Clinical Pharmacist - Hyndburn Central PCN
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 05 Mehefin 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Negotiable |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 19 Mehefin 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Accrington, BB5 1RT |
| Cwmni: | NHS Jobs |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | B0467-25-0035 |
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Clinical medication reviews for patients within the PCN with single or multiple long term conditions where medicines optimisation is required. To reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals or intermediate care and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post-discharge and to reduce risk of readmission. To be involved in multidisciplinary clinical meetings within the PCN where appropriate. 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. Be a prescriber, or completing training to become prescribers, and work with and alongside the general practice team. Be responsible for the care management of patients with chronic diseases and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy, especially older people, people in care homes, those with multiple co-morbidities (in particular frailty, COPD and asthma) and people with learning disabilities or autism (through STOMP Stop Over Medication Programme). Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients at the PCNs practice(s) and to help in tackling inequalities. 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, support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote selfcare. 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. Develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across PCNs and the wider health and social care system. Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical research with medicines, liaison with specialist pharmacists (including mental health and reduction of inappropriate antipsychotic use in people with learning disabilities), liaison with community pharmacists and anticoagulation. Contribute to the provision of out of hours/on call/extended services for the practice and the patients. These can include patient facing and telephone consultations, signposting to other services and/or healthcare professionals where appropriate, while working within scope of practice and limits of competency. To manage repeat prescription requests, resolving queries where possible within scope of practice. To ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required. Implement changes to medicines in line with MHRA alerts, product withdrawal or shortage and other local or national guidance. To maintain full and complete records of all patient contacts using appropriate clinical templates and coding. To undertake a proactive role in audit and quality improvement implementing recommendations where appropriate. Provide independent information to patients with regard to medicines and prescribing changes, initiating further support from other healthcare professionals where appropriate. Participate in review and setting of policies relating to medicines management and prescribing and help ensure practices prescribe in accordance with local guidelines and formulary. To identify areas of clinical risk at network level and make recommendations to support the introduction of new working practices that will optimise the quality of prescribing and make more efficient use of network resources. To monitor network practices prescribing against the local health economy and make recommendations for GPs or amend within scope of practice, based on findings. To maintain own clinical and professional competence and be responsible for own continuous professional development. Work with practices to ensure full compliance with Care Quality Commission standards for safe and effective care.