Job description

Job responsibilities

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Contract: 12-month fixed-term maternity cover

The Principal Clinical Pharmacist and Team Lead will provide senior clinical pharmacy leadership across Jurassic Coast Primary Care Network and will be responsible for supporting the delivery and development of a high-quality, patient-centred pharmacy service across our member practices.

The post holder will lead and support the PCN Pharmacy Team, providing day-to-day clinical guidance, supervision, mentorship and line management to pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. This will include supporting team development, workload planning, appraisals and ensuring the pharmacy team is able to work effectively across the PCN.

Alongside the leadership responsibilities, the post holder will maintain a strong patient-facing clinical role, working closely with GPs, nurses and the wider multidisciplinary team to support the safe, effective and rational use of medicines.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Providing clinical leadership, supervision and mentorship to the PCN Pharmacy Team.
• Supporting the day-to-day management and development of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
• Undertaking patient-facing clinical medication reviews and Structured Medication Reviews for patients with complex needs, multimorbidity and polypharmacy.
• Supporting medicines optimisation and making appropriate prescribing changes within scope of practice.
• Holding long-term condition clinics and supporting the management of conditions including Type 2 diabetes, hypertension and lipid disorders.
• Supporting annual reviews and ongoing medicines management for patients with long-term conditions.
• Reconciling and reviewing medicines following hospital discharge and other transfers of care.
• Supporting patients who may be at increased risk of medicines-related harm or unplanned hospital admission.
• Providing specialist medicines advice to patients, GPs, nurses and other healthcare professionals.
• Supporting medicines safety activity, including responding to relevant safety alerts, prescribing risks and national or local guidance.
• Identifying opportunities for medicines-related quality improvement, audit and service development.
• Supporting implementation of local and national prescribing guidance, NICE recommendations and formulary requirements.
• Contributing to relevant PCN medicines optimisation, QOF and contractual priorities.
• Working collaboratively with colleagues across primary care, community pharmacy, care homes, secondary care and the wider health and social care system.
• Contributing to education, training and professional development within the pharmacy team and wider multidisciplinary team.

The role will require the post holder to communicate effectively with a wide range of professionals and patients, manage competing priorities and contribute to the ongoing development of clinical pharmacy services across the PCN.

The post holder will be expected to maintain General Pharmaceutical Council registration, professional competence and appropriate indemnity cover, and to work in accordance with relevant professional standards, clinical governance requirements and organisational policies.

The post requires independent travel between PCN practices and other locations where required.

Please refer to the attached full Job Description and Person Specification for further details regarding the role, responsibilities and requirements.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within the NHS.
• Experience of delivering direct clinical pharmacy services.
• Experience of working with a range of healthcare professionals and stakeholders.
• Experience of supporting medicines optimisation and the management of long-term conditions.

Desirable

• Minimum of 5 years post-qualification experience.
• Experience of working in general practice.
• Experience of working across a PCN, federation or collaboration of general practices.
• Experience of managing or contributing to complex projects or primary care initiatives.
• Experience of developing relationships with local and national stakeholders.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Strong clinical and therapeutic knowledge, including evidence-based prescribing and medicines optimisation.
• Good understanding of primary care prescribing, QOF and relevant contractual frameworks.
• Ability to manage medicines optimisation for patients with long-term conditions and complex needs.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organisation, prioritisation and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Good IT skills and understanding of data protection and information governance.

Desirable

• Knowledge of the wider primary care and NHS landscape, including relevant stakeholders and organisations.
• Understanding of healthcare improvement methods and service development.
• Advanced IT skills, particularly the use of Microsoft Excel for analysis and reporting.
• Knowledge of current national policy and developments affecting primary, community and secondary care.

Qualifications

Essential

• Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent.
• Specialist knowledge acquired through postgraduate diploma level qualification or equivalent training/experience.
• Independent Prescribing qualification desirable; applicants working towards the qualification may also be considered.

Desirable

• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
• A member of, or working towards, Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
• Completed, or working towards completion of, the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway (or equivalent, e.g. MOCH / Pharmacists in GP Practice).

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

Jurassic Coast Primary Care Network

Address

West Allington

Bridport

Dorset

DT6 5BN

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.jurassiccoastpcn.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Responsibilities

The following are the core responsibilities of the practice nurse. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks. This will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

• To work to the IPC policy
• Develop implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes.
• Identify, manage, and support patients at risk of developing long term conditions, preventing adverse effects to patients health.
• Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF
• Provide wound care (ulcer/doppler etc) to patients.
• Processing and requesting pathology services/results as required.
• Provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required.
• Implementation and evaluating individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients.
• Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation.
• Ensure read codes are used effectively.
• Assist in maintaining chronic disease registers.
• Chaperone patients where necessary
• Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately.
• Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies.
• Recognise, assess, and refer patients presenting with mental health needs to the GP.
• Implement vaccination programmes for adults and children.
• Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice)
• Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.)
• Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)
• Work as part of the clinical team with all safeguarding matters in accordance with local and national policies
• Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately.
• Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate.
• Work as part of the clinical team providing minor illness service (if in scope of practice)
• Secondary responsibilities
• • In addition to the primary responsibilities, the practice nurse may be requested to:
  • Monitor and ensure the safe storage, rotation, and disposal of vaccines.
  • Support members of the nursing team including Health Care Assistants and Phlebotomists with assistance where necessary
  • Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care.
  • Support and participate in shared learning within the practice.
  • Continually review clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate
  • Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events applying a structured approach, i.e., root cause analysis (RCA)

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse Evidence of post registration study
• Experience of working in a primary care environment
• Experience of working as a practice nurse
• Immunisations & Vaccinations
• Cervical Screening - Smears
• Wound care - Dressings, doppler and compressions
• Dressings including legs and compressions
• Blood Pressure Monitoring
• ECG Recording
• Venepuncture - Blood Taking
• Travel Immunisations
• Injections - e.g. B12, Depo-Provera

Desirable

• Experience of Chronic disease management, NHS Health Checks, Contraception Support eg pill checks, advice
• NHS Health Checks

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

Barton House Medical Practice

Address

Barton House

Beaminster

Dorset

DT8 3EQ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.bartonhousemedicalpractice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)