PCN Clinical Pharmacist

• Work from our practice as well as some remote work from home.
• Be a pharmacist, who acts within their professional boundaries, supporting and working alongside a team of pharmacists in general practice.
• The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the practice and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy.
• To provide primary support to general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries.
• To support the repeat prescription system, deal with acute prescription requests, and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of patient in the GP practice (s).
• Provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.
• To ensure that the practice integrates with community and hospital pharmacy to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage workload. The role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and passion to deliver excellent service within general practice.

The focus of the post holders work will develop over time and will include -

• Structured Medication Reviews
• Ageing Well MDTs
• Help with care homes enhanced service
• Medication reviews
• Eclipse support monitoring systems
• Assistance with Prescribing Incentive Scheme and Investment and Impact fund
• Audits and reporting to guide clinical activity
• Scope to enhance your clinical skills in dealing with specific patient groups

MWEB PCN consists of 5 GP practices in Northamptonshire (Moulton, Woodview, Kingsthorpe, Wootton and Denton) that care for 47,000 patients.

Our PCN vision is to help all of our patients lead the best possible life from the cradle to the grave through a collaborative and team approach. We are a forward thinking PCN with a constant view of how we evolve and are always looking for innovative and efficient approaches to our way of working. Our work models are a mixture of face to-face and remote consultations.

Primary Duties and Areas of Responsibility

Key aspects of the role include -

Ageing Well MDTsLong-Term Conditions reviews (depending on scope of competence and training)
Clinical Medication Reviews Care Home Medication Reviews Medicines Support for patients

Medicine Information to Practice Staff and Patients Hospital Admissions Avoidance Management of Medicines at Discharge from Hospital

Signposting to other health care professionals as appropriate

Repeat Prescribing management

Service Development Information Management Medicines Safety Implementation of Local and National Guidelines and Formulary Recommendations Education and Training

• At least 2-years post qualification work history either in primary or secondary care (Community or Hospital experience)
• Therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare
• Primacy Care experience / has a good understanding of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
• An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to adjust communication style and content to suit the audience
• Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions
• Good IT skills and use of MS Office Software applications
• Is able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
• Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
• Gain acceptance for recommendations and influence/motivate/persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations/agreed course of action where there may be…