NhsJobs Consett

Patient facing Long-term

condition Clinics - See (where appropriate)

patients with single or multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation

is required (e.g., COPD, Asthma)To include:Review the on-going need for

each medicine,a review of monitoring needs,

an opportunity to support patients with their medicines taking ensuring they

get the best use of their medicines

Patient facing Clinical

Medication Review - Undertake clinical medication

reviews with patients and action appropriate changes/ produce recommendations

for nurses and GPs on prescribing and monitoring

Patient facing care home

medication reviews - Undertake clinical medication

reviews with patients and their carers, action appropriate changes/produce

recommendations for community matron, nurses and GPs.Work with care home staff to

improve safety of medicines ordering and administration whilst also taking

the opportunity to reduce waste.

Patient facing domiciliary

clinical medication review - Undertake clinical medication

reviews with housebound patients and their carers, action appropriate

changes/produce recommendations for nurses and GPs on prescribing and

monitoring.

Management of

common/minor/self-limiting ailments - Advising a cohort of patients

with common/minor/self-limiting ailments whilst working within a scope of

practice and limits of competence.

Signposting to community pharmacy and referring to GPs or other

healthcare professional where appropriate.

Telephone Medicines Support (Telephone Consultations) - Provide telephone

consultations for patients with questions, queries and concerns about their

medicines. Referring to GP colleagues

or other healthcare professional where appropriate. Seeking support from

colleagues where appropriate

Medicine information to

practice staff and patients - Answer relevant medicine

related enquiries from GPs, practice staff (other healthcare professionals),

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

Unplanned hospital admissions - Review the use of medicines

most commonly 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

Management of medicines at

discharge from hospital - To reconcile medicines

following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and in 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. Set up and

manage systems to ensure continuity of medicines supply to high-risk groups

of patients (e.g., those with medicine compliance aids or those in care

homes)

Repeat Prescribing - Review Practice Repeat

Prescribing Policy and make appropriate recommendations and facilitate

implementation. Manage the repeat prescribing

reauthorisation process by reviewing patient requests for repeat

prescriptions and reviewing medicines reaching review dates and flagging up

those needing a review. Ensure patients have

appropriate monitoring in place and are engaging.

Risk Stratification -Identification of cohorts of

patients at high risk of harm from medicines through practice computer

searches. This might include risks

that are patient related, medicine related, or both.

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 GPs, feedback the results and implement

changes in conjunction with the 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) Formulary - Auditing practices compliance

against NICE technology assessment guidance. Provide newsletters or

bulletins on important prescribing messages

Education and Training - Participate in practice

clinical meetings where appropriate, providing education and training to

the primary healthcare team on

therapeutics and medicines optimisation. Also, to provide professional

leadership to other members of the pharmacy team and wider MDT.

Care Quality Commission - Work with the general practice

team to ensure the practice is compliant with CQC standards where medicines

are involved.

Public Health -To support public health

campaigns. To provide specialist

knowledge on all public health programmes available to the general public

Collaborative

Working Relationships

Recognises

the roles of other colleagues within the organisation and their role in patient

care

Demonstrates

use of appropriate communication to gain the co-operation of relevant

stakeholders (including patients, senior and peer colleagues, and other

professionals, other NHS/private organisations e.g., ICBs)

Demonstrates

ability to work as part of a team

Is

able to recognise personal limitations and refer to more appropriate

colleague(s) when necessary

Actively

work toward developing and maintaining effective working relationships both

within and outside of the practice and locality

Foster

and maintain strong links with all services across the locality

Explore

the potential for collaborative working and take opportunities to initiate and

sustain such relationships

Demonstrate

ability to integrate general practice with community and hospital pharmacy

teams

Liaise

with ICB colleagues including ICB pharmacists on prescribing related matters to

ensure consistency of patient care and benefit

Liaise

with ICB pharmacists and Heads of Medicines Optimisation to benefit from peer

support

Liaise

with other stakeholders as needed for the collective benefit of patients

including but not limited to Patients GP, nurses and other practice staff,

other healthcare professionals including ICB pharmacists, pharmacy technicians

, optometrists, dentists, health and social care teams and dieticians etc. Locality/GP Prescribing Lead, locality

managers, community nurses and other allied health professionals, community and

hospital pharmacy teams, hospital staff with responsibilities for prescribing

and medicines optimisation.

Completion

of degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Minimum

of 2 years experience as a pharmacist, demonstrated with a practice portfolio

is desirable

Have

experience and an awareness of common acute and long-term conditions that are

likely to be seen in general practice

To

have Independent Prescribing qualification desirable or willing to obtain IP

qualification

Recognises

priorities when problem-solving and identifies deviations from normal pattern

and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate

Able

to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures

and codes of conduct

Involves

patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence as

per NICE guidelines

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

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

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