NhsJobs Cramlington

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

Be a prescriber, or completing training to become a

prescriber, and work with and alongside the general practice team

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 (in particular frailty, COPD and

asthma) and people with learning disabilities or autism (through STOMP the Stop

Over Medication Programme)

Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst

helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients at

the PCNs practice(s) and to help in tackling inequalities

Provide leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation

(including ensuring prescribers in the organisation conserve antibiotics in

line with local antimicrobial stewardship guidance) and quality improvement,

whilst contributing to the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services

Through structured medication reviews, support patients to

take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care

Have a leadership role in supporting further 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

Develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacy

professionals across PCNs 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 (including mental health and reduction of inappropriate

antipsychotic use in people with learning difficulties), liaison with community

pharmacists and anticoagulation

Be part of a professional clinical network and have access

to appropriate clinical supervision. Appropriate clinical supervision means:

Each clinical pharmacist must receive a minimum of one

supervision session per month by a senior clinical pharmacist

The senior clinical pharmacist must receive a minimum of one

supervision session every three months by a GP clinical supervisor

Each clinical pharmacist will have access to an assigned GP

clinical supervisor for support and development

A ratio of one senior clinical pharmacist to no more than

five junior clinical pharmacists, with appropriate peer support and supervision

in place.

To act as the PCN point of contact for all medicine related

matters, establishing positive working relationships

To liaise with the practices and, where practicable, to

standardise the medicines management process across the PCN

To consult patients within defined levels of competence and

independently prescribe acute and repeat medication

To receive referrals and directed patients from triage

services and other clinicians

To receive and resolve medicines queries from patients and

other staff

To provide medication review services for patients in the

practice and during domiciliary visits to the local nursing home

To manage a caseload of complex patients

To manage a therapeutic drug monitoring system and the recall

of patients taking high risk drugs, i.e., anticoagulants, anticonvulsants and

DMARDs etc.

To deliver long term conditions clinics and home visits

particularly for patients with complicated medication regimes and prescribe

accordingly

To provide pharmaceutical consultations to patients with

long term conditions as an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team

To review medications for newly registered patients

To improve patient and carer understanding of confidence in

and compliance with their medication

To encourage cost-effective prescribing throughout the PCN

To liaise with practices and implement and embed a robust

repeat prescribing system for use across all practices

To provide advice and answer medication related queries from

patients and staff

To organise and oversee the PCNs medicines optimisation

systems including the repeat prescribing and medication review systems

To improve the quality and effectiveness of prescribing

through clinical audit and education to improve performance against NICE

standards and clinical and prescribing guidance

To develop yourself and the role through participation in

clinical supervision, training and service redesign activities

To ensure appropriate supervision of safe storage, rotation

and disposal of vaccines and drugs. To apply infection-control measures within

the practice according to local and national guidelines

To provide subject matter expertise on medication

monitoring, implementing and embedding a system

To support clinicians with the management of patients

suffering from drug and alcohol dependencies

To actively signpost patients to the correct healthcare

professional

To manage a caseload of complex patients and potential care

institutions and to provide advice for the GP management of more complex

patients or areas such as addictive behaviours, severe mental illness or end of

life care

To review the latest guidance ensuring the organisation

conforms to NICE, CQC etc.

To provide targeted support and proactive reviews for

vulnerable, complex patients and those at risk of admission and re-admission to

secondary care

To handle prescription queries and requests directly

To provide proactive leadership on medicines and prescribing

systems to the PCN multidisciplinary team, patients and their carers

To support in the delivery of enhanced services and other

service requirements on behalf of the PCN

To participate in the management of patient complaints when

requested to do so and participate in the identification of any necessary

learning brought about through clinical incidents and near-miss events

To undertake all mandatory training and induction programmes

To contribute to and embrace the spectrum of clinical

governance

To attend a formal appraisal with your manager at least

every 12 months. Once a performance/training objective has been set, progress

will be reviewed on a regular basis so that new objectives can be agreed

To contribute to public health campaigns (e.g., COVID-19 or flu

clinics) through advice or direct care

To maintain a clean, tidy, effective working area at all

times.

In addition to the primary responsibilities, the Clinical

Pharmacist may be requested to:

Support delivery of QOF, incentive schemes, QIPP and other

quality or cost effectiveness initiatives

Agree and review prescribing formularies and protocols and

monitor compliance levels

Improve the data quality of medicines records and linking to

conditions

Deliver training, mentoring and guidance to other clinicians

and staff on medicine issues

Working in partnership with pharmacists and clinicians in

hospital(s), improve the safety and quality of prescribing after discharge from

hospital admissions and attendance

Provide leadership and support to prescription

administrative/dispensary staff

Produce pharmacy/prescribing newsletters or bulletins on a

quarterly basis

Develop a specialist area of interest

Work with community pharmacists, hospital pharmacists and

other stakeholders in the medicines supply chain to improve patient experience

and manage incidents

Support virtual and remote models of consultation and

support including e-consultations, remote medication review and telehealth and

telemedicine

Undertake any tasks consistent with the level of the post

and the scope of the role, ensuring that work is delivered in a timely and

effective manner

Duties may vary from time to time without changing the

general character of the post or the level of responsibility

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

The advertised salary for this clinical pharmacist role at The Village Surgery is £33676.00 p.a.. Typical clinical pharmacist pay in Cramlington varies by experience, sector (NHS versus community), and employer; see the PharmSee UK pharmacy salary guide for benchmarks.

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