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Clinical Pharmacist
| Posting date: | 12 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 May 2025 |
| Location: | Dartford, DA4 9AB |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A0427-25-0002 |
Summary
Management of Medicines at Discharge from Hospital. To reconcile medicines following 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. Repeat prescribing To help the practice in the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing patient requests for changes in repeat prescriptions or repeat acute medication. Telephone and patient facing medicines support Provide a telephone help line for patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines. Medication review Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients Long-term condition clinics You may be asked to see patients with single medical problems where medicine optimisation is required (e.g. COPD, asthma). Service development Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of this service that have medicinal components (e.g. advise on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets). Care Quality Commission Work with the practice manager and GPs to ensure the practice is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved. Public health To contribute to public health campaigns, including flu vaccinations, and adult immunisation programmes as per Public health England campaigns Medicine information to practice staff and patients Answers all medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff and patients with queries about medicines. Information management Analyse, interpret and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks to support decision making. Medicines quality improvement Undertake simple audits of prescribing in areas directed by the GPs, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the practice team. Implementation of local medicines management and national guidelines and formulary recommendations Auditing practice's compliance against NICE technology assessment guidance. Provide newsletters or bulletins on important prescribing messages. Medicines safety Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance. Key working relationships Patients GP, nurses and other practice staff Primary Care Networks Other members of the medicines optimisation team including the head of medicines optimisation, pharmacists, technicians dieticians Locality / GP prescribing lead Locality managers Community nurses and other allied health professionals Community pharmacists and support staff Hospital staff with responsibilities for prescribing and medicines optimisation Responsibilities underpinning the role To ensure patient questions and requests are dealt with promptly. To work alongside the dispensary staff to help them in their questions. To plan and organise the post holder's own workload, including audit and project work, and training sessions for members of the practice team and other partners are required To record personally generated information and maintain a database of information relating to the work done in the practice To maintain registration as a pharmacist and comply with appropriate professional codes As appropriate to the post, to maintain and develop professional competence and expertise, keep up to date with medical/therapeutic evidence and opinion, and local and national service, legislation and policy developments, agree objectives and a personal development plan and participate in the appraisal process To attend local, regional and national meetings of relevance All employees should understand that it is their personal responsibility to comply with all organisational and statutory requirements (e.g. health and safety, equal treatment and diversity, confidentiality and clinical governance)