Career: Clinical Pharmacist 

 

Job Title: Clinical Pharmacist in General Practice responsible to: Practice GP Supervisor 
Hours: 22.5 to 37.5 per week
Contract Term: Permanent
Location: New Pond Row Surgery, Lancing, West Sussex
Purpose of role: To use expert knowledge of medicines to provide effective patient services in a Primary Care Network based at New Pond Row Surgery and to contribute to the continued learning of colleagues.

Job Summary

A key role in General Practice combining patient-facing, analytical and administrative elements of work, bringing expert knowledge of medicines to multi-disciplinary primary care teams. 

Job Details

The role of the Clinical Pharmacist will be made up of many of the following:

  • Clinically assess and treat patients using expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas.
  • Be prescribers, or committed to completing training to become prescribers.
  • Contribute to the delivery of effective daily processes for the transfer of care between hospitals and GPs including effective signposting, recommendation of medication changes and communication accordingly.
  • Support colleagues and patients with medication queries and monitoring.
  • Take responsibility for the care management of patients with chronic diseases.
  • Undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy.
  • Focus especially on the elderly, people in care homes, those with multiple co-morbidities (in particular Frailty, COPD and Asthma) and people with Learning Disabilities or Autism.
  • Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines, while helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients.
  • Through the use of audit and action planning, help to tackle inequalities.
  • Provide leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation (including ensuring prescribers in the practice conserve antibiotics in line with local antimicrobial stewardship guidance) and quality improvement.
  • Contribute to the General Practice Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) and Enhanced Services.
  • Use Structured Medication Reviews to support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care.
  • Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components (e.g. advice on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets).
  • Work with general practice teams to ensure that practices are compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved.
  • Take a lead role in some aspects of supporting further integration of General Practice with other healthcare teams to help improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage general practice workload.
  • Specifically, contribute to the Quality Improvement Schemes (QIS) for practices (e.g. to reduce prescribing spend and unplanned admissions).
  • Develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across Primary Care Networks and the wider health and social care system.
  • 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.
  • Undertake the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway.
  • Provide Clinical Supervision for assigned Pharmacy Technicians.

The above list of duties is not exhaustive and may be subject to change as deemed necessary.

Confidentiality

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.
In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the postholder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers.
They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.
Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the company may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the company policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

 

Health & Safety

The post‐holder will take responsibility for their own and others’ Health, Safety and Security as defined in the Practice’s Health & Safety Policy, the Staff Handbook and the Infection Control Policy and Procedures.

This will include (but will not be limited to):

  • Using personal security systems within the workplace according to company guidelines
  • Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks
  • Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards, and initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed
  • Actively identifying, reporting, and correcting health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised
 

Equality and Diversity

The post‐holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

  • Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of people’s rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
  • Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
  • Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non‐judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights.
 

Personal/Professional Development

The post‐holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, such training to include:
Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work

 

Communication

The post‐holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

  • Communicate effectively with other team members
  • Communicate effectively with patients and carers
  • Recognise people’s needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly
  • Apply practice policies standards and guidance

Essential Requirements

  • Master of Pharmacy or equivalent   
  • Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
  • Minimum 2 years’ Experience as a Pharmacist
  • Be willing to complete Independent Prescribing Qualification 
  • Experience of Common Acute and Long-term Conditions
  • Strong problem solver    
  • Work effectively independently    
  • Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills    
  • Rigorous in following legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies and codes of conduct    Committed to continuous professional development    
  • Ability to apply research evidence base into the workplace    
  • Excellent verbal communication skills    
  • Excellent organisational skills    
  • IT literate    

Desirable Requirements

  • More than 2 years’ Experience as a Pharmacist
  • Independent Prescriber
  • Experience of ‘Medication Reviews’ relevant in General Practice
  • Track record of improving work processes
  • Previous experience of working in a GP Surgery
  • Up to date knowledge of CQC Regulations in General Practice
  • Good understanding and history of quality improvement work through audit
  • User of EMIS Web

Please contact us via email to apply

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