Neighbourhood Health and PCN Senior Clinical Pharmacist - portfolio

Overview

Job Title: Neighbourhood Health and PCN Senior Clinical Pharmacist – portfolio role

Pay: £64,000 - £68,000

WTE: 1

WTE

Contract type: Fixed Term 1 year

Accountable to: Head of Pharmacy and Clinical Services, Healthcare Central London

Responsible to: Deputy Head of Pharmacy, Healthcare Central London

Job Purpose: As a portfolio pharmacist, the postholder will handle two roles within their portfolio working in conjunction. Half of the week in a Neighbourhood health team (CLCH) and half of the week in a PCN (HCL GP federation). The role enables the postholder to strike a balance of work that suits them and the prospect of gaining experience and skills in different settings.

While at CLCH, the postholder will work within a neighbourhood health team to support medicines optimisation serving the PCN where the postholder will spend the remainder of their week.

While at HCL, the postholder will be based in a Primary Care practice to deliver General Practice Clinical Pharmacist roles as well as supporting Federation projects.

Neighbourhood Health Pharmacist

• To deliver a high quality Medicines Optimisation Service to improve medicines related outcomes for high risk patients and ensure the safe, cost effective and evidence based use of medicines
• Conduct clinical medication reviews with patients, within patient’s homes, clinic, local hub, or practice setting. The role may involve working within care homes.
• Undertake Proactive Structured Medication Reviews using a holistic approach to medicines management

• To build relationships with key stakeholders delivering neighbourhood health care
• Ensure proactive liaison with relevant healthcare professionals regarding changes to medication regimes. e.g. regular GP, nursing/ care home, community pharmacist ensuring they have the information they need and that follow-up appointment are clear where necessary
• Make prescribing recommendations as per local and national guidance.
• Prescribe within competence for patients to improve patient care
• Case manage patients who are frequently admitted to acute trusts as a result of medicines related problems
• To provide professional support and compose patient-agreed medication care plans and communicate these with other health and social care professionals e.g. Community Pharmacists, hospital teams, carers etc.

• Work with Neighbourhood health MDT to ensure patients are supported to get the best out of their medicines. Ensure liaison with the regular GP, hospital clinicians, community nurses, carers, family, community pharmacists and care coordinators to ensure an integrated approach to medicines management, with a view to ensuring continuity of pharmaceutical care for patients in different healthcare settings
• Develop a range of practical solutions to enable patients to maintain their independence to self administer their medication where possible and improve adherence and concordance
• To liaise with the ICB Medicines Management Teams to ensure consistency across local prescribing strategies and support cost-effective prescribing. Work collaboratively with system partners to improve medicine pathways
• Ensure that developments are linked in with organisational priorities and Local Delivery Plans including cost-effective prescribing
• Contribute to agreed meetings within and outside the organisation and represent pharmacy as appropriate
• Respond to unpredictable work patterns and urgent requests for help by phone or email within a reasonable time frame
• To deliver training sessions to relevant staff groups and/or patients
• Coordinate and participate in antibiotic stewardship
• Respond to medicines information queries from the greater Community Adult Health Service team, including therapists, community nurses, healthcare assistants, social workers etc.

Key Responsibilities at Healthcare Central London:

• The post-holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in primary care in a patient-facing role. The post holder will take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the practice and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy, especially for older people, people in…