PCN Clinical Pharmacist
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 01 May 2024 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Negotiable |
| Oriau: | Full time |
| Dyddiad cau: | 31 May 2024 |
| Lleoliad: | Ilford, IG6 2HG |
| Cwmni: | NHS Jobs |
| Math o swydd: | Permanent |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | A2105-24-0001 |
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Primary Duties and Areas of Responsibility 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). Review the on-going need for each medicine, a review of monitoring needs and an opportunity to support patients with their medicines taking ensuring they get the best use of their medicines (i.e. medicines optimisation). Make appropriate recommendations to GPs for medicines optimisation or actions as appropriate and commensurate with individual level of skill and competence. Patient facing Clinical Medication Review Undertake structured clinical medication reviews with patients and make appropriate recommendations to GPs for medicines optimisation or actions as appropriate and commensurate with individual level of skill and competence. Patient facing care home medication reviews Undertake structured clinical medication reviews with patients and make appropriate recommendations to GPs for medicines optimisation or actions as appropriate and commensurate with individual level of skill and competence. Work with care home staff to improve the safety of medicines ordering and administration. Patient facing domiciliary clinical medication review Undertake structured clinical medication reviews with patients and make appropriate recommendations to GPs for medicines optimisation or actions as appropriate and commensurate with individual level of skill and competence. Attend and refer patients to multidisciplinary case conferences. Patient facing medicines support Provide patient facing clinics for those with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines as appropriate and commensurate with individual level of skill and competence. Telephone medicines support Provide a telephone help line for patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines, as appropriate and commensurate with individual level of skill and competence. Medicine information to practice staff and patients Answer relevant medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff, other healthcare teams (e.g. community pharmacy) and patients with queries about medicines. Suggesting and recommending solutions. Provide 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 highrisk patient groups. Management of medicines at discharge from hospital Reconcile medicines following transfer of care including: 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. Set up and manage systems to ensure continuity of medicines supply to highrisk groups of patients (e.g. those with medicine compliance aids or those in care homes). Signposting. Ensure that patients are referred to the appropriate healthcare professional for the appropriate level of care within an appropriate period of time e.g. pathology results, common/minor ailments, acute conditions, long term condition reviews etc. Risk stratification Identification of cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through pre-prepared 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 at PCN and GP Practice Population level. Medicines quality improvement Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in areas directed by the GPs and PCN, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the practice team at practice and PCN level. 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 Network 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). Assist practices in seeing and maintaining a practice formulary that is hosted on the practices computer system. Auditing practices compliance against NICE technology assessment guidance. Provide practice and PCN level information to contribute to the safe and efficient use of medicines. Education and Training Provide education and training to primary healthcare team(s) on therapeutics and medicines optimisation. Care Quality Commission Work with the general practice teams to ensure the PCN is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved. Public health Support public health campaigns. Provide specialist knowledge on all public health programmes available to the general public. Support the PCN to improve and manage population health, focusing on reducing health inequalities and increasing healthy life expectancy. Collaborative Working Relationships Recognise the roles of other colleagues within the organisation and their role in patient care.