Junior GP Pharmacist/GP Practice Pharmacist

NHS; Hastings; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job description

This exciting new role provides the opportunity to work 22.5 hours per week in General Practice and alongside a team of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to support the delivery of pharmacy services in general practice.

You will be part of a dynamic, forward-thinking pharmacy team delivering medicines management across a PCN with the support of a named pharmacist. The team comprises supervising pharmacists, lead clinical pharmacist, and GP to support the team and individuals.

You will be responsible for the care management of patients with chronic diseases and undertake clinical medication reviews, to proactively manage people with polypharmacy and multi-morbidities.

You will have the opportunity to attend meetings at practice, PCN, and CCG level, deliver training to practice and pharmacy team colleagues, mentor students and junior colleagues, and develop innovative services in response to local gaps in healthcare.

Newly qualified UK registered Pharmacists will be considered.

Clinical supervision, training, and mentorship will be provided.

The post holder will be supported to progress through the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway (PCPEP), and to develop their role to become an independent prescriber, pending successful completion of probation and funding availability.

Main duties of the job

You will be key in supporting the delivery of SMRs. Your role will impact on the patients' medication journey, focusing on de-prescribing, improving quality of care, and reducing medicines-related admissions. You will manage long-term conditions, support hospital discharge prescribing arrangements, provide specific advice for those on polypharmacy, and support the practices to develop the clinical pharmacist role. You will support the prescription team and ensure pharmacists in the network, and other local networks, collaborate ideas and support each other.

You will be enthusiastic and adaptable to change, with excellent clinical skills.

You should exhibit good organisational skills and ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of healthcare professionals and other stakeholders including patients, families, and carers.

You will be comfortable working independently and as part of multiple teams as described.

The post holder will work within their clinical competencies as part of an MDT team to provide expertise in clinical medicines management, provide face-to-face structured medication reviews, manage LTCs, management of meds on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, manage repeat prescription authorisations and re-authorisation, acute prescription requests, while addressing both the public health and social care needs of patients in the GP practice.

To perform face-to-face medication reviews of patients with polypharmacy especially for older people.

About us

It's a great time to be a part of a structured organisation supported by a lead pharmacist within the practice, to support the GP Partners and clinical team, contribute to a high level of patient care, support all the allied health professionals whilst being accountable to the partners clinically and the Deputy Manager/Practice Manager administratively. Salary will be dependent on experience.

Job responsibilities

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 re-authorisation, acute prescription requests, while addressing both the public health and social care needs of patients in the GP practice.

The post holder will perform face-to-face medication reviews of patients with polypharmacy especially for older people, people in residential care homes, and those with multiple co-morbidities. The post holder will provide leadership on quality improvement and clinical audit as well as managing some aspects of the Quality and Outcomes Framework.

This role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and passion to deliver an excellent service within general practice.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Personal Qualities & Attributes
• Commitment to reducing health inequalities and proactively working to reach people from all communities
• Demonstrates use of appropriate communication to gain the co-operation of relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and peer colleagues, and other professionals, other NHS/private organisations, e.g., CCGs)
• Is able to recognise personal limitations and refer to more appropriate colleague(s) when necessary
• Ability to identify risk and assess/manage risk when working with individuals
• Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Able to lead on medicines management and medicines monitoring
• Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision
• Able to provide leadership and to finish work tasks
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships and to promote collaborative practice with all colleagues
• Demonstrates personal accountability, emotional resilience and works well under pressure
• Ability to organise, plan and prioritise on own initiative, including when under pressure and meeting deadlines
• High level of written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work flexibly and enthusiastically within a team or on own initiative
• Knowledge of and ability to work to policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance, and health and safety
• Professional registration
• Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Qualifications & Training
• Completion of an undergraduate degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Holds or working towards an Independent prescribing course
• Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy
• Follows professional and organisational policies/procedures relating to performance management
• Previous experience in hospital, general practice or CCG
• Experience and an awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-term conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice
• Demonstrates ability to integrate general practice with community and hospital pharmacy teams
• Experience of partnership/collaborative working and of building relationships across a variety of organisations
• Minimum of 2 years post qualifying experience
• In-depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g., patients)
• Recognise priorities when problem-solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern, knowing when to escalate
• Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
• Produce timely and informative reports
• Influence/motivate/persuade the audience to comply with recommended agreed course of action, breaking down significant barriers
• Understanding of the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on communities
• Be able to work well independently and as a team member
• Should be accountable for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision
• An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
• An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practices
• Knowledge of IT systems, including ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet to create simple plans and reports
• Able to plan, manage, monitor and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long-term conditions
• Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information.
• Able to gain acceptance for recommendations and influence/motivate/persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations/agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers
• Able to identify and resolve risk management issues according to policy/protocol.
• Meets DBS reference standards and has a clear criminal record, in line with the law on spent convictions
• Self Motivation
• Safeguarding and other mandatory training
• Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis if required.
• Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy
• Completion of CPPE 18-month Primary care pharmacy education pathway
• Experience and an awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-term conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice
• Understand the principles of research governance
• Adaptable
• Basic life support training

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.