clinical pharmacist Reading, England
Job description
Clinical Pharmacist job description & person specification
Job Title
Prescribing Clinical Pharmacist
Minimum 1 year Community/hospital pharmacy experience required.
Completion of Independent Prescribing course is desirable. If IP course completed hourly rate is £30.
If IP course is not complete hourly rate is £25 with a view to self-funding and completing the IP course.
Line Manager
[Senior Partner]
Accountable to
[The Partners]
Hours per week
[37.5]
Job Summary
A Prescribing Pharmacist is considered to be of a similar level to the Advanced Nurse Practitioner role. You will work as a part of a team of doctors, nurses, nursing associates etc. to deliver primary care medicine in a GP Surgery setting. Your direct supervisor will be GPs in leadership roles with experience in supervision. You will be expected to perform a variety of roles, amongst them:
- Patient contact via telephone or face to face encounters – where you will use the skills acquired as a prescriber in: history taking, examination, differential diagnosis and the formulation of a management plan.
- Document workflow: coding, altering medication regimes as per hospital recommendations etc.
- Management of chronic disease registers
- Medicines management (e.g., acute and repeat prescription requests, simple medication reviews, structured medication reviews, audit work set by the medicines management team at the CCG/ICS)
- Supervision, training, and advice for colleagues where appropriate.
- Participation in clinical governance activities – including clinical audit etc.
You must familiarise yourself with the EMIS Web clinical operating system and stay up to date with necessary Bluestream Training modules. You must also partake in yearly appraisal and staying up to date with clinical knowledge.
Generic Responsibilities
All staff have a duty to conform to the following:
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
A good attitude and positive action towards ED&I creates and environment where all individuals are able to achieve their full potential. Creating such an environment is important for three reasons: it improves operational effectiveness, it is morally the right thing to do, and it is required by law.
Patients and their families have the right to be treated fairly and be routinely involved in decisions about their treatment and care. They can expect to be treated with dignity and respect and will not be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Patients have a responsibility to treat other patients and our staff with dignity and respect.
Staff have the right to be treated fairly in recruitment and career progression. Staff can expect to work in an environment where diversity is valued and equality of opportunity is promoted. Staff will not be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Staff have a responsibility to ensure that you treat our patients and their colleagues with dignity and respect.
Safety, Health, Environment and Fire (SHEF)
This practice is committed to supporting and promoting opportunities to for staff to maintain their health, well-being and safety. You have a duty to take reasonable care of health and safety at work for you, your team and others, and to cooperate with employers to ensure compliance with health and safety requirements. All personnel are to comply with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, Environmental Protection Act 1990, Environment Act 1995, Fire Precautions (workplace) Regulations 1999 and other statutory legislation.
Confidentiality
This practice is committed to maintaining an outstanding confidential service. Patients entrust and permit us to collect and retain sensitive information relating to their health and other matters, pertaining to their care. They do so in confidence and have a right to expect all staff will respect their privacy and maintain confidentiality at all times. It is essential that if, the legal requirements are to be met and the trust of our patients is to be retained that all staff protect patient information and provide a confidential service.
Quality & Continuous Improvement (CI)
To preserve and improve the quality of our output, all personnel are required to think not only of what they do, but how they achieve it. By continually re-examining our processes, we will be able to develop and improve the overall effectiveness of the way we work. The responsibility for this rests with everyone working within the practice to look for opportunities to improve quality and share good practice.
This practice continually strives to improve work processes which deliver health care with improved results across all areas of our service provision. We promote a culture of continuous improvement, where everyone counts and staff are permitted to make suggestions and contributions to improve our service delivery and enhance patient care.
Induction Training
On arrival at the practice all personnel are to complete a practice induction programme; this is managed by the Deputy Practice Manager.
Learning and Development
The effective use of training and development is fundamental in ensuring that all staff are equipped with the appropriate skills, knowledge, attitude and competences to perform their role. All staff will be required to partake and complete mandatory training as directed by the training coordinator, as well as participating in the practice training programme. Staff will also be permitted (subject to approval) to undertake external training courses which will enhance their knowledge and skills, progress their career and ultimately, enable them to improve processes and service delivery.
