Pcn Clinical Pharmacist in Dover

The Clinical Pharmacist will be an integral part of the general practice team as well as part of a wider pharmacist network and multidisciplinary PCN team. They will act within their professional boundaries to improve patient health outcomes and the efficiency of the primary care team by providing direct, accessible and timely medicines expertise; including face to face contact with patients and embracing new ways of working including telephone and video consultations.

Main duties of the job:

• Undertake medication reviews to include proactively managing patients within risk-stratified groups.
• Support the practices in chronic disease management and be actively involved in the management of patients with long term conditions.
• Work directly with patients to assess, treat and promote self-care.
• Support repeat prescribing processes across the network practices.
• Assist patients with queries and concerns regarding their medication or prescriptions.
• Undertake activities in medicines optimisation, quality improvement and aid achievement of some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.

About us:

Dover Town PCN is aligned with three practices within Dover, providing health care to our patient population of almost 40,000 people.

Job responsibilities:

• The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using their expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas.
• They will be responsible for the care management of patients with chronic diseases and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy, especially the elderly, people in care homes, those with multiple co-morbidities (in particular frailty, COPD and asthma) and people with learning disabilities or autism.
• The post holder will manage their own case load and operate long-term condition clinics and medication reviews to implement improvements to patients' medicines.
• The post holder will provide primary support to patients and general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries.
• The post holder will ensure 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 post holder will improve the quality and effectiveness of prescribing through clinical audit and education to improve performance against NICE standards.
• Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.
• Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality.
• Take responsibility for own learning and performance through continuous professional development.
• Support the equality and diversity of patients, carers and colleagues.
• Participate in an annual individual performance review.

Person Specification:

Experience:

• At least two years post registration working in primary care, community or hospital pharmacy.
• Experience/awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-term conditions that are likely to be seen in a general medical practice.
• Able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general pharmaceutical care programmes for patients.
• Good IT skills including ability to record accurate clinical notes.
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives / carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills.
• Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines.

Qualifications:

• Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent).
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Undertaking / qualified from / intention of achieving an approved training pathway, e.g. CPPE Clinical Pharmacist training pathway.
• Independent prescriber.

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.