Clinical Pharmacist WBC Primary Care Network - Hereford City inHereford inHereford PUBLISHED
THU 31 OCT 2024
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The Clinical Pharmacist will engage in direct patient care, addressing medication queries and concerns, and implementing safety protocols based on national and local guidelines. They will also conduct necessary audits, participate in public health initiatives, and maintain strong communication with practice teams and community pharmacies. The position requires independent travel between sites, and prior experience in a similar clinical setting is highly valued. Support and supervision will be provided by experienced pharmacists and a GP, promoting an environment conducive to ongoing learning and quality care delivery.
We are delighted to recruit an additional Clinical Pharmacist to join our established PCN Pharmacy Team.
We are looking for
- an experienced non-medical prescriber, or Pharmacist prepared to work towards this qualification
- a candidate who is interested in supporting the networks population health priorities and requirements of the PCN Directed Enhanced Service
- a keen team player
- We can offer you
- clinical leadership and peer support from experienced Pharmacists within the PCN and countywide
- established working relationships with general practice teams
- Pharmacy Technician support
- Opportunities to develop your clinical practice
Herefordshire is a very special place to live and work. This beautiful, green county is uniquely placed with providers across the system committed toworking together to improve the health and wellbeing of Herefordshire people and provide more joined up care closer to home.We are OneHerefordshire .
As a member of the multi-disciplinary team, you will be expected to provide prescribing advice and support to practice clinicians, staff, and patients. This includes prescription and medication queries, medicines policies and procedures, QOF and local incentive schemes, audit, and medicines safety.
Clinical work at the individual practices will include medication reviews, minor illness consultations and reviews post discharge.
You will have individual supervision from a GP and our Lead Pharmacist and be part of an established team of experienced Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians. In Herefordshire we take a collaborative approach across system partners e.g. other practices, PCNs, care homes and the Acute/Community Trust.To discuss the role, ask questions or arrange an informal visit please contact WBC Lead Pharmacist, Damsel Kuriakose
About us
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
(Please note this is a list of options, it is not exhaustive, which options are deployed will be decided by the individual PCN, in conjunction with the clinical pharmacist and SEL GP Group). It is however mandated by NHS England that this role is patient- facing in nature.
1. Patient facing or remote Clinical Medication Reviews
Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and work within your scope of practice as an independent prescriber to implement any necessary changes (or produce recommendations for/refer to other prescribing pharmacists, nurses and/or GPs to implement if outside your scope). These reviews could be cohort based, in care homes, polypharmacy or any other area required by the PCN, within the pharmacists competence. These reviews might be patient facing or remotely.
2. Medicines quality improvement
Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in areas identified by yourself and agreed by the PCN or as directed by the PCN, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the relevant practice team.
Identify cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through computer searches.
This might include risks that are patient related, medicine related, or both. Put in place changes to reduce the prescribing of these medicines to high-risk patient groups.
3. Medicines safety
Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance.
4. Leadership and management
You will be expected to contribute to the leadership of medicines-related issues for the PCN and
Demonstrate understanding of the pharmacy role in governance and implement this appropriately within the workplace.
Demonstrate understanding of, and contribute to, the workplace vision
Demonstrate ability to improve quality within limitations of service
Review progress yearly and develop clear plans to achieve results within priorities set by others.
Demonstrate ability to motivate self to achieve goals
Demonstrate ability to lead a team and provide support to other clinical pharmacists
Demonstrate understanding of the implications of national priorities for the team and/or service and manage the team through these changes
Demonstrate understanding of the process for effective resource utilisation
Demonstrate understanding of, and conforms to, relevant standards of practice
Demonstrate ability to identify and resolve risk management issues according to policy/protocol
Follow professional and organisational policies/procedures relating to performance management
Demonstrate ability to extend boundaries of service delivery within the team
Lead and mentor a team of differing abilities
5. Management of common/minor/self-limiting ailments
Managing caseload of patients with common/minor/self-limiting ailments while working within a scope of practice and limits of competence. Signposting to community pharmacy and referring to GPs or other healthcare professionals where appropriate.
6. Patient facing medicines support
Provide patient facing clinics for those with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines in the practice.
7. Telephone medicines support
Provide a telephone help line for patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines.
8. Management of medicines at change of care setting
Reconcile medicines following discharge from hospital or admission to intermediate care or care homes, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge. Set up and manage systems to ensure continuity of medicines supply to high-risk groups of patients (e.g. those with medicine compliance aids or those in Care Homes).
9. Medicine information to practice staff and patients
Answer relevant medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other network staff, other healthcare
teams (e.g. community pharmacy) and patients with queries about medicines. Suggest and recommend solutions. Providing follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes.
10. Drug monitoring
Ensure robust systems are in place for drug monitoring at each practice across the PCN, streamlining these where possible. Understand and apply the traffic light classifications for prescribing in the Herefordshire Health Economy.
11. Signposting
Ensure that patients are referred to the appropriate healthcare professional for the
appropriate level of care within an appropriate period of time e.g. pathology results, common/minor ailments, acute conditions, long term condition reviews etc.
12. Repeat prescribing
Ensure each practice in the PCN has a robust repeat prescribing policy, and streamline these across the PCN where possible. You may be asked to contribute to the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions and reviewing medicines reaching review dates. Ensure patients have appropriate monitoring in place when required.
13. Service development
Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the implementation and delivery of new services that have medicinal components (e.g. advice on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets).
14. Information management
Analyse, interpret and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks to support
decision making.
15. Education and Training
Understand and demonstrate the characteristics of a role model to members in the team and/or service
Demonstrate understanding of the mentorship process
Demonstrate ability to conduct teaching and assessment effectively according to a learning plan with supervision from more experience colleague
Demonstrate self-development through continuous professional development activity
Participate in the delivery of formal education programmes
Demonstrate an understanding of current educational policies relevant to working areas of practice and keeps up to date with relevant clinical practice
16. Care Quality Commission
Work with the general practice teams to ensure the practices are compliant with CQC
standards where medicines are involved.
17. Public health
Support public health campaigns. Provide specialist knowledge on all public health
programmes available to the general public.
18. Working alongside peers in community and secondary care teams: Fostering a culture of collaborative working between sectors, thereby providing patients with seamless care.
19. Special working conditions
The post holder is required to travel independently between work sites and to attend meetings etc hosted by other agencies.
The post-holder will have contact with body fluids, i.e. wound exudates, urine etc while in clinical practice.
The post-holder is likely to need to visit patients in their own home.
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