Collaborative Working
All staff are to recognise the significance of collaborative working. Teamwork is essential in multidisciplinary environments. Effective communication is essential and all staff must ensure they communicate in a manner which enables the sharing of information in an appropriate manner.
Service Delivery
Staff must adhere to the information contained with practice policies and regional directives, ensuring protocols are adhered to at all times. Staff will be given detailed information during the induction process regarding policy and procedure.
Security
The security of the practice is the responsibility of all personnel. Staff must ensure they remain vigilant at all times and report any suspicious activity immediately to their line manager. Under no circumstances are staff to share the codes for the door locks to anyone and are to ensure that restricted areas remain effectively secured.
Professional Conduct
Staff are required to dress appropriately for their role. Administrative staff will be provided with a uniform whilst clinical staff must dress in accordance with their role.
Primary Responsibilities
The following are the core responsibilities of the clinical pharmacist. There may be on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:
- Practice as an independent prescriber working within scope of practice
- Carry out face-to-face and telephone consultations with patients with minor illnesses
- To provide medication review services with patients in the practice and during domiciliary visits to the local nursing home
- To provide advice and support for patients with self-limiting conditions
- Encourage cost-effective prescribing within the practice
- Review all safety alerts ensuring the required actions are taken
- To reconcile medicines following patients discharge from hospital or clinic appointments
- Review medications for newly registered patients
- Implement and embed a robust repeat prescribing system
- To provide subject matter expertise on medication monitoring, implementing and embedding a system
- Carry out targeted medication reviews for high-risk patients
- To reauthorise medication for repeat prescribing within scope of practice
- Identify patients suitable for repeat prescribing, liaising with the relevant clinicians as required
- Review and implement safe prescribing systems for vulnerable patients, improving compliance
- Support clinicians with the management of patients suffering from drug and alcohol dependencies
- Actively signpost patients to the correct healthcare professional
- Assist with QOF targets
- Administer influenza and travel vaccines
Secondary Responsibilities
In addition to the primary responsibilities, the clinical pharmacist may be requested to:
- Partake in audit as directed by the audit lead
- Provide education on medicines for the clinical team
- Review the latest guidance ensuring the practice conforms to NICE, CQC etc.
- Act as the practice point of contact for all medicines related matters, establishing positive working relationships
- Produce pharmacy / prescribing newsletters or bulletins on a quarterly basis
- To line manage the dispensary staff in accordance with current practice policy
The person specification for this role is detailed overleaf.
Person Specification – Clinical Pharmacist
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
GPhC Registered Pharmacist
✓
GPhC Independent Prescriber Qualification
✓
Minor Ailments certification
✓
Medicines Management Qualification
✓
MUR and repeat dispensing certification
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Minimum of two years working as a pharmacist
✓
Experience in managing pharmacy services in primary care
✓
Broad knowledge of General Practice
✓
Skills
Essential
Desirable
Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
✓
Strong IT skills
✓
Clear, polite telephone manner
✓
Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
✓
EMIS / Systmone / Vision user skills
✓
Ability to promote best practice regarding all pharmaceutical matters
✓
Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
✓
Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
✓
Good interpersonal skills
✓
Problem solving & analytical skills
✓
Ability to follow policy and procedure
✓
Personal Qualities
Essential
Desirable
Polite and confident
✓
Flexible and cooperative
✓
Motivated
✓
Forward thinker
✓
High levels of integrity and loyalty
✓
Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
✓
Ability to work under pressure
✓
Other requirements
Essential
Desirable
Flexibility to work outside of core office hours
✓
Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
✓
Evidence of continuing professional development
✓
This document may be amended following consultation with the post holder, to facilitate the development of the role, the practice and the individual. All personnel should be prepared to accept additional, or surrender existing duties, to enable the efficient running of the practice.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £25.00-£30.00 per hour
Benefits:
- On-site parking
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Reading: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Experience:
- Pharmacist: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person
