Clinical Pharmacist inSheffield inSheffield PUBLISHED 30 SEP 2024

Sevenhills Primary Care Network is looking for two motivated clinical pharmacists with a strong desire for professional development to join an established clinical pharmacy team of seven pharmacists and one pharmacy technician. We are considering applications from newly qualified pharmacists to well experienced senior practice pharmacists.

We will also welcome applicants looking to transition from other sectors of pharmacy, as we have experience of successfully supporting over 40 pharmacy professionals make the move to working in primary care. The Sevenhills pharmacy team will not only offer comprehensive guidance and training on induction but also a framework for professional development consisting of an initial 18-month training pathway, followed by opportunity in career advancement in pharmacist independent prescribing to support any pharmacist new to primary care.

For more experienced pharmacists, we also have supported more advanced level professional development, supporting clinical pharmacists achieve advanced clinical practice qualification.

The successful applicant will enjoy a varied post consisting of face-to-face clinics supporting medication and long-term condition review, working within the acute triage team and traditional pharmacy medicine-optimisation activity.

The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role to:

Optimise the use of medicines, Improve the safety and quality of prescribing, Perform specific elements of general practices clinical workload, The post holder will be an independent prescriber, working within their own competency or willing to work towards the qualification.

Primary duties contained within this role include but are not limited to the following:

Patient facing long-term condition clinic, Patient facing clinical medication review, Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for senior clinical pharmacist, nurses and/or GP on prescribing and monitoring.

Patient facing care home medication reviews, Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for senior clinical pharmacist, nurses and/or GP on prescribing and monitoring.

Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration, Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for senior clinical pharmacist, nurses and/or GP on prescribing and monitoring.

Attend and refer patients to multidisciplinary case conferences, Manage caseload of patients with common ailments while working within a scope of practice and limits of competence, Signposting to community pharmacy and referring to GPs or other healthcare professionals.

About us

Purpose of the role:

The role of clinical pharmacist is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies of general practice within the Sevenhills network and therefore demands motivation and a passion to deliver excellent care.

The post holder will work within their clinical competencies as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in clinical medicines management, provide face to face structured medication reviews, manage long term conditions, management of medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, manage repeat prescription authorisations and reauthorisation, acute prescription request, while addressing both the public health and social care needs of patients registered within the Sevenhills Primary Care Network.

Summary of role:

The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role to:

• Optimise the use of medicines
• Improve the safety and quality of prescribing
• Perform specific elements of general practices clinical workload

The post holder will be as an independent prescriber, working within their own competency or working towards the qualification.

Primary duties contained within this role include the following:

• Patient facing long-term condition clinic
• Patient facing clinical medication review
• Patient facing care home medication reviews
• Patient facing domiciliary clinical medication review
• Management of common/minor/self-limiting ailments
• Patient facing medicines support
• Telephone medicines support
• Medicine information to practice staff and patients
• Unplanned hospital admissions
• Management of medicines at discharge form hospital
• Supporting cost effective medicines use
• Signposting
• Repeat prescribing
• Risk stratification
• Service development
• Information management
• Medicines quality improvement
• Medicines safety
• Implementation of local and national guidelines and formulary recommendations
• Education and training
• Care Quality Commission
• Public health

Collaborative working relationships

• Recognise the roles of other colleagues within the organisation and their role to patient care
• Demonstrate the use of appropriate communication to gain the co-operation of relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and peer colleagues, other professionals, other NHS/private organisations e.g. CCGs)
• Demonstrate ability to work as a member of a team
• Recognise personal limitations and refer to more appropriate colleagues(s) when necessary
• Actively work toward developing and maintaining effective working relationships both within and outside the practice and locality
• Foster and maintain strong links with all services across locality
• Explore the potential for collaborative working and take opportunities to initiate and sustain such relationships
• Demonstrate ability to integrate general practice with community and hospital pharmacy teams
• Liaise with CCG colleagues including CCG pharmacists and technicians on prescribing related matters to ensure consistency of patient care and benefit
• Liaise with CCG pharmacists and Head of Medicines Management to benefit from peer support
• Liaise with other stakeholders as needed for the collective benefit of patients

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Work towards an independent prescribing qualification
• Prioritise when problem-solving and identify deviations from normal pattern, referring to seniors or GPs when appropriate
• Follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct
• Involve patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and support adherence as per NICE guidelines

Leadership

• Apply clinical governance, implementing appropriately within the workplace
• Engage with Patient Participation Groups (PPGs) in development of the clinical pharmacist role in practices
• Improve quality within the limitations of the service
• Review yearly progress and develop clear plans to achieve results within priorities set by others
• Motivate self to achieve goals
• Promote diversity and equality in people management techniques and lead by example.

Management

• Effectively implement local and national priorities for the team and/or service
• Demonstrate an understanding of the process for effective resource utilisation
• Demonstrate an understanding of and conform to relevant standards of practice
• Identify and resolve risk management issues according to policy/protocol
• Follow professional and organisational policies/procedures relating to performance management
• Adapt to extended boundaries within the delivery of the service

Education, training and development

• Participate in formal education programmes relevant to the role including CPPE GP Education Pathway and Independent Prescribing (if not already complete).
• Act as role model to members in the team and/or service
• Demonstrate an understanding of the mentorship process
• Conduct teaching and assessment effectively according to a learning plan with supervision from more experienced colleagues
• Participate in continuous professional development activity; working alongside senior clinical pharmacist to identify areas to develop
• Demonstrate an understanding of current education policies relevant to working areas of practice and keep up to date with relevant clinical practice
• Ensure there is appropriate clinical supervision in place to support development
• Enrol in review and appraisal systems with the organisation

Research and Evaluation

• Critically evaluate and review literature
• Identify gaps in evidence base to support practice
• Generate evidence suitable for presentations at practice and local level
• Apply research evidence base into work place
• Understand principles of research governance

Healthy and Safety/Risk Management

• The post-holder must comply at all times with the practices health and safety polices, in particular by following agreed safe working procedures and reporting incidents using organisations incident reporting system.

Equality and Diversity

• The post-holder must co-operate with all policies and procedures designed to ensure equality of employment. Co-workers, patients and visitors must be treated equally irrespective of gender, ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion

Respect for Patient Confidentiality

• The post-holder should respect patient confidentiality at all times and not divulge patient information unless sanctioned by the requirements of the role

Special Working Conditions

• The post-holder is required to travel independently between practice sites, to patient homes, care homes and to attend meetings hosted by other agencies
• The post-holder will have contact with body fluids i.e. wound exudates, urine etc. while in clinical practice