge and an opportunity to provide service in an area where patients need it the most? Then this could be the role for you.
This role will report to the Clinical Lead and Practice Manager, working alongside a brilliant team of Doctors, ANPs, Nurses and Administrative staff who deliver great healthcare to our patients.
Set up and manage systems to ensure continuity of medicines supply to high-risk groups of patients (eg, those with medicine compliance aids or those in care homes)
Identification of cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through pre-prepared practice computer searches. This might include risks that are patient related, medicine related, or both
Review the use of medicines most commonly associated with unplanned hospital admissions and readmissions through audit and individual patient reviews
Manage 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 to the GP. Monitor and manage patients with polypharmacy
Provide a telephone help line for patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines
Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for the GP on prescribing and monitoring
Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration
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