Clinical Pharmacist

Location

Southport, Merseyside | United Kingdom

Job description

Principal Responsibilities: To work on own initiative, unsupervised, planning and prioritising workload to deliver an effective service. To promote and support the implementation of national policies such as NSFs and NICE where these relate to medicines use. Clinical: To provide appropriately differentiated specialist advice and education on prescribing and medicines management to colleagues at the practice level and the NHS and wider community, including patients or their carers, to facilitate optimal use of the medicines resource, and to be accountable for that advice. To undertake medication reviews with patients, the doctors or other appropriate health care professionals in practice, care homes, domiciliary or other settings. This will involve offering advice and explanations about medicines and, where necessary, initiating changes to ensure patients medication is optimised and referring the patients to other services when indicated. To undertake assessments of patients adherence with medicine use within the home setting in conjunction with relatives, carers, relevant health and social care staff and the voluntary sector. To make recommendation to health care service providers based on this assessment. To support the implementation of the PMS contract by addressing performance gaps identified from the indicator sets in the PMS Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF); in particular indicators relating to medicines management and use of medicines to achieve clinical outcomes. To maintain knowledge and awareness of current clinical evidence base around medicines, interpreting this evidence to ensure that advice given to professional colleagues and patients is current, relevant, accurate and in keeping with national and local guidelines. In so doing being accountable for ones own professional actions whilst working within a framework of ethical, legal and clinical standards. To recommend appropriate biochemical monitoring for particular patients, thereafter referring patients to phlebotomy or other relevant services with the prior agreement of practices. To contribute to rational evidence based prescribing across primary and secondary care ensuring the most cost-effective use of the drugs budget at practice level. Non-Clinical: To maintain a high professional standard, acting in a discreet and professional manner and respecting the status of patients and professional colleagues. To exercise due care and attention whilst working with extraneous equipment. To act promptly and efficiently in response to unpredictable situations, being adaptable to the work environment, while maintaining levels of concentration. Flexibility to deal with enquiries or problems raised in the practice. Training and Education: To provide education to patients and their representatives on obtaining repeat prescriptions, safe storage of medicines, administration and disposal of medication to reduce medication waste and to minimise risk to the patient, the wider population and the environment. To provide information to patients and their representatives on national or local policy relating to medicines use. This might include a wide variety of miscellaneous advice such as; liability for prescription charges, obtaining prescription pre-payment certificates or possession of controlled drugs when travelling abroad. To teach and deliver core training on medicines management issues to health care professionals, practice staff, trainees and undergraduate students. To undertake and complete mandatory and other relevant training. Communication: To provide prescribers and patients with pharmaceutical advice. To raise any clinical governance issues with ICB Lead for Medicines Management, including raising any clinical governance concerns and to maintain regular contact with the practice to keep them informed of progress. To work in a discreet and professional manner, respecting and maintaining the confidentiality of patient specific data. Data Protection Where it is a requirement of the job holder for the post holder to use computers or other information technology, he/she will be required to ensure that security procedures are followed as appropriate and that confidential information for example passwords are not communicated to unauthorised individuals General clause This job description is not intended to be exhaustive but to indicate that main responsibilities of the post and may be amended from time to time after consultation with the post holder HEALTH AND SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES You should take note that under the Health & Safety at Work Legislation, you are required to take all reasonable steps while at work to ensure your own health and safety and the health and safety of those who may be affected by your acts or omissions at work. You are also required to co-operate fully with regard to implementation of health and safety arrangements and you should not interfere with or misuse anything provided in the interests of Health, Safety and Welfare at Work. EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES The Practice is an equal opportunities employer and the post-holder will be expected to adhere to all equal opportunities principles. CONFIDENTIALITY An employee shall not as an employee of the Practice or following the termination of his/her employment with the Practice, disclose other than to an authorised person or in the course of duty, without lawful authority, any matter or information which he/she has obtained or to which he/she has had access owing to his/her official position. In addition, you shall be required to comply with the requirements of the Data Protection Act, in so far as the Practice is concerned. It should be noted in this connection that any unauthorised disclosure of information covered by the Act is a criminal offence. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECURITY POLICY You are required to work within the remit of the Practice Security Policy. As a consequence of the above unauthorised/inappropriate use of computers including the internet, email, passwords, computer packages etc will be regarded as gross misconduct and will be treated as such under the Practice Disciplinary Procedure. PRACTICE POLICIES/PROTOCOLS All employees of Christiana Hartley Medical Practice have been issued with an Employee Handbook which should be referred to at all times and read in conjunction with Practice Policies/Protocols that are on your desktop in the Staff Guidance Folder.

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Salary

£49.61k per annum