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Primary Duties and Areas of Responsibility

• Patient facing Medication Review Clinics

• Conduct face-to-face, telephone, domiciliary and virtual (where appropriate) clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with chronic conditions

• Proactively identify and manage patients with complex polypharmacy

• Review the on-going need for each medication, ensuring monitoring needs are performed and an opportunity to support patients achieve better health outcomes

• Reduce inappropriate poly-pharmacy and wasteful prescribing

• Make appropriate recommendations

Medicines Information

• Answers relevant medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff, other healthcare teams (e.g. community pharmacy) and patients with queries about medicines.

• Suggest and recommend solutions using clinical knowledge and trusted pharmaceutical sources

Medicine Reconciliation

• Reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into care homes, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post-discharge.

• To review medications for newly registered patients

Medicines Management

• Produce and implement a practice repeat prescribing policy helping to improve safety and efficiency

• Develop and implement ways to improve monitoring of high-risk medication such as anticoagulants, anticonvulsants, and DMARDs, etc

• Monitor practice prescribing against local guidelines and formulary recommendations

• Develop prescribing guidelines for use within the Network

• Help increase uptake of Electronic Repeat Dispensing

Medicine safety

• Implement changes to medication that result from CAS/MHRA alerts, product withdrawal, and other local/national guidance

• Develop and implement systems to identify cohorts of patients most likely to be at risk of unplanned admissions and readmissions from medication

Collaborating Working Relationships

• Work collaboratively with the PCN team

• Develop relationships and work closely with community, hospital and MMT pharmacy colleagues and the wider health system

• Liaise with other stakeholders for the collective benefit of patients

• Attend relevant network and practice meetings

Education and Training

• To analyse latest prescribing information and trends and subsequently present this in an appropriate format to clinicians within practices to promote good prescribing practice

• Provide specialist education to pharmacy colleagues, nursing staff and GPs on aspects of medicines optimisation

• Demonstrate self-development through continuous professional development

• Implement strategies to support antimicrobial stewardship

Practice Targets

• Support practices to deliver on IIF, QIPP agenda, QOF and locally commissioned enhanced services

• To be aware of the prescribing budget and identify and action areas for cost improvement

• Work with PCN team to ensure the practice is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved

Other

This Job Description is not exhaustive and may change as the post develops, but such change will not take place without consultation between the post holder and his/her manager.

There is a need to travel between sites, therefore ability to drive and uses own car is an advantage.

Job description

Primary Duties and Areas of Responsibility

• Patient facing Medication Review Clinics

• Conduct face-to-face, telephone, domiciliary and virtual (where appropriate) clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with chronic conditions

• Proactively identify and manage patients with complex polypharmacy

• Review the on-going need for each medication, ensuring monitoring needs are performed and an opportunity to support patients achieve better health outcomes

• Reduce inappropriate poly-pharmacy and wasteful prescribing

• Make appropriate recommendations

Medicines Information

• Answers relevant medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff, other healthcare teams (e.g. community pharmacy) and patients with queries about medicines.

• Suggest and recommend solutions using clinical knowledge and trusted pharmaceutical sources

Medicine Reconciliation

• Reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into care homes, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post-discharge.

• To review medications for newly registered patients

Medicines Management

• Produce and implement a practice repeat prescribing policy helping to improve safety and efficiency

• Develop and implement ways to improve monitoring of high-risk medication such as anticoagulants, anticonvulsants, and DMARDs, etc

• Monitor practice prescribing against local guidelines and formulary recommendations

• Develop prescribing guidelines for use within the Network

• Help increase uptake of Electronic Repeat Dispensing

Medicine safety

• Implement changes to medication that result from CAS/MHRA alerts, product withdrawal, and other local/national guidance

• Develop and implement systems to identify cohorts of patients most likely to be at risk of unplanned admissions and readmissions from medication

Collaborating Working Relationships

• Work collaboratively with the PCN team

• Develop relationships and work closely with community, hospital and MMT pharmacy colleagues and the wider health system

• Liaise with other stakeholders for the collective benefit of patients

• Attend relevant network and practice meetings

Education and Training

• To analyse latest prescribing information and trends and subsequently present this in an appropriate format to clinicians within practices to promote good prescribing practice

• Provide specialist education to pharmacy colleagues, nursing staff and GPs on aspects of medicines optimisation

• Demonstrate self-development through continuous professional development

• Implement strategies to support antimicrobial stewardship

Practice Targets

• Support practices to deliver on IIF, QIPP agenda, QOF and locally commissioned enhanced services

• To be aware of the prescribing budget and identify and action areas for cost improvement

• Work with PCN team to ensure the practice is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved

Other

This Job Description is not exhaustive and may change as the post develops, but such change will not take place without consultation between the post holder and his/her manager.

There is a need to travel between sites, therefore ability to drive and uses own car is an advantage.

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

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

How many pharmacy jobs are currently open in Liverpool?

PharmSee is currently tracking 17 active pharmacy vacancies in Liverpool across 11 major UK chains and NHS sources. Browse every open Liverpool pharmacy role on PharmSee's jobs search.

How do I apply for this role?

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