PCN Clinical Pharmacist - Retford, United Kingdom - Riverside Health Partnership

Description

Job summary

Anexciting opportunity has arisen for another experienced, enthusiastic and committed CLINICAL PHARMACIST to join the practice pharmacy team at Riverside Health Partnership. Experience is essential, and our ambition is to find the right candidate with the necessary skills and expertise.

This position is part time (hours negotiable with applicant) withthe possibility of flexibility, working across Monday to Friday.

At Riverside, we have a very experienced and proactive pharmacy team, including Clinical Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, experienced medicines management staff, and dispensing assistants. We believe the addition of another part-time pharmacist will strengthen the team and develop services even further for our patients.

If you think you can add quality and skills to our team, we would be delighted to hear from you.

The salary is Band 7 - 8A depending on qualifications and experience

We also offer 27 day weeks paid annual leave and the opportunity to join NHS pension scheme.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be passionate and enthusiastic, well organised,highly motivated and skilled in their role.

This role will be to lead a well-established team, working closely with your colleagues across the practice, initiating smarter ways of working to maximise the time and reach the expectations of our patients. The ethos of the practice and PCN is ensure excellent support for staff and patients and on-going development as part of the wider team.

Workingwith practice colleagues, we aim to enhance service delivery for our patients, alongside ongoing opportunities and for Riverside Health Partnership within the Retford andVillages Primary Care Network.

Professional registration is essential for this role and we would be delighted to have the addition of a prescriber with management experience to fulfil this vital role in the practice.

A strong commitment to personal and professional development and teamwork are essential for this role.

About us

Retford& Villages PCN comprises of 5 General Practices: Riverside Health Centre,Kingfisher Family Practice, Crown House Surgery, Tuxford Medical Centre andNorth Leverton Surgery. With a population of over 54,000 people, it is the largestof the three PCNs in Bassetlaw.

Riverside Health Partnership serves the North Nottinghamshire market town of Retford and its surrounding villages. We are an established, well-respected, progressive and popular practice providing services from our sites in Retford, Misterton, Harworth and Gringley-on-the-hill.

The partnership has 7 GP partners (including 1 Managing GPpartner), 7 Salaried GPs, 5 Advanced Nurse Practitioners (including Clinical Operational Manager and Nurse Team Lead), Practice Manager and a structure ofmiddle and junior managers and team leads.

For further information regarding this role, please contact our Group Practice Manager, Alison Johnson at . You can also contact the practice on

Job responsibilities

Working with the whole medicines management and pharmacy team toensure that patients receive a high level of care and service delivery.

To work as part of the primary care team in the practice supporting the staff to help achieve efficiencies and effectiveness.

To support with leading improvements to maximise safe, cost effective best practice in prescribing to improve the quality of patient care within the practice. To improve repeat prescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.

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.

responsibility for the care management of patients with chronic diseases and undertake clinical structured medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy.

ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required.

4.Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients and to help in tackling inequalities.

5.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, whilst contributing to the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.

6.Support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care, through structured medication reviews.

7.Support the integration of general practice with the wider healthcare teams (including community and hospital pharmacy) to help improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage general practice workload.

and lead where appropriate in identifying cost effective and evidence-based use of medicines.

medicine related enquiries from GPs, practice staff and patients. Suggesting and recommending appropriate solutions and provide follow-up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes as indicated.

10.Participate in prescribing audits of prescribing in areas directed by the GPs, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the practice team.

11.Analyse, interpret, and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks to support decision making across the primary care team

12.Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components ( advice on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets)

assist in reducing medication errors such as Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance.

with the general practice team to ensure the practice is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved.

abide by the General Pharmaceutical Societys code of ethics, observing and applying all professional, ethical, and legal obligations

contribute to the PCN delivery of the highest possible quality standards, the NHS Long Term Plan, Quality and Outcomes Framework, Investment and Impact Fund and locally commissioned enhanced services

maintain computerised records in accordance with data protection principles to ensure patient confidentiality.

keep up to date with current pharmacy practice, new drugs, and their uses

attend the practice meeting when required

attend the Prescribing Leads Meetings, lead by the ICB.

21.Develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across PCN and the wider health and social care system.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Qualifications

Essential

Desirable

Knowledge and skills

Essential

Desirable