Senior Clinical Pharmacist - London, United Kingdom - Islington GP Federation

Description

Job summary

The successful candidate is an experiencedclinical pharmacist with strong management and leadership skills. They willbring experience working within general practice to improve the quality andsafety of care offered to patients of the primary care network. They will beable to lead a team of pharmacists, as well as liaising with primary carenetworks to deliver the network DES and other clinical work as deemedappropriate by the PCN leadership.

The seniorpharmacist would support their Clinical Pharmacy team to develop and managemedicines optimisation services within the network practices. They will provideleadership to ensure the clinical pharmacy team achieve the following aims:

To reduce the medicines related workload on doctors.

Increase safety and quality of prescribed medicines.

Provide support on medicines related issues to the whole practiceteam.

To develop quality improvement for medicines management andprescribing across each primary care network

Theyshould also support the following practice development work:

Focusing on QoF Domains, improving diseaseregisters

Prescribing Safety, Clinical audit, LocalEnhanced Services support

Lead on prescription management (systems andprocesses, ensuring monitoring is being done, support clerical staff)

Support the delivery of PCN wide projects asagreed by the PCN leadership

Main duties of the job

Primary Duties and Areas of Responsibility for Senior pharmacists

Line manager for PCN clinical pharmacists-Take responsibility for Introducing new clinical pharmacists to their practices and explain the role, manage expectations, and explain how the role will progress.

-Day to day line management of clinical pharmacists

-Working in the same practice as the clinical pharmacist periodically and address any gaps in knowledge, demonstrate good practice and update progression plans.

-Organise debrief discussions at team meetings.

-As appropriate to the post, to maintain and develop professional competence and expertise, keep up to date with medical/therapeutic evidence and opinion, and local and national service, legislation, and policy developments.

-Provide ongoing support and management of pharmacy team.

-Review progress of the team and their clinical work and develop clear plans to achieve results within priorities set by the clinical directors and the lead pharmacist.

-Work with practices to implement PCN wide projects as agreed by the PCN leadership

Training and supervision for PCN clinical pharmacistsSupervision for PCN clinical pharmacists

Overseeing development and progression of the PCN clinical pharmacists

Implementing changes in their clinical practice in line with their development

Lead on the appraisal process

About us

Islington GP Federation (IGPF) is a growing organisation representing 31 practices; we have established ourselves as a leader in new ways of working, including running Islingtons extended access primary care services (I:HUB) as well as supporting the Islington Primary Care Networks (PCNs). Our current range of services include the Extended Access Service, I:HUB, Community Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT), Integrated Community Gynaecology, practice-based pharmacists and a range of practice support mechanisms.IGPF works very closely with a range of partners including the regional commissioning group, NHS England, Healthy London Partnership, Public Health, local hospitals such as UCLH, Whittington Health and the London Borough of Islington.IGPF is the host organisation for the Primary Care Network (PCN) workforce and the Islington Training Hub and has been working for over two years to create training and development programmes that meet the needs of staff working in primary and community care settings. IGPF runs two Islington GP practices on caretaking contracts; a third practice will be taken on within this financial quarter

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose:

The successful candidate is an experienced clinical pharmacist with strong management and leadership skills. They will bring experience working within general practice to improve the quality and safety of care offered to patients of the primary care network. They will be able to lead a team of pharmacists, as well as liaising with primary care networks to deliver the network DES and other clinical work as deemed appropriate by the PCN leadership.

The senior pharmacist would support their Clinical Pharmacy team to develop and manage medicines optimisation services within the network practices. They will provide leadership to ensure the clinical pharmacy team achieve the following aims:

To reduce the medicines related workload on doctors.

Increase safety and quality of prescribed medicines.

Provide support on medicines related issues to the whole practice team.

To develop quality improvement for medicines management and prescribing across each primary care network

They should also support the following practice development work:

-Focusing on QoF Domains, improving disease registers

-Prescribing Safety, Clinical audit, Local Enhanced Services support

-Lead on prescription management (systems and processes, ensuring monitoring is being done, support clerical staff)

-Support the delivery of PCN wide projects as agreed by the PCN leadership

In view of the dynamic nature of the role, this job profile is intended to provide an outline of the duties and responsibilities; it will be subject to review and amendment as necessary in consultation with the post holder

Knowledge, skills, and experience required for the role.

Minimum of 4-5 years post-graduate experience, some of which may have been in an acute hospital or primary care setting.

Minimum 2 years experience working in a General Practice.

Independent Prescriber qualification and extensive clinical knowledge in the management of Chronic conditions

Post-graduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice is desirable but not essential.

Strong communication skills

Self-motivation

Strongly held values around equality, diversity, and openness

Understands and demonstrates self-development through CPD activity, ability to develop and deliver education for other staff and mentor and appraise more junior pharmacist colleagues.

Leadership and Management

As the senior PCN pharmacist you will be expected to contribute to the leadership of medicines-related issues for the PCN, and to provide leadership and mentoring to any clinical pharmacists employed by the PCN:

Demonstrate understanding of the pharmacy role in general practice and can implement this appropriately within the workplace.

Demonstrate understanding of the process for effective resource utilisation.

Demonstrate ability to motivate self to achieve goals.

Demonstrate ability to lead a team and provide support to other clinical pharmacists.

Demonstrate understanding of, and conforms to, relevant standards of practice.

Demonstrate ability to identify and resolve any performance issues.

Follow professional and organisational policies/procedures relating to performance management.

Demonstrate ability to extend boundaries of service delivery within the team.

Demonstrate ability to lead and mentor a team of differing abilities.

Primary Duties and Areas of Responsibility for Senior pharmacists

Training and supervision for PCN clinical pharmacists

Liaising with key stakeholders and other organisations where required- Primary care networks, local hospital trust, GP Federation, CCG, Islington and Camden Pharmacy committee, local authority

Primary Duties and areas of responsibility for all pharmacists

Primary duties and areas of responsibility

Patient facing activities Structured Medication reviews

Management of common/minor/self- limiting ailments

Repeat prescribing.

Management of medicines at discharge from hospital

Risk Management and Patient Safety

Medicine information to practice staff and patients

2 . Act as a source of medicines information for the practice team and patients (, around doses, side effects, adverse events, possible alternatives for out of stocks)

Care Quality Commission

Public health

Cost saving programs

Training

Medicines quality improvement

Medicines safety

Key Collaborative Working Relationships:

Leadership and Management

Essential

Experience

Essential

Qualifications

Essential