Clinical Pharmacist Job Opportunity – Apply now

The NHS is seeking a dedicated Clinical Pharmacist to join our multidisciplinary team in Middlesbrough. This role involves working closely with other healthcare professionals to provide patient-centered care, with a focus on medication management and optimization.

Primary Duties and Areas of Responsibility

• Patient Assessment and Treatment: Utilize your expertise in medicines for specific diseases to clinically assess and treat patients.
• Prescribing and Care Management: Serve as a prescriber and manage care for patients with chronic diseases, conducting clinical medication reviews especially for the elderly and those with complex medical conditions.
• Medication Expertise and Public Health: Offer specialist knowledge on medication use to address public health and social care needs, contributing to reducing health inequalities.
• Leadership in Medicines Optimization: Lead initiatives for medicines optimization, ensuring the conservation of antibiotics and improving overall medication use quality.
• Structured Medication Reviews: Conduct reviews to help patients manage their medications effectively, reducing waste and promoting self-care.
• Healthcare Team Integration: Support the integration of general practice with broader healthcare teams to enhance patient outcomes and access to care.
• Collaboration and Relationship Building: Work closely with other pharmacy professionals and healthcare providers to improve patient care and system efficiencies.
• Clinical Protocols and Research: Play a central role in shared care protocols, clinical research, and collaboration with specialist pharmacists.
• Professional Network Participation: Engage in a professional clinical network and undergo appropriate clinical supervision.

Collaborative Working Relationships

• Communication and Cooperation: Use effective communication to gain cooperation from patients, colleagues, and other stakeholders.
• Personal Limitations and Referrals: Recognize when to refer patients to more appropriate healthcare providers.
• Effective Working Relationships: Develop and maintain strong working relationships within and outside the practice.
• Liaison with Stakeholders: Collaborate with the CCG Medicines Optimization Team and other stakeholders to ensure consistent patient care.

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience Required

• Experience with Long-Term Conditions: Experience with common long-term conditions in a general medical practice setting.
• Qualifications: Minimum of 3 years post-graduate experience in pharmacy and working towards or holding an independent prescribing qualification.
• Pharmaceutical Care Management: Ability to manage and review pharmaceutical care programs across core disease areas.
• Professional Expertise: Accountable for providing professional expertise and direct service provision.
• Problem-Solving Skills: Able to prioritize and address deviations from normal patterns, referring to GPs/ANPs as needed.
• Policy and Procedure Compliance: Follow legal, ethical, professional, and organizational policies and procedures.

Leadership and Management

• Governance and Vision: Understand and implement pharmacy role in governance and contribute to workplace vision.
• Quality Improvement: Strive to improve service quality within set limitations.
• Self-Motivation: Motivate yourself to achieve set goals and objectives.
• Resource Utilization: Understand effective resource utilization and relevant standards of practice.
• Performance Management: Adhere to performance management policies and procedures.

Education, Training, and Development

• Role Modeling: Demonstrate the characteristics of a role model to team members.
• Continuous Professional Development: Engage in self-development through professional activities and stay updated with clinical practice.
• Supervision and Appraisal: Ensure appropriate clinical supervision and engage with review and appraisal systems.

Research and Evaluation

• Literature Review and Research: Critically evaluate literature and generate evidence for practice and presentations.
• Evidence-Based Practice: Apply research evidence to clinical practice and understand research governance principles.

Health and Safety/Risk Management

• Compliance: Follow Health and Safety policies and Data Protection Act guidelines, reporting incidents as required.

Equality and Diversity

• Equal Treatment: Adhere to policies ensuring equality in employment and patient care, treating all individuals with respect.

Respect for Patient Confidentiality

• Confidentiality: Maintain patient confidentiality at all times, only divulging information when necessary for the role.

Special Working Conditions

• Travel Requirements: Travel independently between practice sites and attend meetings hosted by other agencies.