About this role
Job summary
Iridium Medical Practice is looking for a part time/full time Clinical Pharmacist to join our experienced pharmacy team. We are an ideal place for learning and development, offering in-house training as well as ongoing opportunities for professional growth. As a large GP practice with a large multidisciplinary team (MDT), we work collaboratively to improve patient outcomes and support our local community.
You will develop through team clinical supervision sessions and benefit from direct mentoring with an experienced GP/ Lead Pharmacist.
Job Summary:
To improve patients health outcomes and the efficiency of the Primary Care team by providing direct, accessible and timely Clinical Medicines expertise, by working as part of a multidisciplinary practice team.
To proactively transfer workload relating to medicines optimisation issues from other clinical staff to improve patient care, safety, thus freeing up other clinical staff to spend more time on other clinical care:
To promote safe, evidence based, cost effective prescribing in line with ICB requirements
To provide expert pharmaceutical advice to practice staff and patients
To provide prescribing support in areas such as
Hospital discharge letters
Face to Face medication reviews and follow up
Implementation of prescribing changes
Review of repeat prescribing
Audit
The application process may end early depending on number of applicants.
Main duties of the job
Patient facing long-term condition and medication review clinics
See patients with single or multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation is required (e.g. diabetes, hypertension, heart failure), or where patients are prescribed large numbers of medicines or combinations with identifiable risks. Review the ongoing medicine plan for these patients, ensuring they get the best use of their medicines and make appropriate recommendations to clinicians for medicine improvement.
Medicines support in person or by telephone
Provide patient facing clinics or telephone support for those with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines in the practice.
Other duties may include:
Medicine information to practice staff and patients
Unplanned hospital admissions
Management of medicines at discharge from hospital
Signposting
Repeat prescribing
Risk stratification
Service development
Information management
Medicines quality improvement
Medicines safety
About us
Iridium Medical Practice was established on the 2nd November 2009, located within the Richmond Primary Care Centre which serves Stechford, Yardley, Saltley, Bordesley Green and surrounding areas. We endeavour to treat you with courtesy, respect and sensitivity at all times. We treat patients as individuals and partners in their health care, irrespective of their ethnic origin, religious and cultural beliefs, gender, social class, disability or age.
We strive to maintain the highest standards of the medical practice at all times. The doctors and health professionals concerned maintain these standards through continuing audit of your care and through professional learning.
Job description Job responsibilities
Job Summary:
To improve patients health outcomes and the efficiency of the Primary Care team by providing direct, accessible and timely Clinical Medicines expertise, by working as part of a multidisciplinary practice team.
To proactively transfer workload relating to medicines optimisation issues from other clinical staff to improve patient care, safety, thus freeing up other clinical staff to spend more time on other clinical care:
To promote safe, evidence based, cost effective prescribing in line with ICB requirements
To provide expert pharmaceutical advice to practice staff and patients
To provide prescribing support in areas such as
Hospital discharge letters
Face to Face medication reviews and follow up
Implementation of prescribing changes
Review of repeat prescribing
Audit
This role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires good motivation and passion to deliver an excellent service within a General Practice environment.
1. Primary Duties and Areas of Responsibility
Patient facing long-term condition and medication review clinics
See patients with single or multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation is required (e.g. diabetes, hypertension, heart failure), or where patients are prescribed large numbers of medicines or combinations with identifiable risks. Review the ongoing medicine plan for these patients, ensuring they get the best use of their medicines and make appropriate recommendations to clinicians for medicine improvement.
Medicines support in person or by telephone
Provide patient facing clinics or telephone support for those with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines in the practice.
Medicine information to practice staff and patients
Respond to medicine related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff, other healthcare teams (e.g. community pharmacy) and patients/carers with queries about medicines. Suggesting and recommending solutions. Providing follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes.
Unplanned hospital admissions
Provide targeted support and proactive review for vulnerable, complex patients and those at risk of admission and re-admission to secondary care
Management of medicines at discharge from hospital
To reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into care homes, working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge.
