Clinical Pharmacist in London

Salary: £23,040 - £25,880 (based on experience and qualifications)

Hours: 15 hours per week

Responsible to: Deputy Head of PCN Pharmacy / Head of PCN Pharmacy

Key Relationships: General Practice team, CLH team, HCL team, One Westminster, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL), Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH).

BACKGROUND

Central London Healthcare (CLH) is the GP Federation covering the Central London borough area. The organisation supports 27 General Practices and 4 Primary Care Networks (PCNs). We operate a number of NHS contracts including a Care Navigation Service, a Clinical Pharmacy Service, a Community Dermatology Service etc. Our vision is to be recognised as a leading GP provider network, run by clinicians for the benefit of our local population.

JOB ROLE

The post holder acts within their professional boundaries. The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role. The post holder will take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the practice and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy, especially for older people, people in residential care homes and those with multiple co-morbidities.

KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Patient facing long-term condition clinics
• Delivering pharmacy related aspects of the Network DES such as conducting structured medication reviews (SMRs).
• Review the ongoing need for each medicine, a review of monitoring needs and an opportunity to support patients with their medicines taking ensuring they get the best use of their medicines.
• Make appropriate recommendations to Senior Pharmacists or GPs for medicine improvement.
• Patient facing clinical medication review.
• Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration.
• Management of common/minor/self-limiting ailments.
• Provide patient facing clinics for those with medicines queries.
• Identify medications associated with harm or unplanned hospital admissions through audits or reviewing discharge summaries.
• Reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into care homes.
• Assist with the development of a repeat prescribing process at the practice.
• Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components.
• Provide education and training to primary healthcare team on therapeutics and medicines optimisation.
• Work with the general practice team to ensure the practice is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved.

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

• Maintain constructive relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Participate in relevant internal and external working groups/projects, services, and initiatives which develop the role and the service within Central London.

Requirements

• Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• MSc degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent)

Skills / Abilities

• Able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general pharmaceutical care programmes for patients across core areas.
• Accountable for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision.
• Involves patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence as per NICE guidelines.
• Demonstrates ability to improve quality within limitations of service.

Desired Criteria

• Has completed 18 month CPPE pathway (or equivalent) or actively working towards.
• Prior GP/clinical pharmacy experience.

Benefits

• NHS Pension
• Modern office
• Hybrid working
• Free tea/coffee etc.
• Cycle to work scheme
• Life Assurance scheme
• EAP