Clinical Pharmacist
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 25 Tachwedd 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Negotiable |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 14 Rhagfyr 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Wellington, TA21 8BD |
| Cwmni: | NHS Jobs |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | M0037-25-0029 |
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Job Purpose The post-holder will work as an integral part of the PCN multi-disciplinary team, providing advanced clinical support across practices and working closely with the PCN Pharmacy Team, Pharmacy Technicians, and general practice staff. This role focuses on medicines optimisation, improving prescribing safety, and delivering high-quality structured medication reviews, particularly for patients with complex polypharmacy, those in care homes, and individuals with multiple long-term conditions. As a Clinical Pharmacist, the post-holder will take a proactive role in managing acute and repeat prescriptions, medicines reconciliation post-discharge, and addressing complex medication-related queries. They will also support care homes, run clinics (both face-to-face and remote), contribute to quality improvement initiatives, and ensure safer prescribing systems. The role includes providing clinical leadership in medicines optimisation and enhancing integration between primary care, community, and hospital pharmacy services to improve patient outcomes and reduce workload pressures. Main Duties and Responsibilities The following is not an exhaustive list, and the post holder may at times need to undertake duties as per the needs of the PCN. Clinical Responsibilities Conduct patient-facing long-term condition clinics (e.g., COPD, asthma), ensuring medicine optimisation and ongoing medication monitoring. Undertake structured clinical medication reviews for patients with polypharmacy, multiple comorbidities, or specific clinical needs. Carry out medication reviews in care homes, working closely with staff to improve safety in medicines ordering and administration. Perform domiciliary medication reviews, attending and referring patients to multidisciplinary case conferences when appropriate. Manage a caseload of patients presenting with minor, self-limiting conditions, within clinical competence, referring where needed. Run face-to-face and telephone clinics to support patients with medicine-related concerns or queries. Prescribing and Medicines Management Act on acute and repeat prescription requests, ensuring appropriate authorisation, monitoring, and safety. Reconcile medications following discharge from hospitals, care homes, or intermediate care, identifying discrepancies and ensuring continuity. Analyse use of high-risk medicines linked to unplanned admissions and implement prescribing changes to reduce risk. Monitor and action prescribing alerts from the MHRA, local medicines optimisation teams, or formulary updates. Implement and audit practice compliance with local/national prescribing guidelines and NICE technology appraisals. Medicines Optimisation and Safety Identify patients at risk of medicine-related harm using clinical systems and data analysis tools. Carry out clinical audits and quality improvement projects in priority prescribing areas. Provide advice and input into practice-level formulary decisions and maintain formulary compliance. Develop and implement repeat prescribing policies, including managing reauthorisations and monitoring test requirements. Communication and Patient Support Respond to complex medicine-related queries from GPs, practice staff, community pharmacists, and patients. Provide follow-up to patients after medication changes to monitor response and manage concerns. Support patients post-discharge to understand and use their medicines effectively. Leadership and Service Development Provide clinical leadership in medicines optimisation across the practice/PCN. Contribute to the development and implementation of services involving medicines (e.g., treatment pathways). Analyse and present prescribing data to inform decision-making and improve safety. Participate in local medicines management groups or committees as needed. Education and Training Deliver education and training sessions to practice staff on therapeutics, prescribing safety, and medicines optimisation. Promote a learning culture around prescribing and medicines use within the PCN. Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Governance Support practices in meeting CQC requirements where medicines and prescribing are involved. Ensure adherence to best practice and governance standards related to medicines use and storage. Public Health and Prevention Support national and local public health campaigns (e.g., vaccinations, smoking cessation). Provide expert advice on public health initiatives relevant to medicines and therapeutic interventions. Signposting and Integration Ensure patients are referred to the appropriate healthcare professional or service in a timely and effective manner. Foster strong links between general practice, community pharmacy, and hospital pharmacy teams to ensure cohesive care and efficient skill mix utilisation. Other responsibilities To act at all times in an anti-discriminatory manner To be able to plan and respond to workload according to operational priorities To support the delivery of these functions across wider locality areas where necessary To undertake any training required in order to maintain competency including mandatory training To contribute to, and work within a safe working environment To take responsibility for self-development on a continuous basis, undertaking on the-job training as required. To be aware of individual responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act, and identify and report as necessary any untoward accident, incident or potentially hazardous environment. Confidentiality In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that employees will respect their privacy and act appropriately In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, you may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, PCN and practice employees and other healthcare workers. You may also have access to information relating to the PCN and practices as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the PCN or the practices may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data. Health & safety The post-holder must always comply with the organisation and Practices Health and Safety policies, in particular by following agreed safe working procedures and reporting incidents using the organisations Incident Reporting System. The post-holder will comply with the Data Protection Act (1984), The General Data Protection Regulations (2018)and the Access to Health Records Act (1990). The post-holder will comply with all necessary training requirements relevant to the role as identified by the organisation; in particular, the post holder must complete the specified care coordinator training delivered by the Personalised Care Institute. 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. Communication Recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to: Communicate effectively with other team members Communicate effectively with patients and carers Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.