Clinical Pharmacist

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	09 Mehefin 2025
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	Negotiable
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	29 Mehefin 2025
Lleoliad:	Stone, ST15 8YE
Cwmni:	NHS Jobs
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	B0176-25-0011

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Working in an established PCN Clinical Pharmacy team of 2 Clinical Pharmacists, a team of Remote Clinical Pharmacists and 2 Pharmacy Technicians to support and successfully embed clinical pharmacists into general practice. Based at the PCN hub with additional requirements for Face to Face consultations at the member Practices. To contribute to structured medication reviews or medication re-authorisations. To provide professional specialist medicines management advice to GPs, practice nurses, community pharmacists, community nurses and other health professionals to promote the safe, effective and high quality, cost effective use of medicines in all prescribing decisions. To support practices with relevant Quality Improvement Framework, PCN Direct Enhanced Service Impact and Investment Fund targets. To support practices with the Staffordshire medicine optimisation agreement. To identify, develop and promote quality improvements in medicines management across our GP practices ensuring that best practice is adopted. To provide support to our pharmacy technician to deliver the medicines management goals. To encourage better pharmaceutical understanding throughout the primary health care team. Undertake risk assessment and management and ensure compliance with medicines legislation. Liaise with prescribing colleagues primary and secondary care to ensure consistency with system-wide prescribing strategies. To contribute to the development & implementation of new medicines management initiatives and services within the PCN GP practices. Contribute to the clinical medication review service to care homes and other work streams as required. Key Working Relationships GP, nurses and other practice staff Other Clinical Pharmacist and Pharmacy Technician in the PCN Pharmacy Team Members of the ICB Medicines Management (MM) team including pharmacists GP prescribing lead Locality managers Community nurses and other allied health professionals Community pharmacists and support staff. Overview of Responsibilities To provide and receive complex information relating to medicines and medicines management: o This includes clinical information regarding patient care, technical medicines management/therapeutics information and prescribing activity data derived from audit and prescribing data o The post holder will need to receive this from and provide it to patients, carers and other health professionals. He/she may need to persuade the recipients of the validity and relevance of the information/argument, and negotiate actions in line with medicines management goals o The post holder may have to adjust his/her communication style and content to take account of the other persons language difficulties and intellectual abilities. To analyse, interpret and compare complex information and/or a range of options o This will usually, but not always, relate the topics outlined above o The post holder will apply his/her technical knowledge to complex clinical and/or medicines management situations. To provide highly specialised advice concerning care of individual patients and groups of patients o This includes advice on choice of drug treatment, including choice of drug(s), side effects and doses o This advice will be in response to review and analysis of patient prescriptions and prescribing data o This will also involve ensuring compliance with medicines legislation, National Patient Safety Agency advisory notices and other established good practice to manage and minimise risk. To propose and implement policy or service changes that impact within and beyond the post holders own role, including work within the practices, community pharmacies and Medicine Management team. This includes the development of prescribing or medicines management guidelines and protocols. To plan and organise the post holders own workload, including audit and project work and training sessions for members of the Medicines Management Team, Practice Team, and Community Pharmacy Team. To support the day-to-day work of a Pharmacy Technician working under the direction of the post-holder. This includes any formal and informal teaching of colleagues as required. To work to ensure best value for money and avoidance of waste in relation to medicines and contribute to the reduction in fraud related to medicines and pharmacy consistent with the post holders position in the organisation. To participate in audit as appropriate. The post holder acts as a lead specialist within his/her area and has discretion to work within the parameters defined by the post holders line manager and more senior clinicians. To maintain registration as a pharmacist and comply with appropriate professional codes. To enrol and complete the CPPE pathway for PCN Clinical Pharmacists, if not already completed. As appropriate to the post, to maintain and develop professional competence and expertise, keep up to date with medical or therapeutic evidence and opinion, 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. To undertake any other duties commensurate with the post holders grade as agreed with the post holders line manager. Health and Safety Stone and Eccleshall PCN expects all staff to have a commitment to promoting and maintaining a safe and healthy environment and be responsible for their own and others welfare. Risk Management You will be responsible for adopting the Risk Management Culture and ensuring that you identify and assess all risks to your systems, processes and environment and report such risks for inclusion within the PSSs Risk Register. You will also attend mandatory and statutory training, report all incidents/accidents including near misses and report unsafe occurrences as laid down within PSSs Incidents and Accidents Policy. No Smoking Policy Stone and Eccleshall PCN is a no smoking organisation therefore staff are not permitted to smoke whilst on duty. Other Duties There may be a requirement to undertake other duties as may reasonably be required to support Stone and Eccleshall PCN. These may be based at other Stone and Eccleshall PCN managed locations. Equality and Diversity The post-holder must co-operate with all policies and procedures designed to ensure equality of employment. Co-workers, patients and visitors must be treated equally irrespective of gender, ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion etc. Respect for Patient Confidentiality The post-holder should respect patient confidentiality at all times and not divulge patient information unless sanctioned by the requirements of the role. Special Working Conditions The post-holder is required to travel independently between practice sites (where applicable), and to attend meetings hosted by other agencies. The post-holder may have contact with body fluids i.e. wound exudates; urine etc. while in clinical practice. Job Description Agreement This job description is intended to provide an outline of the key tasks and responsibilities only. There may be other duties required of the post-holder commensurate with the position. This description will be open to regular review and may be amended to take into account development within the Practice. All members of staff should be prepared to take on additional duties or relinquish existing duties in order to maintain the efficient running of the Practice. This job description is intended as a basic guide to the scope and responsibilities of the post and is not exhaustive. It will be subject to regular review and amendment as necessary in consultation with the post holder.