PCN Clinical Pharmacist

Exciting Opportunity for a Clinical Pharmacist!

Are you ready for a new challenge? Do you want to be part of a supportive team of dedicated pharmacy professionals? Whether you're looking for part-time or full-time hours, we have the perfect role for you!

We are seeking a passionate Clinical Pharmacist to join our dynamic and growing team. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills, with pathways to becoming a prescriber and an advanced practitioner in long-term conditions.

If you're eager to advance your career in an innovative and forward-thinking environment, we'd love to hear from you!

Our current team is made up of 15 pharmacists and 5 pharmacy technicians and we pride ourselves on our friendly and supportive team ethos. We have excellent, robust clinical governance procedures in place with a team of senior clinical pharmacists and a GP lead providing regular clinical supervision, team meetings, and training. Rushcliffe PCN consists of 11 practices which are all fully engaged with the PCN pharmacy team and provide supportive integration of these roles into practice. Partners Health is the GP federation for Rushcliffe and the employer for all additional roles within the PCN.

Main duties of the job

The clinical pharmacist will work as part of the general practice team within their clinical competencies to provide expertise in clinical medicines management across a range of aspects such as day-to-day medication-related queries, acute prescription requests, supporting hospital discharge prescribing arrangements and follow-up, actioning of MHRA alerts, and targeted medication reviews which may be done over the telephone or face-to-face. You will be expected to help in streamlining processes and developing protocols to allow for safer prescribing and to meet CQC expectations.

You will act as a specialist resource to answer medicines-related queries, to signpost to other services, and to liaise with other healthcare professionals as required. Clinical supervision and mentorship will be provided by the clinical lead GP and the senior clinical pharmacist.

About us

We are looking for candidates who are enthusiastic self-starters and who are adaptable to change. You will have excellent communication skills and be proactive in approaching patients, carers, colleagues, and other agencies as and when needed. It is expected that you will be able to use your initiative to gather information and to use the resources that are available to you, such as prescribing guidelines. Being a team player is essential. A good level of competence in the use of I.T., predominantly SystmOne, is required.

The successful candidate will work within a supportive practice team and the wider PCN pharmacy team in order to deliver safe and effective use of medicines by applying their clinical, pharmaceutical, and technical skills to a variety of tasks within the medicines optimisation agenda.

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.

If you are a forward-thinking individual who is keen to develop in this role, we want to hear from you!

We offer:

An employee assistance package for all staff.

For further information or an informal discussion about the roles please contact Rebecca Dobson at Rebecca.dobson3@nhs.net

Closing date for applications: Sunday 2nd March.

Job responsibilities

Accountable and reporting to

Location

Rushcliffe

THE PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

General Practice is at the heart of the Health and Social Care system and it is critical to have thriving, sustainable general practices that meet local people's health needs. The PCN Clinical Pharmacist is instrumental in supporting their own practices clinically. This is a key role, intended to support the delivery and development of the pharmacist role in primary care and ensure that we continue to provide high quality, accessible and responsive services to both practices and patients.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Acts within professional boundaries, supporting and working alongside a team of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in general practice.
• Works as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role.
• Takes responsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the practice and undertakes clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy.
• Provides primary support to general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries.
• Provides clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement.
• Ensures that the practice integrates with community and hospital pharmacy to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage workload.
• The role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies.
• Demonstrates understanding of, and contributes to, the workplace vision.
• Demonstrates ability to improve quality within limitations of service.

Person Specification

Skills and knowledge

• In-depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare.
• An understanding of the role of the clinical pharmacist within a primary care network.
• Understanding of the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on communities.
• An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing, and strategies for improving prescribing.
• Knowledge of IT systems, including ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet to communicate and create 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.
• Understand the principles of research governance.
• Knowledge and ability to use GP clinical systems.

Management

• Skills for direct line management and job management.
• Skills for delivering results through managing others.
• Experience of managing a team, including performance review.
• Experience of training junior colleagues.

Experience

• Significant post-qualifying experience as a pharmacist.
• Minimum 2 years' experience of working as a pharmacist within primary care (GP Practice).

Personal Qualities and attributes

• Commitment to reducing health inequalities and proactively working to reach people from all communities.
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of colleagues from the NHS and other organisations and with patients using appropriate media including good written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to identify and manage risk when working with individuals.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision.
• Ability to provide leadership and 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.
• Can work flexibly and enthusiastically within a team.
• Knowledge of and ability to work to policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance, and health and safety.
• A Passion for Digital innovation. Using technology to improve patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Meets DBS reference standards and has a clear criminal record, in line with the law on spent convictions.
• Self-motivated.
• Ongoing up to date safeguarding and other mandatory training.
• Immunisation status.
• Access to own transport or ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis.
• Ability to work in different locations and help to provide cover for absent colleagues.

Professional registration

• Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Membership of the Primary Care Pharmacy Association.
• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.

Qualifications and training

• Completion of an undergraduate degree in pharmacy.
• Demonstrates understanding of and conforms to, relevant standards of practice.
• Follows professional and organisational policies/procedures relating to performance management.
• Holding an independent prescribing qualification.
• Clinical Diploma or significant Clinical Experience.

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.