PCN Clinical Pharmacist - SBA PCN Birmingham

We are seeking a full time Clinical Pharmacist to work within the South Birmingham Alliance Primary Care Network (SBA PCN).

Main duties of the job:

• The post holder will provide primary support to general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries.
• They will perform medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and implement systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of patients in the PCN.

About us:

Our Health Partnership was set up by local GPs who are passionate about providing high quality primary care and using their time and skills effectively to benefit patients. We are currently a GP partnership of 30 practices with 38 surgeries, serving around 280,000 patients in Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Shropshire. The partnership offers a shared administrative and management structure, cutting down the time doctors have to spend on admin. It opens up economies of scale to get best value from budgets. It has the resources to develop innovative services and effective partnerships with local hospitals and care services. And it can access new funding streams that are only available to large GP organisations.

Job responsibilities:

• The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role.
• They will take responsibility for areas of medicines optimisation within the PCN and undertake structured clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex poly-pharmacy.
• The post holder will provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement (QI) and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services at practice and PCN level.
• The post holder will work with all sectors of pharmacy across the health system and the wider OHP organisation to improve population health.
• Demonstrating improvement in patient outcomes and working to reduce health inequalities across the PCN contributing to improving the efficiency of general practice and delivering a best in class service.
• The post holder will be supported to develop their role in line with the OHP workforce strategy, this will include becoming and operating as a non‑medical prescriber.
• This is a new role and will be reviewed at least annually, where the Job Description may be updated in line with the needs of the organisation.

Person Specification:

Experience:

• Desirable: Minimum of two years working as a pharmacist
• Experience working in primary care
• Broad knowledge of General Practice

Qualifications:

• Essential: GPhC Registered Pharmacist
• Desirable: GPhC Independent Prescriber Qualification, Minor Ailments certification, CPPEP Post Graduate Clinical Qualification

Personal Qualities:

• Essential: Polite and confident, Flexible and cooperative, Motivated, Forward thinker, High levels of integrity and loyalty, Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations, Ability to work under pressure

Skills:

• Essential: Excellent communication skills (written and oral), Strong IT skills, Clear, polite telephone manner, Competent in the use of Office and Outlook, Effective time management (Planning & Organising), Good interpersonal skills, Problem solving & analytical skills, Ability to follow policy and procedure
• Desirable: EMIS / Systmone / Vision user skills, Ability to promote best practice regarding all pharmaceutical matters, Ability to work as a team member and autonomously

Other:

• Essential: Flexibility to work outside of core office hours, Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check, Evidence of continuing professional development

Disclosure 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration.