Job summary
Upper Don Network
Clinical Pharmacist
We are looking for a
Clinical Pharmacist who will seek to improve the quality and safety of care
offered to patients of the Upper Don PCN. They will have regular contact with
patients and will reduce the workload of GP prescribers in the practice. They
will also support the management of patients with long-term conditions
Main duties of the job
Specifically, the
Practice-based Clinical Pharmacist will develop and manage medicines
optimisation services within primary care. They will work as part of a
multidisciplinary team to manage medicines on transfer of care and systems for
safer prescribing. They will perform face-to-face and telephone medication
reviews of patients with polypharmacy; especially for those with frailty and/or
with multiple co-morbidities. They will undertake face-to-face and telephone
reviews of patients with specific long term conditions that fall within their
competency (such as asthma reviews).
About us
Upper Don Primary
Care Network is made up of 3 practices in Sheffield, who serve a population of
around 22,000 patients. We are an active network who is currently engaged in
work with our local health and social care organisations to support and develop
care models for our patients and community.
Candidates will be expected to work across all 3 Practices
Valley Medical Centre
Deepcar Medical Centre
Oughtibridge Surgery
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working within your
professional and clinical boundaries as part of an established
multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in all areas of medicine related
practice in a patient facing role.
Working in
partnership with various organisations, to improve the quality and safety of
care offered to our patients. Using independent prescribing to support better
access to medicines, clinical medicines management, provide face to face
structured medication reviews, tackling polypharmacy and manage long term
conditions.
To manage medicines
on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing including manage repeat
prescriptions, acute prescription requests and antibiotic stewardship, while
addressing both the public health and social care needs of patients across the
primary care network practices.
The post-holder is
expected to comply with Upper Don Network organisations employment policies and
procedures, as well as clinical and information governance policies and
procedures, and any other policies and procedures necessary for the safe and
effective discharge of the duties contained within this document.
The focus of the
post holders work will depend on the qualifications, skills and experience of
the individual and the needs of the PCN Practice(s) which may develop over time.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of two years post-qualification experience
- Understanding of the work of General Practice
- Motivation & Skills
- Ability to motivate self and other members of the team
- Drive and determination to promote and support the role of pharmacy staff in General Practice
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrates the ability to communicate complex and
- sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences
- Able to influence, motivate and persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations or agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers
- Good IT skills
- Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate. Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
- Produce timely and informative reports
- Work effectively independently and as a team member
- Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision
- Ability to work flexibly
- Ability to recognise own limitations and act upon them appropriately;
- Willingness to learn new skills
- An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality
Desirable
- An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence based healthcare including clinical audit
- Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine issues in core areas for long term conditions
- Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm)
- Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Clinical diploma or other post graduate qualification
- Independent prescriber or working towards qualification or willingness to work towards
- The post holder must either have completed the CPPE primary care pathway or be working towards it or willing to work towards
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Valley Medical Centre
Address
Valley Medical Centre
Johnson Street
Stocksbridge
Sheffield
S36 1BX