Clinical Pharmacist Job Barnsley area,England UK,Healthcare

KEY RESPONSIBILITES

To provide prescribing advice and support to the practice(s), on all medication issues.
To advise the practice on the implications of prescribing and admission/referral data provided by the ICB.
To implement change in prescribing behaviour, where required, in order to promote quality, rational, safe and cost-effective prescribing.
To promote prescribing in line with national, and ICB guidelines and policies.
To identify and advise on any areas of clinical risk connected with prescribing.
To undertake medication reviews and therapeutic specific medication reviews of patients with chronic diseases to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy, especially the elderly, 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)
To work directly with patients on medication issues to ensure patients take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care
To 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.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR PATIENT CARE (including monitoring, diagnostics + investigations)

To support all practice staff on all medication issues
To update patients medication records post hospital discharges and outpatient appointments, and advise the GP of all issues that may arise
To implement all monitoring requirements as detailed in agreed shared care protocols.
To be responsible for ensuring recall systems are in place and working and for the correct monitoring of amber drugs and those included in the Shared Care Local Enhanced Service.
To deal with medication queries, especially those that require follow up and problem solving techniques.
To participate/run medication review clinics or chronic disease management clinics as agreed with the practice.
To reduce waste, minimise risk and improve the repeat prescribing process.
To ensure prescription security by introducing best practice guidelines
To resolve all practice EPS issues queries and ensure that the practice maximises the benefits of EPS.

GENERAL PRACTICE SUPPORT

To practice and promote cost-effective, safe, evidence based prescribing.
To identify prescribing issues within the practice, bring these to the attention of the Lead GP and, develop an appropriate strategy, implement the strategy and monitor progress
To monitor practices prescribing for known areas of increased clinical risk, and advise the practice on appropriate measures to minimise such risk.
To ensure that all major MHRA drug alerts are acted upon within practices over a suitable timeframe and to advise and implement any medication changes that occur as a result
To work closely with the Barnsley Place Medicines Optimisation Team to monitor and advise practices regarding their prescribing costs.
To monitor, prescribing costs of specific drugs or therapeutic areas as agreed with the GP practice.

COMMUNICATION

To be the first point of contact for patients, secondary/tertiary care, community pharmacists, ICB, staff, Nursing/Care home staff and other healthcare professionals and patients who have queries relating to medication and repeat prescriptions.

ADMINISTRATIVE AN CLERICAL DUTIES

To maintain comprehensive and accurate records of work undertaken for the Practice Pharmacist projects and activities
To be able to use MS Office programmes necessary for the role
To be able to use the searching and administrative capabilities of the GP clinical systems.
To be evidence activity and demonstrate outcomes as agreed by the practice.
To manage time effectively to ensure all targets are met.
To carry out any other associated tasks required to develop this role in the future as requested by the PCN.

INFORMATION SUPPORT AND RECORD KEEPING

To keep an accurate record of all activity undertaken within practices.
To ensure all patient interventions are recorded on the practice computer in accordance with the working procedures developed with the practice.
To be responsible for keeping accurate retrievable records of all formal queries, data collection exercises, and audits.

TRAINING AND EDUCATION

To supervise and train practice receptionists undertaking the generation of repeat prescriptions and to explain and inform them of any…