Primary Care Pharmacist
| Posting date: | 18 June 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 July 2024 |
| Location: | Torquay, TQ1 3SL |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A3299-24-0002 |
Summary
Key responsibilities for clinical pharmacists in delivering the health services to patients will be to: i. Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using their expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas. ii. Prescribers, or will be completing training to become prescribers, and will work with and alongside the general practice team. They will take responsibility 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 (in particular frailty, COPD and asthma) and people with learning disabilities or autism iii. Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients at practice and to help in tackling inequalities. iv. Provide leadership on person centred medicines optimisation (including ensuring prescribers in the practice conserve antibiotics in line with local antimicrobial stewardship guidance) and quality improvement, whilst contributing to the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services. Through structured medication reviews, clinical pharmacists will support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care. v. Have a leadership role in supporting further integration of general practice with the wider healthcare teams (including community and hospital pharmacy) to help improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage general practice workload. The role has the potential to significantly improve quality of care and safety for patients. vi. Develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across PCNs and the wider health and social care system. vii. Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, liaison with specialist pharmacists (including mental health and reduction of inappropriate antipsychotic use in people with learning difficulties), liaison with community pharmacists and anticoagulation. viii. Be part of a professional clinical network and will have access to appropriate clinical supervision.