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In addition to clinical duties, the Clinical Pharmacist will participate in audits, maintain accurate patient records, and ensure compliance with practice policies and governance standards. They will work closely with other healthcare professionals to improve practice systems and align with NHS contract requirements. The role includes supervision and mentorship for continued learning, emphasizing the professional growth of the pharmacist within the team. Overall, this position is vital for improving health outcomes and reducing hospital admissions by ensuring effective medicines management across the PCN.
The Clinical Pharmacist will complement our existing pharmacy team proactively helping patients across the PCN to stay safe, well, and out of hospital whilst supporting efforts to reduce the demands placed on general practice. You will be a leading example of clinical excellence, supporting colleagues in the PCN, and providing an advanced level of experience and care.
The opportunity to transfer your existing NHS pension, or to join the scheme. Support and funding to continue your education, development, and learning.
Main Duties The post holder will help patients to get the best from their medicines, annual and acute medication reviews, SMRs, switching medications to agreed and approved protocols, improving repeat prescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimising clinical risk, and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.
The clinical pharmacist will be directly responsible for care and prescribing of defined cohort(s) of patients. To have completed or be near to completing training to become a prescriber to work alongside the general practice team. To deliver and develop pharmacy led medicines optimisation working with general practice and the wider multidisciplinary team, ensuring each practice remains up to date.
Ensuring best value, reduced harm, and improved outcomes. To work to the principles of Medicines Optimisation and relevant up to date national guidelines and evidence base. To support the Prescribing Lead with the medicines agenda within the PCN and primary care practices.
ADMINISTRATION Contribute and participate in audits, evaluation, and clinical standard setting within the PCN and the 4 Practices. Accurate and timely summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data. Complete all required paperwork for legal and administrative purposes in accordance with relevant standards. Ensure that all practice policies are fully implemented.
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Work in accordance with all governance and internal systems relating to (but not limited to) the management of clinical data and systems. TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT Taking responsibility for own development with relevant evidence-based knowledge and competence in all aspects of the role to meet clinical governance guidelines for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and a Personal Development Plan (PDP). Stay up to date through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements are met, demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work. Subject to a performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development.
Work closely with other clinical staff and administrative managers in the setting up and/or improving of practice systems for monitoring or measuring performance against Clinical Governance and Quality Indicator targets. Work to deliver the NHS contract requirements related to the practice (including the terms of the Quality and Outcomes Framework and locally enhanced services) Receive a minimum of one supervision session per month by a senior clinical pharmacist. Be assigned to a GP clinical supervisor for support and development. OTHER DELEGATED DUTIES This job description is not intended to be exhaustive - it may be changed after consultation with the post holder.
The employee shares with the employer the responsibility for review and modification of duties. This job description will reflect the PCN DES ARRS role requirements which may be varied in line with national guidance.
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