Primary Care Network Senior Clinical Pharmacist

The post holder will be employed by Greenwich Health, the GP Federation. The post holder will work with Riverview Health PCN, a grouping of 5 practices. Riverview has a team of clinical pharmacists working to deliver practice support but also PCN level work which means the individual pharmacists are part of a wider team. The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role and will proactively manage patients with co-morbidities. They will provide support to general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries, support the repeat prescriptions system, deal with acute prescription requests, and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of patients in the GP practices. They will provide leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.

Individual Responsibilities:

• Adhere to organisation policies and procedures and relevant legislation including requirements of professional bodies.
• Maintain satisfactory personal performance and professional standards and achieve agreed objectives.
• Attend mandatory training identified by the organisation.
• Participate in a Performance Appraisal Scheme and contribute to own development and to staff development they are responsible for.
• Have professional indemnity suitable for the range of work undertaken.
• Have authorisation for making changes to prescribing records within the practice (may be by written agreement or GP signature for specific audits).

Working Relationships:

• Patients and carers where appropriate
• GPs, nurses and other practice staff including practice pharmacists
• GP prescribing leads
• CCG pharmacists and medicines management team
• Secondary Care and interface Pharmacists
• Community Nurses and other allied health professionals
• Community Pharmacists and support staff

Health & Safety:

The Post-holder will promote and maintain their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy.

Equality And Diversity:

The post-holder will support equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues.

Personal/Professional Development:

The post-holder will participate in training programmes, annual performance reviews and maintain a record of development.

Quality And Governance:

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality and will alert others to quality and risk issues.

Confidentiality:

Maintain confidentiality and data protection in line with practice policies and procedures.

Clinical Activities:

• Patient facing Clinical Medication Review, including multimorbidity and polypharmacy; implement prescribing changes (as an independent prescriber) and order monitoring tests.
• Patient facing medicines support; provide clinics for medicine questions in the practice.
• Management of medicines at discharge from hospital; reconcile and monitor post-discharge changes.
• Long-term condition clinics; review medicines and support medicines optimisation.
• Telephone medicines support and information provision to staff and patients.
• Unplanned hospital admissions risk identification and management.
• Repeat prescribing policy development and management.
• Information management and medicines safety improvements.

Person Specification:

Qualifications:

• Essential: Masters degree in Pharmacy, Postgraduate diploma level knowledge or equivalent.
• Desirable: Independent Prescriber.

Experience:

• Essential: Minimum 5 years post-qualification experience, In-depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge; evidence-based practice, Understanding of GP/general practice context.

Professional Registration:

• Essential: Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (Desirable).
• Member of or working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (Desirable).

Other:

• Essential: Ability to communicate complex information clearly to varied audiences, Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills, Accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service.

Disclosure and Other Checks:

Disclosure and Barring Service check is required, UK professional registration required.