Clinical Pharmacist

We are looking for an experienced pharmacist to join our Clinical Pharmacy team in the Wyre Forest Network of Independent Practices PCN. The successful candidate will become part of an established team, which includes clinical pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and trainees. They will work in a dynamic environment where we encourage continual professional development through regular clinical supervision and peer support. We are looking for full time, however we will consider job share.

The salary range is £47,810-£54,710, dependent on experience. Interviews will be on Wednesday 11th February.

You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team and will be expected to develop a patient-facing role over time. You will take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the network practices and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy.

The post holder will be supported to develop their role to become a non-medical prescriber, if that qualification is not already held.

Wyre Forest Network of Independent Practices grew out of a mutual respect and vision of how primary care could work collaboratively without merger and was formalised in February 2018, when the group of practices signed an MoU to work in a mutually supportive manner. This pre-dated the Network Enhanced Service (by some 18 months) and meant that we had already developed a strong ethos of joint working, collaboration and trust.

We have a lead Clinical Pharmacist and we continue to expand the Network Pharmacy team, which currently comprises 6 Clinical Pharmacists and 4 Pharmacy Technicians.

• Provide expertise in clinical medicine management
• Provide face to face structured medication reviews especially for patients with polypharmacy; people in care homes and those with multiple co-morbidities
• Management of medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing
• Manage repeat prescription authorisations and reauthorisation
• Acute prescription requests
• Manage long term conditions
• Provide leadership on quality improvement and clinical audit
• Contributing to achievement of the Quality and Outcomes Framework and local quality improvement schemes
• Addressing both the public health and social care needs of patients in the GP practice(s) that make up the PCN.

The duties listed are not exhaustive, which options are deployed will be decided by the individual practices within the PCN, in conjunction with the clinical pharmacist. It is however mandated by NHS England that this role is patient facing in nature.

• 1. Patient facing Clinical Medication Review
  Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and work within your scope of practice as an independent prescriber to implement any necessary changes (or produce recommendations for/refer to other prescribing pharmacists, nurses and/or GPs to implement if outside your scope).
• 2. Medicines quality improvement
  Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in areas identified by yourself and agreed by the PCN or as directed by the PCN, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the relevant practice team.
• 3. Medicines safety
  Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance.
• 4. Leadership
  You will be expected to contribute to the leadership of medicines-related issues for the PCN.
• 5. Telephone medicines support
  Provide a telephone help line for patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines.
• 6. Management of medicines at change of care setting
  Reconcile medicines following discharge from hospital or admission to intermediate care or care homes, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge. Set up and manage systems to ensure continuity of medicines supply to high-risk groups of patients (e.g. those with medicine compliance aids or those in Care Homes).
• 7. Medicine information to practice staff and patients
  Answer relevant medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other network staff, other healthcare teams (e.g. community pharmacy) and patients with queries about medicines. Suggest and recommend solutions. Provide follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes.
• 8. Drug monitoring
  Ensure robust systems are in place for drug monitoring at each practice across the PCN, streamlining these where possible.
• 9. Signposting
  Ensure that patients are referred to the appropriate healthcare professional for the appropriate level of care within an appropriate period of time e.g. pathology results, common/minor ailments, acute conditions, long term condition reviews etc.
• 10. Repeat prescribing
  Ensure each practice in the PCN has a robust repeat prescribing policy, and streamline these across the PCN where possible. You may be asked to contribute to the repeat…