NhsJobs Holloway

Structured

Medication reviews

• Frail

elderly patient with problematic Polypharmacy, renal and/ or hepatic impairment

• Patients

on high-risk medicines

• STOPP/START

identified patients

• Revolving

door Hospital admission

• LTC:

Diabetes, Hypertension, Asthma, COPD

• contraception

• Learning

Disability reviews

• Rheumatoid

arthritis reviews

• Musculoskeletal

pain management, e.g. osteoarthritis

• Ongoing

care of defined conditions, e.g. eczema, psoriasis, irritable bowel syndrome

(IBS)

• Contribute

to multimorbidity reviews and multidisciplinary reviews

Management of common/minor/self-

limiting ailments

• Managing

caseload for patients with common/minor/self-limiting ailments while working

within a scope of practice and limits of competence.

• Signposting to community pharmacy and referring to GPs

or other healthcare professionals where appropriate

Repeat Prescribing

• Produce and implement robust systems for repeat prescribing

• Support the management of repeat prescribing reauthorization process by reviewing complex patient requests for repeat prescriptions and reviewing medicines overdue a review

• Coordinate with patients and community pharmacies as appropriate

Management of medicines at discharge from hospital

• To

reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and

into care homes

• Perform a clinical medication review, produce a post

discharge medicines care plan including dose titration and booking of follow up

tests and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients

receive the medicines they need post discharge

Risk

Management and Patient Safety

• Responsible

for high risk drug monitoring

• Responsible for design,

development, and implementation of system searches

to identify cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines.

• Increase

quality and safety of prescribing through mechanisms such as audit and PDSA

cycles

• Implement

drug withdrawals and alerts e.g. MHRA aimed at improving medicines safety

Medicine information to practice

sta and patients

Deal will all

medication queries from

• From

patients, community pharmacy, secondary care

• From

admin staff

• From

clinicians

Act

as a source of medicines information for the practice team and patients (e.g.

around doses, side effects, adverse events, possible alternatives for out of

stocks).

Care

Quality Commission

• Provide

leadership to the general practice teams to ensure practices are compliant with

CQC standards where medicines are involved.

• Undertake risk assessment and management and ensure

compliance with medicines

legislation.

Public

health

• To

contribute to public health campaigns, including u vaccinations, and adult

immunisation programmes

Medicines

quality improvement

• Identify medicine-related areas of care (including using software tools)

to improve patient

safety and use of

medicines

• Conduct

medicine-related audits, significant event audit and complaint review.

• Contribute

to medicine-related complaint response letters as appropriate

• Lead

on use of TARGET toolkit for antimicrobial stewardship.

• Lead

on stopping over-medication of people with a learning disability, autism, or

both (STOMP) and people with dementia.

Medicines

safety

• Identify

national and local policy and guidance that affects patient safety using

medicines, including MHRA alerts, product withdrawals and emerging evidence

form clinical trials.

• Manage

the process of implementing changes to medicines and guidance for practitioners.

Job description

Structured

Medication reviews

• Frail

elderly patient with problematic Polypharmacy, renal and/ or hepatic impairment

• Patients

on high-risk medicines

• STOPP/START

identified patients

• Revolving

door Hospital admission

• LTC:

Diabetes, Hypertension, Asthma, COPD

• contraception

• Learning

Disability reviews

• Rheumatoid

arthritis reviews

• Musculoskeletal

pain management, e.g. osteoarthritis

• Ongoing

care of defined conditions, e.g. eczema, psoriasis, irritable bowel syndrome

(IBS)

• Contribute

to multimorbidity reviews and multidisciplinary reviews

Management of common/minor/self-

limiting ailments

• Managing

caseload for patients with common/minor/self-limiting ailments while working

within a scope of practice and limits of competence.

• Signposting to community pharmacy and referring to GPs

or other healthcare professionals where appropriate

Repeat Prescribing

• Produce and implement robust systems for repeat prescribing

• Support the management of repeat prescribing reauthorization process by reviewing complex patient requests for repeat prescriptions and reviewing medicines overdue a review

• Coordinate with patients and community pharmacies as appropriate

Management of medicines at discharge from hospital

• To

reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and

into care homes

• Perform a clinical medication review, produce a post

discharge medicines care plan including dose titration and booking of follow up

tests and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients

receive the medicines they need post discharge

Risk

Management and Patient Safety

• Responsible

for high risk drug monitoring

• Responsible for design,

development, and implementation of system searches

to identify cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines.

• Increase

quality and safety of prescribing through mechanisms such as audit and PDSA

cycles

• Implement

drug withdrawals and alerts e.g. MHRA aimed at improving medicines safety

Medicine information to practice

sta and patients

Deal will all

medication queries from

• From

patients, community pharmacy, secondary care

• From

admin staff

• From

clinicians

Act

as a source of medicines information for the practice team and patients (e.g.

around doses, side effects, adverse events, possible alternatives for out of

stocks).

Care

Quality Commission

• Provide

leadership to the general practice teams to ensure practices are compliant with

CQC standards where medicines are involved.

• Undertake risk assessment and management and ensure

compliance with medicines

legislation.

Public

health

• To

contribute to public health campaigns, including u vaccinations, and adult

immunisation programmes

Medicines

quality improvement

• Identify medicine-related areas of care (including using software tools)

to improve patient

safety and use of

medicines

• Conduct

medicine-related audits, significant event audit and complaint review.

• Contribute

to medicine-related complaint response letters as appropriate

• Lead

on use of TARGET toolkit for antimicrobial stewardship.

• Lead

on stopping over-medication of people with a learning disability, autism, or

both (STOMP) and people with dementia.

Medicines

safety

• Identify

national and local policy and guidance that affects patient safety using

medicines, including MHRA alerts, product withdrawals and emerging evidence

form clinical trials.

• Manage

the process of implementing changes to medicines and guidance for practitioners.

What is the salary for this independent prescriber pharmacist role in Holloway?

The advertised salary for this independent prescriber pharmacist role at Islington GP Federation is £61503.69 p.a.. Typical independent prescriber pharmacist pay in Holloway varies by experience, sector (NHS versus community), and employer; see the PharmSee UK pharmacy salary guide for benchmarks.

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