The Millwood Partnership is looking for an enthusiastic clinical pharmacist to join our pharmacy team.
The post holder is a clinical pharmacist who acts within
their professional boundaries, working alongside a team of pharmacists in
general practice.
They will improve patients health outcomes and the
efficiency of the primary care team by providing direct, accessible and timely
medicines and expertise including face to face contact with patients.
The post holder will be an integral part of the general
practice team, as well as part of a wider pharmacist network and
multi-disciplinary team. This includes being a conduit of patient medicines
information into and out of hospitals.
They will work to optimise medication issues to improve patient care and
safety, and support clinical staff in the management of patients.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Pharmacist to join our forward thinking practice. We have 3 GP Partners, 3 Salaried GPs and we are looking to expand our team. We are a total triage practice using Footfall for all of our appointment requests. We have capped numbers per day and our clinical staff book their own appointments in line with their judgement of the patients condition. You will manage your own workload in a way that suits you. You will be supported by our Pharmacy Team consisting of Pharmacy Technicians, Prescription Clerks, Pharmacist, and our wider team of doctors and clinicians.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The clinical pharmacist in a general practice
organisation has the following key responsibilities in relation to delivering
health services.
Work
as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role to clinically
assess and treat patients using their expert knowledge of medicines for
specific disease areas
Be
a prescriber, or completing training to become a prescriber, and work with and
alongside the general practice team
Be
responsible for the care management of patients with chronic diseases and
undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex
polypharmacy, especially the elderly, people in care homes, those with multiple
co-morbidities (in particular frailty, COPD and asthma) and people with
learning disabilities or autism (through STOMP Stop Over Medication
Programme)
Provide
specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the
public health and social care needs of patients at the organisation and to help
in tackling inequalities
Provide
leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation (including ensuring
prescribers in the practice conserve antibiotics in line with local
antimicrobial stewardship guidance) and quality improvement, whilst
contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services
Through
structured medication reviews, support patients to take their medications to
get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care
Have a leadership role in supporting further
integration of general practice with the wider healthcare teams (including
community and hospital Pharmacy) to h elp improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage General Practice workload.
Develop
relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across the
wider health and social care system
Take
a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical
research with medicines, liaison with specialist pharmacists (including mental
health and reduction of inappropriate antipsychotic use in people with learning
difficulties), liaison with community pharmacists, and anticoagulation
To
consult patients within defined levels of competence and independently prescribe
acute and repeat medication
To
receive referrals and directed patients from triage services and other
clinicians
To
receive and resolve medicines queries from patients and other staff
To
provide medication review services for patients in the practice and during
domiciliary visits to the local nursing home
To
manage a caseload of complex patients
To
manage a therapeutic drug monitoring system and the recall of patients taking
high risk drugs, i.e., anticoagulants, anticonvulsants and DMARDs, etc.
To
deliver long term condition clinics and home visits, particularly for patients
with complicated medication regimes, and prescribe accordingly
To
provide pharmaceutical consultations to patients with long term conditions as
an integral part of the multidisciplinary team
To
review medications for newly registered patients
To
improve patient and carer understanding of confidence in and compliance with
their medication
To
maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
To
encourage cost-effective prescribing throughout the organisation
To
implement and embed a robust repeat prescribing system
To
provide advice and answer medication related queries from patients and staff
To
organise and oversee the organisations medicines optimisation systems,
including the repeat prescribing and medication review systems
To
improve the quality and effectiveness of prescribing through clinical audit and
education, to improve performance against NICE standards and clinical and prescribing
guidance.
To
develop yourself and the role through participation in clinical supervision,
training and service redesign activities
To
ensure appropriate supervision of safe storage, rotation and disposal of
vaccines and drugs. To apply infection-control measures within the practice
according to local and national guidelines
To
provide subject matter expertise on medication monitoring, implementing and
embedding a system
To
support clinicians with the management of patients suffering from drug and
alcohol dependencies
To
actively signpost patients to the correct healthcare professional
To
manage a caseload of complex patients and potential care institutions and to
provide advice for the GP management of more complex patients or areas such as
addictive behaviours, severe mental illness or end of life care
To
review the latest guidance, ensuring the organisation conforms to NICE, CQC
etc.
To
provide targeted support and proactive reviews for vulnerable, complex patients
and those at risk of admission and re-admission to secondary care
To
handle prescription queries and requests directly
To
provide proactive leadership on medicines and prescribing systems to the
organisation, patients and their carers
To
support in the delivery of enhanced services and other service requirements on
behalf of the organisation
To
participate in the management of patient complaints when requested to do so,
and participate in the identification of any necessary learning brought about
through clinical incidents and near-miss event
To undertake all mandatory training and
induction programmes
To
contribute to and embrace the spectrum of clinical governance
To
attend a formal appraisal with your manager at least every 12 months. Once a
performance/training objective has been set, progress will be reviewed on a
regular basis so that new objectives can be agreed
To
contribute to public health campaigns (e.g., COVID-19 or flu clinics) through
advice or direct care
To
maintain a clean, tidy, effective working area at all times.