Clinical Pharmacist - hybrid in Ripon

Ripon & Masham Primary Care Network (PCN) is looking for a motivated and aspirational Clinical Pharmacist to join us. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our well established and experienced pharmacy team working closely with GPs across the PCN and the wider locality. The current PCN team already has excellent links with the local hospital, community pharmacies, care homes and other practice pharmacists in the area, so you would be truly part of a larger team working for better patient care. The post holder would be based across four practices within the PCN and can be based fully in practice or a hybrid role with a minimum requirement to be in the practices two days per week.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will be critical in supporting the delivery of the new Primary Care Network Contract Directed Enhanced Services (DES) specifications and will help lead improvements to maximise safe, cost effective best practice to improve the quality of patient care.
• The role will provide expertise in clinical medicines management, provide face to face structured medication reviews, manage long term conditions, management of medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, manage repeat prescription authorisations and reauthorisation, and acute prescription requests for patients.

About us

Ripon & Masham PCN consists of four GP practices working together to provide safe, effective, high-quality care to improve the health and wellbeing of our local population. We share a commitment to joint working, whilst maintaining the continuity and identity that our communities value with each practice essentially acting as an inclusive multi-disciplinary team. This role is employed in partnership with Yorkshire Health Network (YHN). YHN is the local federation for all 16 GP Practices across Harrogate and Rural areas, made up of four PCNs. YHN and the PCNs work collaboratively to deliver a supportive structure which is focused on achieving the best results from a joint management and clinical delivery setup for the benefits of patients across the region.

29 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays. Employee Assistance Programme. Long Service Awards.

Job responsibilities

• 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.
• Take responsibility for the care management of patients with chronic diseases and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy.
• Be a prescriber, or be willing to undertake training to become a prescriber, and work with and alongside the general practice team.
• Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients at the PCNs practice(s) and to help in tackling inequalities.
• Provide leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation and quality improvement, whilst contributing to the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.
• Through structured medication reviews, support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care.
• Support further integration of general practice with the wider healthcare teams to help improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage general practice workload.
• Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical research with medicines, liaison with specialist pharmacists, liaison with community pharmacists and anticoagulation.
• To provide support to pharmacist colleagues in the clinical aspects of medicine reviews, clinical audit, practice research and governance.
• Share outcomes of prescribing, clinical, service and patient outcomes audits within the PCN and across the locality in order to drive service and practice improvement.
• To respond to and act on MHRA drug alerts, implementing and communicating any medication changes required as a result.

Person Specification

• Qualifications

• Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Vocational Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent.

• Full driving licence and access to transport.

• In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of principles of evidence based healthcare, medicines optimisation and de-prescribing.
• Ability to interpret complex clinical information and data on medicines to deliver face to face clinical care including managing a caseload.
• Previous work experience in a primary care setting or GP practice.

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.

£44,500 to £46,500 a year depending on experience.