About this role
Job summary
Fixed-term (9-12 months, maternity cover)
Full-time (option to compress hours into 4 days)
Hybrid working (primarily remote, with occasional in-person attendance required as needed)
Start date: August- September
The senior clinical pharmacist will work across the CAM Medical Primary Care Network area in the pharmacy team. Work undertaken at the practices will be determined according to their existing and developing systems and will include some or all of the responsibilities noted below:
Medication Review and Optimisation Care Home Medication Reviews Long Term Condition Clinics Medicines Reconciliation and processing discharge letter Unplanned Admission Prevention Medicines Information / Education Prescribing Systems and Policies Medicines safety Liaison with community and hospital pharmacies Running reports and audits Any other duties as reasonably required.
Main duties of the job
Conduct structured medication reviews and medicines optimisation for patients with complex needs, polypharmacy, and long-term conditions. Manage medicines reconciliation following hospital discharge and support safe prescribing, including high-risk medicines monitoring. Respond to prescribing and medication-related queries from GPs, patients, care homes, and other healthcare professionals. Support the management of long-term conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, asthma, COPD, and cardiovascular disease. Undertake prescribing audits, quality improvement initiatives, and support achievement of QOF and local prescribing targets. Work collaboratively with GP practices, community pharmacies, care homes, and secondary care providers to improve patient outcomes and continuity of care.
Promote medicines safety by implementing national and local guidance, monitoring prescribing performance, and supporting prescribing policy development.
About us
CAM Medical Primary Care Network is a forward-thinking Primary Care Network compromising of Lensfield Medical Practice, Newnham Walk Surgery and Trumpington Street Surgery. Our aim is to provide exemplary patient care; finding innovative solutions in general practice to deliver the best care we can to our patients.
Job description Job responsibilities
Medication Review and Optimisation
Respond to pharmacy queries to include clarifying doses and or products and give appropriate alternatives when availability issues occur
Discuss medication issues with patients as needed and appropriate by telephone for example adverse effects interactions overdose inadvertent ingestion OTC remedies queries from practice dispensary and queries from care homes
Discuss specific patient and prescribing issues such as complicated regimes polypharmacy compliance difficulties multiple adverse effects and medication reduction regimes with other clinicians as necessary
Face to face and video consultations with patients may include
Discuss medication issues as needed and as appropriate
Carry out medication review
Review and continue repeat medications for new patients who have just registered with the practice and suggest GP medication review where appropriate
Care Home Medication Reviews
Support GPs with management of care home residents
Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy and implement own prescribing changes if an independent prescriber and order relevant monitoring tests
Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration
Long Term Condition Clinics
According to experience and training undertake chronic disease reviews and medicine optimisation according to practice guidelines
Hypertension lifestyle advice and medication initiation and optimisation
Diabetes joint clinic with practice nurse with referral to GP community diabetes nurse specialist or secondary care diabetes advice line
CHD medicines optimisation with referral to GP where necessary
Asthma and COPD medicines optimisation with referral to GP where necessary
Chronic pain management responding to patient or GP requests for review
Medicines Reconciliation
Review secondary care requests for new medication as communicated by discharge summaries outpatient letters and other correspondence raise any queries with relevant GP and discuss how to respond when inappropriate prescribing requests arise
Deal with anticoagulant start and stop requests from secondary care
Unplanned Admission Prevention
Devise and implement practice searches to identify cohorts of patients most likely to be at risk of unplanned admission and readmission from polypharmacy
Work with practice team to put in place changes to reduce the prescribing of these medicines to high risk patient groups
Medicines Information and Education
Monitor and inform colleagues about ongoing prescribing issues including new national and local guidelines new products requested by secondary care manufacturing and supply problems prescribing restrictions contraindications and prescribing errors
Advise on cost effective prescribing and prescribing budget issues
Prescribing Systems and Policies
Assist in identifying patients in need of medication review and developing systems to meet this need
Work with GPs and practice teams to develop and implement safe and efficient prescribing policies and strategies for CAM Medical Primary Care Network to maximise efficiency and reduce wastage
Suggest and design audits in relation to prescribing targets implementation of locality policies and the Quality Outcomes Framework QOF
Work with GPs and practice managers on delivering targets for local prescribing quality schemes
Monitor CAM Medical Primary Care Network prescribing performance and advise on changes to practice prescribing as appropriate
Oversight and audit of high risk drug monitoring
Medicines Safety
Identify national and local policy and guidance that affects patient safety through the use of medicines including MHRA alerts product withdrawals and emerging evidence from clinical trials
Liaison with Community and Hospital Pharmacies
Support integration of CAM Medical Primary Care Network with community and hospital pharmacies and proactively manage patients at risk of medicine related problems on discharge to provide continuity of care
Running Reports and Audits
Conduct clinical audits of prescribing in designated areas as directed by the clinical lead and or GPs
Provide feedback on findings
Collaborate with the practice team to implement necessary changes
Any Other Duties as Reasonably Required
Undertake any other appropriate duties as may reasonably be required from time to time
Special Working Conditions
Be prepared to work flexibly if required and at different locations across the primary care network
Part of this role can be undertaken remotely
Equality and Diversity
The post holder will support the equality diversity and rights of patients carers and colleagues including
Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice and consortium procedures policies and current legislation
Respecting the privacy dignity needs and beliefs of patients carers and colleagues
Behaving in a manner which is welcoming non judgemental and respectful of individual circumstances feelings priorities and rights
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent Registered pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council Experience within primary care settings
Clinical system experience Essential
Experience with SystmOne
Experience Essential
CPPE training
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Cam Medical PCN
Address Lensfield Medical Practice
48 Lensfield Road
Cambridge
CB2 1EH
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.trumpingtonstreetmedicalpractice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)