About this role
Job summary
Join and lead our well established and highly skilled practice employed pharmacist team. This is a permanent post, working solely for Air Balloon Surgery, and funded through the FABB PCN Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme.
The post has become vacant as the existing post holder is leaving to pursue a new venture outside General Practice. We have a long tradition of employing our own Practice Clinical Pharmacist, being one of the first in Bristol to do so. We fully recognise the value and important role this brings to the wider team. The pharmacy teams work is well established into practice pathways and working arrangements.
The role of the Senior Clinical Practice Pharmacist is well embedded as a senior clinical role within the wider practice clinical team. Leading our existing Pharmacy team, the role of the Senior Clinical Practice Pharmacist is pivotal to improving the quality of care and ensuring patient safety.
The successful candidate will have a minimum of five years post graduate experience, be an independent prescriber with primary care prescribing experience, and will have completed the Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway.
The post could be worked as full time over five days, or part time - minimum of 22.5 hours over three days.
Competitive salary, negotiable depending on experience and skillset. 5.6 weeks pro rata annual leave per year with one week study leave.
Main duties of the job
Leadership of the Practice Pharmacy Team- ensuring the team delivers a comprehensive high-quality service to the patients and staff of the practice
Patient facing roles seeing patients and managing medication related problems and queries. Medication reviews at point of care transfer, especially for older frail, care homes and polypharmacy
Staff facing roles - providing support to general practice staff in relation to repeat prescriptions and medication queries
Quality, governance and improvement - working with the prescribing and wider practice team on safety and medicines optimisation. Leading on initiatives, medicines audit work and local projects and schemes of work
The team manage a complex and varied program of working across all aspects of medicines management. This includes day to day and more developmental and strategic work. The post holder would lead this work along with quality improvement, audit and development of services. We work closely with the ICB Clinical Pharmacist.
Regular clinical supervision by a GP partner with opportunities to grow and develop professionally.
About us
We are supportive, friendly and innovative and value team players with a can do attitude to join our close knit team. We have an excellent track record for supporting the development of individuals in specialist posts.
3 Partners and 6 Associate (salaried) GPs
Home Visits done by Frail Care Physiotherapist
Extensively skilled nursing team, including Urgent Care Nurses and nurse prescribers
Three clinical practice pharmacists including two prescribing
Extremely supportive and highly-trained Care Navigator team.
CPD well supported in-house and with external training
Modern, spacious, purpose built premises
GP Training practice
We are a registered Park-Run Practice.
Achieved overall good CQC rating
Job description Job responsibilities
Brief summary below - please see attached Job Description for full details
Job responsibilities
The post holder is an experienced clinical pharmacist with previous experience of working in Primary Care, who acting within their professional boundaries and as part of the wider clinical team, will develop and manage medicine management services within the practice.
The post holder will lead the multi-disciplinary pharmacy team, to meet practice service requirements for medicines management.
The postholder will manage systems and be part of the workforce relating to repeat prescribing, authorisations and reauthorisation, acute prescription request, management of medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing.
The post holder will lead processes and perform medication review of patients with polypharmacy especially for older people, people in residential care homes and those with multiple co-morbidities.
The post holder will provide leadership on medicines optimisation, leading on local ICB projects and schemes of work, quality improvement and clinical audit.
See attached Job Description for full details;
Leadership of the practice pharmacy team
Line managing the team to ensure an effective high quality service is provided
Managing the practice pharmacy service
Lead and contribute to all national and local projects, initiatives contracts and schemes.
Managing change for medicines management.
Provision of clinical services.
Running own long term conditions work
Working as part of the urgent care team
Managing patients referred by other members of the wider practice team
Medication reviews
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent) Independent prescriber
Desirable
A member of or working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Specialist knowledge acquired through post- graduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience
Experience Essential
Minimum of 5 years post qualification experience; In-depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of theprinciples of evidence based healthcare; Gain acceptance for recommendations and influence/motivate/ persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations/agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers; Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision;
Desirable
Previous line management experience
Skills & Knowledge Essential
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 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
Desirable
Specialist knowledge in a clinical area such as heart failure, diabetes etc. Familiar with EMIS
Personal qualities and attributes Essential
Ability to motivate others; Is able to manage multiple and complex numerous workstreams across ateam; Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills; Excellent written and verbal communication skills; Adaptable, self-motivating and hard working; Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines; Produce timely and informative reports; Work effectively independently and as a team member; Is able to bring qualities of innovative thinking, enthusiasm and commitment to the post;
Other Essential
Enhanced level Disclosure and Barring Service clearance
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 Air Balloon Surgery
Address Air Balloon Surgery
Kenn Road
Bristol
BS5 7PD
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.airballoonsurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)