Job Summary
The Clinical Pharmacist will support general practice staff in prescription and medicines management. Responsibilities include handling repeat prescription systems, acute prescription requests, and medicines reconciliation during patient care transitions. The role involves providing clinical medicines advice, addressing both public and social care needs, and ensuring safer prescribing practices. The Clinical Pharmacist will deliver efficient, high-quality clinical services and support the professional development of the clinical workforce within K&W Healthcare and its member practices. This position is crucial for improving care quality, operational efficiency, and patient outcomes through better healthcare access and workload management.
Main Duties of the Job
- Clinical reviews and input
- Medicines optimization
- Achieving QOF targets
- Conducting audits
- Risk stratification
- Managing the repeat prescribing process
- Medicines management
- Public health initiatives
About Us
Primary Care Networks (PCNs) are newly formed groups of GP practices working collaboratively to offer enhanced and diverse services to patients. This is a period of significant growth and development for PCNs, supported by government investment. K&W Healthcare Ltd provides an excellent opportunity for enthusiastic and flexible individuals to join a dynamic team. The role involves working within a fast-paced organization, integrating professional skills to deliver high-quality patient care.
Job Description
Job Responsibilities
Clinical Reviews and Input
- Reduce GP time spent on patient appointments by handling clinical medication reviews, urgent medication requests, and queries.
- Support patients with their medications, ensuring optimal use.
- Manage minor ailments triage and patient caseloads.
- Provide patient-facing clinics to improve medication adherence.
- Conduct multidisciplinary reviews on medication-related issues.
- Reconcile medicines post-hospital discharge.
- Review daily pathology results for selected patients.
- Undertake targeted medication reviews, especially for high-risk patients.
- Administer influenza and travel vaccines.
- Support the management of patients with drug dependence and alcohol-related disorders.
- Signpost patients to appropriate services and information sources.
Unplanned Admissions and Discharge
- Review and audit medicines associated with unplanned hospital admissions and readmissions.
- Implement changes to reduce high-risk medicines prescribing.
- Reconcile medicines following discharge and ensure continuity of supply for high-risk groups.
Medicines Optimization
- Assist with achieving QOF targets for long-term conditions management.
- Undertake training in health assessments, history taking, and physical examination.
- Commit to starting an independent prescribing course within six months of probation.
- Reduce inappropriate poly-pharmacy.
- Address medicines adherence with follow-up calls.
Audits and Risk Stratification
- Conduct regular K&W audits and practice-specific audits to enhance prescribing quality and safety.
- Implement drug withdrawals, alerts, and NICE guidelines.
- Identify high-risk patient cohorts through practice computer searches.
Repeat Prescribing Process
- Improve communication with community and hospital pharmacies about discharges and repeat prescribing.
- Enhance the repeat prescribing process within K&W practices.
- Implement and manage the repeat dispensing process.
- Synchronize patients’ medications to reduce wastage.
- Ensure all practices have a repeat prescribing policy.
Medicines Management
- Improve prescribing quality, safety, and cost-effectiveness by liaising with GPs and other prescribers.
- Provide medicines information to K&W practice teams and patients.
- Ensure practices comply with CQC standards where medicines are involved.
Public Health
- Support public health campaigns and provide specialist knowledge on available programs.
- Maintain an open-door policy for medication advice and urgent issues.
Other Duties
- Assist with implementing local and national frameworks and strategies to improve patient care.
- Work with other professionals to ensure a streamlined service delivery.
- Contribute to new initiatives and ways of working to maximize service potential.
- Maintain professional practice and development, ensuring compliance with regulatory bodies.
- Educate callers on correct service use and health-related organizations.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) degree
- One-year pre-registration training course in pharmacy
- Accredited by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Relevant A-level and GCSE qualifications (grades A to C)
Experience
Desirable
- Ideally, 2 years of experience in General Practice
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
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