Clinical Pharmacist
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 17 Rhagfyr 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Negotiable |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 30 Ionawr 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Peacehaven, BN10 8NF |
| Cwmni: | NHS Jobs |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | A0436-25-0003 |
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Primary Duties & Areas of Responsibility Supervision, Development and Leadership of the Pharmacy Technician Team Repeat Prescribing Oversee and maintain the practice repeat prescribing policy, ensuring safe, efficient and evidence-based processes. Utilise and comply with resources such as Sussex Formulary and NICE CKS. Structured Medication Reviews (SMR) Lead and continually improve the structured medication review process. Undertake complex medication reviews (face-to-face, telephone or home visit), focusing on frailty, polypharmacy, high-risk and dependence-forming medicines, and de-prescribing where appropriate. Medicines Reconciliation and Continuity of Care Provide clinical leadership for the medicines reconciliation process and supervise the pharmacy technician team in completing discharge summaries, clinic letters and care-home admissions (new patient medication requests). Identify and resolve medicine discrepancies, ensuring safe transfer of care and accurate prescribing following hospital discharge or attendance. Ensure processes are in place to maintain continuity of medicines supply for high-risk and vulnerable patients (e.g., care-home residents or those using compliance aids such as blister packs). Medicines Support and Clinical Advice Act as point of escalation for medicine-related queries from pharmacy technicians, clinical staff, and patients. Medicines Optimisation Incentive Scheme (MOIS) Lead on MOIS, analysing prescribing data and implementing actions to achieve quality and financial targets. Safe Prescribing & Governance (including MHRA alerts) Lead on safe prescribing, including monitoring requirements for high-risk medicines and the de-prescribing of inappropriate or dependence-forming medicines. Receive and implement MHRA alerts, product withdrawals and guidance from national and local sources. Lead prescribing audits, present findings, and implement improvements with the practice team. Work closely with the clinical and pharmacy technician teams to deliver required clinical audits. Service Development Provide pharmaceutical expertise in the development and implementation of new services, including clinical pathways and patient information resources. Information Management Analyse, interpret and present prescribing data to highlight risks, trends and improvement opportunities. Pharmacy Technician Team Working closely with the Senior Pharmacy Technician in the Leadership and Management of the Pharmacy Technician Team, for example appraisals, rotas and other HR functions Chronic Disease Management Long-Term Condition (LTC) Clinics Lead and support LTC clinics aligned with QOF and Locally Commissioned Service requirements. Priority will be given to the areas where further service development is needed in the surgery. Work collaboratively with GP Leads aswell as Specialist Nurses (e.g., Diabetes, Asthma, Hypertension) and develop the Pharmacy Technician role within LTC management. Collaborative Working Work collaboratively with the wider practice team, community pharmacies, PCN teams and neighbourhood practices to ensure safe and efficient patient care. Ensure prescribing follows the ICS formulary and local shared-care / NICE guidance. Make recommendations to GPs regarding red / amber drugs and OTC prescribing. Provide education and training to clinical and Pharmacy Technician teams on medicines optimisation, prescribing guidance, and safety. Support public health campaigns and provide expert advice relating to medicines and public health programmes if needed. Recognise the roles of other colleagues within the organisation and their role to patient care Demonstrate use of appropriate communication to gain the co-operation of relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and peer colleagues, and other professionals, other NHS/private organisations e.g. ICSs) Demonstrate ability to work as a member of a team Be able to recognise personal limitations and refer to more appropriate colleague(s) when necessary Actively work toward developing and maintaining effective working relationships both within and outside the practice, network and locality Foster and maintain strong links with all services across locality Explore and take the potential for collaborative working and takes opportunities to initiate and sustain such relationships Demonstrate ability to integrate general practice with community and hospital pharmacy teams Liaise with ICS colleagues including ICS Pharmacists, Technicians and Heads of Medicines Management/ Optimisation on prescribing related matters to ensure consistency of patient care. Liaise with other stakeholders as needed for the collective benefit of patients including but not limited to: o Patients o GP, nurses and other practice staff o Other healthcare professionals including CCG pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, optometrists, dentists, health and social care teams and dieticians etc. o Locality / GP prescribing lead o Community nurses and other allied health professionals o Community and hospital pharmacy teams o Hospital staff with responsibilities for prescribing and medicines optimisation