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Primary Care Clinical Advisor - Pharmacist
| Posting date: | 11 June 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 June 2024 |
| Location: | Lancaster, LA1 1QD |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | B0160-24-0024 |
Summary
Communication: Communicate highly complex or sensitive information to therapy staff and primary care leads in a language that is understandable to them. This may include imparting unwelcome news eg. Impact of service constraints, performance issues. Use advanced communication skills to present and represent the AHP Directorate at a Conference level. Communicate effectively and work collaboratively with Medical, Nursing, Therapy, private and voluntary staff to ensure service development is co-ordinated and linked with other service development plans. Provide expert information to managers regarding the role and value of therapies in the treatment of people across Primary Care, Health & Social care, education, housing, acute, secondary care and community pathways. Initiate, plan, organise and chair meetings, which have a clear purpose and outcome, such as Clinical Network Forums and Focus Groups. Use advanced and innovative interpersonal skills of negotiation, persuasion and conflict resolution in the development of the service and individuals. Use Information Technology to communicate via email, social media, webinars, podcasts and to obtain and input data to systems. Provide the training hub, ICB, NHSE - WTE with the information as required to use to ensure effective communication up to Board level eg. Plans, presentation, papers, reports Represent Primary Care in a highly professional manner, using effective communication skills when in a public or professional forum Promote sound working relationships within Primary Care and across the ICB within Lancashire and South Cumbria, Universities and other external agencies Training and Development: Work collaboratively with the Training Hub, NHSE-WTE and the ICB to identify areas for improvement to ensure that profession specific staff within Primary Care have access to appropriate professional development and leadership training opportunities. Alongside Training Hub, NHSE-WTE and the ICB, the post-holder will identify the access to profession specific staff and their access to an appropriate level of clinical supervision and personal/professional development. Inform the workforce planning process for primary care to ensure the profession specific staff have access to appropriately trained workforce, optimising opportunities for apprenticeships and other access routes to training. Lead the development of a prioritised programme of clinical training and development for profession specific staff members throughout primary care. Develop and maintain close working links with higher education institutes. Maintain own professional registration and competency to practice at an advanced/expert level, taking responsibility for ensuring own knowledge and skills are up-to-date, by engaging in and directing continuous professional development, including maintenance of a CPD portfolio. Alongside Primary Care leads, support the maintenance of professional registration and competency for practice, using continuous professional development and lifelong learning. Attend Mandatory Training as required. Actively participate in internal and external post-registration training to the equivalent of Masters Level, maintaining and developing advanced practice skills. Support audit and research activities across the service. Professional Responsibilities: Work at all times within the Code of Professional Conduct defined by the relevant professional body. Meet the requirements of registration of the professional body ie. Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC). Be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work. Actively promote and ensure that all aspects of the service offered is of a high clinical standard and evidence based, in-line with professional codes of conduct, local policies and procedures. Take responsibility for the health, safety and welfare of self and others and to comply at all times to the requirements of Health & Safety regulations. Oversee and support staff within legal aspects of their professional assessment and interventions. Organisational Responsibilities: Be responsible for the development and guidance of a robust training and development strategy for profession specific staff across Primary care. Be responsible for the planning and organisation of professional forums. Advise Primary Care and the Training hub on the service development required to meet local and National policies and priorities. Implement innovative strategies to ensure the recruitment, induction, retention and redeployment of high calibre clinical, support and temporary staff. Ensure National professional standards are maintained. Keep up-to-date with clinical/professional developments, analysing current research, implementing changes in practice accordingly. Be responsible for collating and interpreting statistical information (as required), in order to monitor service delivery and plan future service development. Implement quality initiative and service improvements in line with best practice, available evidence, legislation and local/national guidance.