About this role
Job summary
St Helens Rota are seeking an ambitious, experienced, proactive, self-motivated Clinical prescribing Pharmacist to join their growing primary care team.
Our premises are based in St Helens, with opportunity for remote and agile working when required by the practice. The role could involve working across multiple GP practices.
The position will present the opportunity for the right candidate to have a strategic role; with attendance at appropriate meetings and direct involvement in service development.
Main duties of the job
Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a both a patient facing and remote role to clinically assess and treat patients within your competencies, using your expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas. Undertaking medicines reviews with patients from the practice, including those with complex polypharmacy. Providing specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients and to help in tackling inequalities. Support the leadership team on ensuring person-centred medicines optimisation (including ensuring prescribers in the practice prescribe antibiotics in line with local antimicrobial stewardship guidance) and quality improvement is achieved, whilst contributing to the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services. Support in the reduction of medication waste by offering advice to patients on matters such as over ordering, ordering only when required etc. Support the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical research with medicines, liaison with specialist pharmacists, liaison with community pharmacists and anticoagulation. Being part of a professional clinical network and have access to appropriate clinical supervision. Attendance at provider MDTs and any other appropriate meetings within working hours or at mutually agreed additional hours. Keeping up to date with all local medicines management updates and policies.
About us
About us
We are a not-for-profit organisation with patients, quality and people at the very centre of how we operate. We focus on providing an excellent work environment through offering meaningful support, clear availability and access of clinical supervision and ensuring each colleague has the time and tools to do their job safely.
Our leadership team operates with a strong focus on communication and engagement, ensuring that all voices are heard and that we remain people focused in all that we do.
Job description Job responsibilities
Hours of work
Monday, Wednesday & Friday afternoon, total 12hrs
Overtime / increase in contractual hours could be possible subject to mutual agreement.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
In summary, recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct, to:
Contribute to clinical governance activities / clinical audit to ensure continual improvement of service delivery. Assist and contribute to complaint responses with the Director of Operations. Provide services to the practices patient population to the highest possible standard ie QOF, QPSS. Take action if standards are not met, suggest areas for improvement or efficiency. Work to agreed standards, monitor and maintain the standard of care offered. Effectively manage own time, workload and resources. Utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing improvements where required In partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of health care responding to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriate Evaluate patients response to health care provision and the effectiveness of care Support and participate in shared learning across the practice/s and wider organisation Demonstrate sensitive communication styles to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment Prioritise own and others workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are embedded within the culture of the team Use relevant IT systems to support role including EMIS, Word, Excel, Outlook, and other systems where necessary. Assist in promoting and maintaining your own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy and the practice infection control policy and published procedures. Ensure confidentiality is adhered to at all times Be flexible in undertaking any other duties as deemed appropriate to the role. Completion of all NHS mandatory online training.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Essential In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare. Experience of multi-disciplinary working. Clear understanding of professional responsibility and accountability. Knowledge of current clinical evidence based practice. Minimum of 2 years independent prescribing in a public healthcare setting.
Desirable
Desirable Experience of delivering patient care in a primary care, urgent or community setting.
Qualifications Essential
Essential Educated to degree/masters level in Pharmacy (Or equivalent) Registered with the GPHC Independent prescriber
Desirable
Desirable Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Negotiatiion and mediation skills. Leadership skills.
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 St Helens Rota
Address Albion Street Clinic
Albion Street
St. Helens
Merseyside
WA10 2HU
Employer's website http://sthelensrota.com (Opens in a new tab)