NhsJobs Swanage

To be part of a multi-skilled primary care team in a patient facing

role providing patient centred medical services based on patient needs with a

focus on continuity of care. Including:

Patient facing / telephone Clinical Structured

Medication Reviews

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 and people with

learning disabilities or autism

Review the on-going need for each

medication, ensuring monitoring needs are performed and use the opportunity

to support patients achieve better health outcomes through shared

decision-making conversations

Support patients to take their medications

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

Make appropriate recommendations to

prescribers

Promote safe disposal of medicines and recycling of inhaler

Patient facing consultation Long-term Condition clinics

Help to set up pharmacist-run long term

condition clinics particularly for patients with complicated medication

regimes. This could include, but is not limited to:

Optimisation

of blood pressure control where clinically appropriate.

Optimisation of lipids using nationally

recognised pathways

Optimisation of diabetic control

Optimisation of medicines for Chronic Kidney

disease

HRT or contraception reviews / advice

Patient facing consultation Care Home Medication Reviews

Undertake clinical medication reviews,

formulate a medicines optimisation plan jointly with the patient/ carer and

facilitate its implementation by working with other professionals, services

and agencies as necessary

Support patients to wean from medications

including opioids, gabapentinoids and antidepressants in line with national

guidance.

Work with care home staff

to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration.

Medicines information

Answers relevant medicine-related

enquiries from GPs, other practice staff, other healthcare teams (e.g.

community pharmacy) and patients. These are known as tasks and letters and

must be actioned during each shift, prioritising urgent requests and ensuring

routine requests are processed in a timely way.

Suggest and recommend solutions using clinical knowledge and

trusted pharmaceutical sources

Medicine Reconciliation

Carry out medication

reviews and reconciliation for all new patients.

Medication reviews for patients whose care is

transferred back into primary care, often this will be via a discharge

summary.

Medicines Management

Support initiatives for antimicrobial

stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing locally.

Supporting the practice with the Month of

Birth recall process, which includes annual medication safety checks and

those of high risk drugs monitoring,

complying with relevant Practice policies.

Support the PCN pharmacy

team in to manage blood monitoring of High-Risk Drugs and DOACs across the

PCN.

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 practices and to help in tackling inequalities

Undertake and, where

appropriate, lead on any specific medicines optimisation-based

projects/portfolio areas of work as may be required by the Pharmacy Team,

e.g., diabetes medication, blood pressure optimisation, lipid lowering

therapy

Collaborating Working Relationships

Work collaboratively with ICB medicines

management teams

Develop relationships and work closely

with other pharmacy professionals within and across the PCN 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, liaison with community pharmacists and

anticoagulation

Explores the potential for

collaborative working and takes opportunities to initiate and sustain such

relationships

Education and Training

Enrol in the NHS England CPPE Primary care

pharmacy education program (if not already undertaken) and complete the

18-month course. This will be fully supported by the PCN, and time allocated

for study days.

Complete the Independent Prescribing course

(if not already undertaken)

Medicines optimisation

Demonstrate self-development through

continuous professional development

Develop a good working knowledge of the

clinical systems used by the practices

Attend internal and external meetings and

training courses, and supervision sessions with designated GP supervisor on a regular basis

Complete regular mandatory training

Provide clinical supervision pharmacy technicians in the Practice

and PCN pharmacy team

Practice

Support the implementation of national

prescribing policies and guidance within the practice, care homes and other

primary care settings. This will be achieved through undertaking clinical

audits, supporting quality improvement measures and contributing to the

Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services.

Support the delivery of the pharmacy and

medicines optimisation elements of the network service specifications within

the Network Contract DES (Pharmacy Quality Scheme)

Help the GPs with reauthorising medication

and repeat prescribing process and medication reviews.

Supporting the practices Month of Birth

recall process, ensuring compliance with relevant Policies.

Answering medication queries from patients

Understand the role of CQC in General

practice and adhere to practice policies.

Take part in significant event meetings and practice protected

learning meetings.

Service development

Work with GPs and Pharmacy Technicians to

create processes and Standard Operating Procedures for use within the

practice and pharmacy teams, which offer improvement in consistency and

delivery of our services to patients.

Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the

development and implementation of new services

Identify areas of good practice and help to disseminate across the

PCN

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

To discuss development needs with line manager and establish an

agreed development plan in order to consistently achieve best practice and

continuously improve personal performance.

To identify own training needs and attend relevant study

days/courses as agreed by the line manager and in accordance with the

Personal Development Plan.

To demonstrate appropriate behaviour in stressful and difficult

situations, recognising personal limitations.

WORKING CONDITIONS

The

role requires flexibility, as there are often changes to the planned

programme of work, according to matters arising for independent contractors

requiring urgent attention.

COMMUNICATION AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

The

post holder will:

Work

actively to develop good and effective working relationships with colleagues

in the Practice and PCN and with individuals and external organisations in

order to develop the service, facilitate collaborative working and mutually

beneficial solutions to problems.

Act

as an ambassador for the Practice team and the PCN in terms of telephone

and in personal contacts and as a friendly and competent point of access to

the Practice and PCN for outside organisations.

Work

collaboratively with colleagues to ensure that resources are used flexibly to

meet the demand, including providing assistance in times of particular

pressure in any area.

Assimilate,

manage, and communicate a wide range of information, some of which will be

sensitive and complex and may involve matters relating to individual staff or

patient matters or to matters of commercial confidence.

ENVIRONMENTAL

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

The advertised salary for this clinical pharmacist role at Purbeck Primary Care Network is Negotiable (per hour). Typical clinical pharmacist pay in Swanage 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 Swanage?

PharmSee is currently tracking 4 active pharmacy vacancies in Swanage across 11 major UK chains and NHS sources. Browse every open Swanage pharmacy role on PharmSee's jobs search.

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