Signposting
Ensure that patients are referred in a timely manner to the appropriate healthcare professional for the appropriate level of care (e.g. pathology results, common/minor ailments, acute conditions, long term condition reviews etc.)
Repeat prescribing
Oversee repeat prescribing, repeat dispensing, electronic prescribing and medication review systems. Ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required.
Risk stratification
Identification of cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through pre-prepared practice computer searches. This might include risks that are patient related, medicine related, or both.
Service development
Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components (e.g. advice on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets). Develop specialist area(s) of interest.
Information management
Analyse, interpret and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks to support decision making.
Medicines quality improvement
Undertake simple audits of prescribing in areas directed by the GPs, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the practice team.
Medicines safety
Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance.
Implementation of local/national guidelines and formulary recommendations
Agree and review Prescribing Formularies and Protocols and monitor compliance levels.
Cost Effectiveness
Support the delivery of QOF, incentive schemes, QIPP and other quality or cost effectiveness initiatives
Education and Training
Provide education and training to primary healthcare team on therapeutics and medicines optimisation.
Care Quality Commission
Work with the general practice team to ensure the practice is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved.
Public health
To support public health (including vaccination) campaigns. To provide specialist knowledge on all public health programmes available to the general public.
2. Collaborative Working Relationships
Should be proficient in communicating with relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and peer colleagues, and other professionals, other NHS/private organisations e.g. ICB)
Recognise personal limitations and refer to more appropriate colleague(s) when necessary
Actively work toward developing and maintaining effective working relationships both within and outside the practice and locality
Foster and maintain strong links with all services across locality, working collaboratively and sustainably across General Practice, with ICB Colleagues, Medicines Management Team and with Community and Hospital Teams to benefit from Peer Support and ensure best Patient Care
3. Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required
Knowledge of current NHS policies, processes and structures
Understanding of the data protection act, GDPR and patient confidentiality, clinical governance, information governance and Caldicott requirements
Ability to use GP systems - EMIS Web is desirable
4. Leadership:
Demonstrate understanding of the pharmacy role in governance and implement this appropriately within the workplace, as well as understanding and contributing to the workplace vision
Promote diversity and equality in people management techniques and leads by example
5. Education, Training and Development:
Act as a role model to members in the team and/or service and be able to provide mentorship where applicable
Apply self-development through continuous professional development activity; working alongside senior colleagues to identify areas to develop
Participate in the delivery of formal education programmes for trainee pharmacists and undergraduate students
Ensure appropriate clinical supervision is in place to support development and enrol onto review
and appraisal systems within the practice
6. Research and Evaluation:
Critically evaluate and review literature, identifying where there is a gap in the evidence base to support practice
Be proficient in providing evidence suitable for presentations at practice level
Understand the principles of research governance and demonstrate ability to apply research evidence base into working place
Support the practice agenda to expand the support of existing clinical trials
7. Health and Safety/Risk Management
The post-holder must always comply with Practice Health and Safety policies, in particular by following agreed safe working procedures and reporting incidents using the organisations Incident Reporting System
The post-holder will comply with the Data Protection Act (1984) and the Access to Health Records Act (1990)
8. Equality and Diversity
The post-holder must co-operate with all policies and procedures designed to ensure equality of employment. Co-workers, patients and visitors must be treated equally irrespective of gender, ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion etc.
9. Respect for Patient Confidentiality
The post-holder should always respect patient confidentiality and not divulge patient information unless sanctioned by the requirements of the role.
10. Special Working Conditions
The post-holder may have contact with body fluids i.e., wound exudates; urine etc while in clinical practice.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Must be registered as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable
Hold, be working towards, or willing to complete an independent prescribing qualification
Experience Essential
Experience and awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-terms conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice.
Desirable
Experience of working in primary care Experience of working in a GP practice Demonstrates ability to integrate general practice with community and hospital pharmacy teams community groups
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 Iridium Medical Practice
Address 299 Bordesley Green East
Stechford
Birmingham
B33 8TA
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.iridiummedicalpractice.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)