LTC Clinician

Location

Bracknell, Berkshire | United Kingdom

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION Job Title: LTC Clinician Applicants should hold an independent prescribing qualification (or willing to work towards this). We would welcome applicants from relevant clinicians e.g. Advance Nurse Practitioners/Physicians Associates/Adv Clinical Pharmacist. Salary: Dependant on experience Hours: Full Time- 37.5hrs per week Responsible to: Group Manager Accountable to: Partners & Managers Base location: Across Forest Health Group sites, all within Bracknell with an option for hybrid working. Job Summary The post holder is a clinician who has worked within Primary Care and either has an independent prescribing qualification (or willing to work towards this), who acts within their professional boundaries. The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a hybrid working environment. The post holder will take responsibility for all areas of long-term conditions management within the practice. Primary Duties and Areas of Responsibility Key role within LTC management service. Managing all incoming PATH results associated with LTC reviews. Initiating and adjusting medications as part of results management process. Clinical oversight given to Care Coordination team in their organisation of LTC appts and with any clinical queries. Identification of at-risk patients against the Gold Standards Framework and relevant presentation of these cases within appropriate clinical meeting. Involvement in management of EOL patient register. Close working with senior clinical and management team on continual shaping and integration of the LTC management service. Education and Training Ensure takes responsibility for mandatory e-learning. Engages and participates in their Continued Professional Development. Attends weekly/monthly clinical and management meetings. Public health To support public health campaigns. To provide specialist knowledge on all public health programmes available to general public. 2. Collaborative Working Relationships Recognises the roles of other colleagues within the organisation and their role to patient care. Demonstrates use of appropriate communication to gain the co-operation of relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and peer colleagues, and other professionals, other NHS/private organisations e.g. CCGs). Demonstrates ability to lead a team. Is able to recognise personal limitations and refer to more appropriate colleague(s) when necessary. Actively work toward developing and maintaining effective working relationships both within and outside the practice and locality. Foster and maintain strong links with all services across locality. Explores the potential for collaborative working and takes opportunities to initiate and sustain such relationships. Demonstrates ability to integrate general practice with community and hospital pharmacy teams. Liaises with CCG colleagues including CCG Pharmacists on prescribing related matters to ensure consistency of patient care and benefit. Liaises with CCG pharmacists and Heads of Medicines Management/ Optimisation to benefit from peer support. Liaises with other stakeholders as needed for the collective benefit of patients including but not limited to Patients GP, nurses and other practice staff. Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required Has an experience/awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-term conditions that are likely to be seen in a general medical practice. Holds an independent prescribing qualification or working towards qualification. Able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general pharmaceutical care programmes for patients across core areas, including disease states/long term conditions. Accountable for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision. Uses skills in a range of routine situations requiring analysis or comparison of a range of options. Recognises priorities when problem-solving and identifies deviations from normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate. Able to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct. Involves patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence as per NICE guidelines. NB: it is anticipated that the level of qualification held may vary according to the level of position and the components of the role being carried out. Leadership Demonstrate understanding of the pharmacy role in governance and is able to implement this appropriately within the workplace. Demonstrate understanding of, and contributes to, the workplace vision. Engages with Patient Participation Groups (PPGs) and involves PPGs in development of the role and practices. Demonstrates ability to improve quality within limitations of service. Reviews yearly progress and develops clear plans to achieve results within priorities set by others. Demonstrate ability to motivate self to achieve goals. Demonstrates ability to lead a team and provide support to other clinical pharmacists. Provides a leadership style which is underpinned by strongly held values of the organisation and around equality, diversity and openness; effectively builds and maintains relationships with direct reportee(s) and other key individuals across the organisation. Promotes diversity and equality in people management techniques and leads by example. Management Demonstrate understanding of the implications of national priorities for the team and/or service and manage the team through these changes. Demonstrate understanding of the process for effective resource utilisation. Demonstrate understanding of, and conforms to, relevant standards of practice. Demonstrates ability to identify and resolve risk management issues according to policy/protocol. Follows professional and organisational policies/procedures relating to performance management. Demonstrate ability to extend boundaries of service delivery within the team. Lead and mentor a team of differing abilities. Education Training and Development Understands and demonstrates the characteristics of a role model to members in the team and/or service. Demonstrates understanding of the mentorship process. Demonstrates ability to conduct teaching and assessment effectively according to a learning plan with supervision from more experience colleague. Demonstrates self-development through continuous professional development activity. Participates in the delivery of formal education programmes; inspiring others to be positive in their support of continuous improvement. Demonstrates an understanding of current educational policies relevant to working areas of practice and keeps up to date with relevant clinical practice. Ensure there is appropriate clinical supervision in place all pharmacists. Ensures all pharmacists are engaged with the review and appraisal systems within the practice. Research and Evaluation Demonstrates ability to critically evaluate and review literature. Demonstrates ability to identify where there is a gap in the evidence base to support practice. Demonstrates ability to generate evidence suitable for presentations at practice and local level. Demonstrates ability to apply research evidence base into working place. Demonstrates understanding of principles of research governance. Health and Safety/Risk Management The post-holder must comply at all times with the Practices Health and Safety policies, in particular by following agreed safe working procedures and reporting incidents using the organisations Incident Reporting System. The post-holder will comply with the Data Protection Act (1984) and the Access to Health Records Act (1990). Equality and Diversity The post-holder must co-operate with all policies and procedures designed to ensure equality of employment. Co-workers, patients and visitors must be treated equally irrespective of gender, ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion etc. Respect for Patient Confidentiality The post-holder should respect patient confidentiality at all times and not divulge patient information unless sanctioned by the requirements of the role. Special Working Conditions The post-holder is required to travel independently between practice sites (where applicable), and to attend meetings etc. hosted by other agencies. Job Description Agreement This job description is intended to provide an outline of the key tasks and responsibilities only. Theremay be other duties required of the post-holder commensurate with the position. This description will be open to regular review and may be amended to take into account development within the Practice. All members of staff should be prepared to take on additional duties or relinquish existing duties in order to maintain the efficient running of the Practice.

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