About this role
Job summary
The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role. They will take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the practice and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy, especially for older people, people in residential care homes and those with multiple co-morbidities.
The post holder will provide primary support to general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries. They will help support the repeat prescriptions system, deal with acute prescription requests, medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of patient in the GP practice(s).
The post holder will be involved with medicines optimisation and quality improvement and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.
The post holder will ensure that the practice integrates with community and hospital pharmacy to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage workload. The role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and passion to deliver excellent service within general practice.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role. They will take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the practice and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy, especially for older people, people in residential care homes and those with multiple co-morbidities.
The post holder will provide primary support to general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries. They will help support the repeat prescriptions system, deal with acute prescription requests, medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of patient in the GP practice.
The post holder will be involved with medicines optimisation and quality improvement and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.
The post holder will ensure that the practice integrates with community and hospital pharmacy to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage workload. The role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and passion to deliver excellent service within general practice.
About us
Newhall Surgery has a list size of approximately 11,200 patients. We have an active Patient Participation Group and endeavour to liaise well within the local community. We are active on Facebook and have good patient reviews.
Our clinical staff consists of four Partners, 6 GPs, 2 GP Registrars, 3 Trainee Doctors, an Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Advanced Nurse Practitioner / Nurse Manager, a Nursing Team of 4, 2 Clinical Pharmacists, 2 Care Coordinators and a GP Assistant.
We also have committed and professional management, administrative, secretarial and care navigation teams.
We are a friendly Practice who believe that communication, team working, well-being and learning are vital to the success of our organisation.
We have 'get togethers' every year to help support our internal communication processes and the feeling of 'family' within the organisation.
The Partners are very supportive of staff and place a high value on their learning and development.
Job description Job responsibilities
The job description is intended to provide an outline of the key tasks and responsibilities only. There may 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent)
Desirable
Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society A member of working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Other Essential
Self-motivation Adaptable Full Driving Licence DBS Immunisation status Mandatory Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Desirable
Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society A member of working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Experience Essential
In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare. An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practices An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills Excellent written and verbal communication skills Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients) Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions Good IT skills Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines Produce timely and informative reports Gain acceptance from recommendations and influence/motivate/persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations/agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers Works effectively independently and as a team member Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision
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 Newhall Surgery
Address Newhall Surgery
High Street
Newhall
Swadlincote
Derbyshire
DE11 0HU
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://newhallsurgery.com/ (Opens in a new tab)