NhsJobs Belper

The

Clinical Pharmacist will work across the Practices to provide:-

Patient facing long-term condition Clinics - be

responsible for the care management of patients with chronic diseases and

undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex

polypharmacy, especially the elderly, people in care homes, those with multiple

co-morbidities.

Clinical medication reviews - Undertake

clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for safer

prescribing and monitoring. Supporting patients to practice self-care and

reduce risks of long-term harm related to medications.

Care Home Medication Reviews - Undertake

clinical medication reviews to produce recommendations for the Lead ACP or GP

on prescribing and monitoring. Work with care home staff to improve safety of

medicines ordering and administration.

Patient facing Domiciliary Clinical Medication

Reviews -Where needed undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and

produce recommendations for prescribing and monitoring. Attend and refer

patients to multidisciplinary case conferences.

Risk stratification - Identification of

cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through pre-prepared

practice computer searches. This might include risks that are patient related,

medicine related, or both.

Unplanned hospital admissions - Review the use

of medicines most associated with unplanned hospital admissions and

readmissions through audit and individual patient reviews. Put in place changes

to reduce the prescribing of these medicines to high-risk patient groups.

Patient medicines support - Provide face-to-face

and telephone clinics for those with questions, queries and concerns about

their medicines in the practice.

Medicine information to practice staff and

patients - Answer relevant medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other network

staff, other healthcare teams (e.g. community pharmacy) and patients with

queries about medicines. Suggesting and recommending solutions. Providing

follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes.

Signposting - Ensure that patients are

referred to the appropriate healthcare professional for the appropriate level

of care within an appropriate period e.g. pathology results, common/minor

ailments, acute conditions, long term condition reviews etc.

Repeat prescribing Support the implementation

of a repeat prescribing policy within each PCN practice. Help oversee the

repeat prescribing reauthorisation process to ensure medicines reaching review

dates are highlighted and flagging up those needing a review. Ensure patients

have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required.

Service development - 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).

Information management - Analyse, interpret

and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks to support decision

making.

Medicines quality improvement - Undertake

clinical audits of prescribing in areas directed by the PCN lead pharmacist,

feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the relevant

practice team.

Medicines safety - Implement changes to

medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and

national guidance.

Implementation of local and national

guidelines and formulary recommendations - Monitor practice prescribing against

the local health economys RAG list and make recommendations to GPs for

medicines that should be prescribed by hospital doctors (red drugs) or subject

to shared care (amber drugs). Assist practices in seeing and maintaining a

practice formulary that is hosted on each practices computer system. Auditing

practices compliance against NICE technology assessment guidance. Provide

newsletters or bulletins on important prescribing messages.

Education and Training - Provide education and

training to primary healthcare team on therapeutics and medicines optimisation.

Care Quality Commission - Work with the

general practice teams to ensure the practices are compliant with CQC standards

where medicines are involved.

Clinical supervision actively participate in

monthly group clinical supervision and quarterly one-to-one peer support

sessions to share learning experiences and support team development.

Continual Professional Development (CPD)

ensure CPD requirements for GPhC registration are met and always maintained.

Job description

The

Clinical Pharmacist will work across the Practices to provide:-

Patient facing long-term condition Clinics - be

responsible for the care management of patients with chronic diseases and

undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex

polypharmacy, especially the elderly, people in care homes, those with multiple

co-morbidities.

Clinical medication reviews - Undertake

clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for safer

prescribing and monitoring. Supporting patients to practice self-care and

reduce risks of long-term harm related to medications.

Care Home Medication Reviews - Undertake

clinical medication reviews to produce recommendations for the Lead ACP or GP

on prescribing and monitoring. Work with care home staff to improve safety of

medicines ordering and administration.

Patient facing Domiciliary Clinical Medication

Reviews -Where needed undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and

produce recommendations for prescribing and monitoring. Attend and refer

patients to multidisciplinary case conferences.

Risk stratification - Identification of

cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through pre-prepared

practice computer searches. This might include risks that are patient related,

medicine related, or both.

Unplanned hospital admissions - Review the use

of medicines most associated with unplanned hospital admissions and

readmissions through audit and individual patient reviews. Put in place changes

to reduce the prescribing of these medicines to high-risk patient groups.

Patient medicines support - Provide face-to-face

and telephone clinics for those with questions, queries and concerns about

their medicines in the practice.

Medicine information to practice staff and

patients - Answer relevant medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other network

staff, other healthcare teams (e.g. community pharmacy) and patients with

queries about medicines. Suggesting and recommending solutions. Providing

follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes.

Signposting - Ensure that patients are

referred to the appropriate healthcare professional for the appropriate level

of care within an appropriate period e.g. pathology results, common/minor

ailments, acute conditions, long term condition reviews etc.

Repeat prescribing Support the implementation

of a repeat prescribing policy within each PCN practice. Help oversee the

repeat prescribing reauthorisation process to ensure medicines reaching review

dates are highlighted and flagging up those needing a review. Ensure patients

have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required.

Service development - 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).

Information management - Analyse, interpret

and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks to support decision

making.

Medicines quality improvement - Undertake

clinical audits of prescribing in areas directed by the PCN lead pharmacist,

feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the relevant

practice team.

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What is the salary for this clinical pharmacist role in Belper?

The advertised salary for this clinical pharmacist role at Belper PCN is Negotiable (per hour). Typical clinical pharmacist pay in Belper varies by experience, sector (NHS versus community), and employer; see the PharmSee UK pharmacy salary guide for benchmarks.

Does Belper PCN have other pharmacy roles open in the UK?

Yes — PharmSee currently tracks 2 open pharmacy vacancies from Belper PCN across the UK. Browse all Belper PCN roles on PharmSee to compare locations and salaries.

How many pharmacy jobs are currently open in Belper?

PharmSee is currently tracking 2 active pharmacy vacancies in Belper across 11 major UK chains and NHS sources. Browse every open Belper pharmacy role on PharmSee's jobs search.

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