Job description

Job responsibilities

Working closely with SPINE PCN GPs- IP's to resolve day-to-day issues related to medication.

To act as point of contact in the practice for all medicines related queries for health care professionals and patients.

To manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates.

To undertake medication reviews of patients including those with multiple long term conditions and polypharmacy to improve patient outcomes and maximise cost-effective prescribing. Some reviews may need to be undertaken in the patients home.

Ensure that the practice repeat prescribing policy is regularly reviewed and that it is being adhered to with the aim of reducing waste and improving safety.

Contribute to reductions in medicine-related hospital admissions and readmissions by supporting patients to get the best outcomes from their medicines and identifying and addressing medicines-related issues.

To support patients recently discharged from the hospital by ensuring they understand their medication, any changes that have happened recently and have a timely supply.

To facilitate good working relationships between the practice and Community Pharmacies and Hospital Pharmacies.

To follow up issues highlighted by Medicines Use Reviews carried out in local Community Pharmacies.

To support the practice in delivering on Prescribing Indicators, Prescribing Budget, QOF, Locally Commissioned Services and the QIPP agenda.

To undertake minor ailment clinics or triage.

Manage practice formularies to improve the quality, safety and cost effectiveness of prescribing.

Log and action drug withdrawals and alerts e.g. monitoring CAS and MHRA alerts aimed at improving medicines safety.

Where appropriate, review pathology results for patients on known medicines.

To qualify as a prescriber if this has not already been done.

To help plan, develop and support the introduction of new working processes within the practice to optimise the quality and safety of prescribing.

To undertake medication audits.

To produce patient information leaflets and posters and run medicine awareness projects throughout the year.

To attend the CPPE training and development program.

Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies and guidelines.

Reporting on Significant Events.

Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records on EMIS Web.

Contributing to the summarising of patient records and SNOMED-coding patient data.

Participate in regular staff training sessions to ensure development of skills and knowledge; to assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate.

Participate in clinical, multi-disciplinary and whole team meetings.

Observe and comply with all appropriate statutory requirements in relation to Child and Adult Safeguarding and to be familiar with the reporting process should his be required.

Contribute to policy development and implementation of procedures and guidelines in relation to their own area of work.

Attending any Protected Learning Time sessions provided by either the CCG for the Practice or by the Practice itself.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• To be a qualified Clinical Pharmacist with a minimum of two years experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team and performed effectively under pressure.
• To be part of the planning, developing, and supporting the introduction of new working processes within the practice to optimise the quality and safety of prescribing.
• Be highly motivated with excellent clinical timekeeping.
• Ability to consistently observe and comply with all appropriate statutory requirements in relation to Child and Adult Safeguarding and to be familiar with the reporting process should this be required.
• Contribute to the summarising of patient records and SNOMED-coding patient data.

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified Pharmacist and registered with GPhC
• Diploma or equivalent post-graduate qualification
• Independent Prescriber
• Post-registration experience
• Enhanced DBS check in required.

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

Farnham Road Practice

Address

301 Farnham Road

Slough

SL2 1HD

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://farnhamroadpractice.co.uk/index.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Lead and deliver structured annual and interim asthma reviews for adults and children, in line with current national guidance (NICE, BTS SIGN and GINA), including assessment of symptom control, adherence and trigger management.

Assess and optimise inhaler technique, agree personalised asthma action plans with patients, and provide self-management education and support.

Assess asthma control using validated tools (e.g. the Asthma Control Test or RCP three questions), risk-stratify patients, and adjust treatment up or down in accordance with current guidance and within own scope of competence.

• Plan, perform and interpret quality-assured diagnostic and monitoring spirometry (including bronchodilator reversibility testing where indicated) to support the diagnosis and ongoing monitoring of COPD, to ARTP / national spirometry quality-assurance standards.

Interpret spirometry results in the clinical context, distinguishing obstructive from restrictive patterns, and formulate and agree appropriate management plans; recognise abnormal or borderline results requiring onward referral or GP review.

Deliver structured COPD reviews, including symptom and exacerbation-risk assessment (e.g. MRC dyspnoea scale / CAT score), optimisation of inhaled and other therapies, and rescue-pack and self-management planning.

Undertake FeNO testing to support asthma diagnosis and monitoring, where available and within competence.

Provide brief smoking cessation advice and onward referral, and promote referral to pulmonary rehabilitation where clinically indicated.

Recognise and manage acute respiratory presentations and exacerbations, initiating appropriate treatment and escalation as required.

Maintain accurate respiratory disease registers and support call and recall, ensuring timely and complete SNOMED CT coding of reviews, spirometry, diagnoses and QOF / IIF-relevant data on EMIS Web.

• Contribute to the practices performance against the QOF respiratory domains and to related audit and quality-improvement activity.
• Assess, plan, develop, implement and evaluate programmes to promote health and well-being, and prevent adverse effects on health and well-being.

Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients with a known long-term condition.

Identify, and manage as appropriate, treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition.

Assess and care for patients presenting with leg ulceration and general wound care.

Support and advise women requesting information relating to contraception and sexual health issues.

Support and manage the health needs of women presenting for cervical cytology consultations.

Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children.

Promote and deliver evidence-based care for patients presenting with aural conditions.

Undertake minor ailment clinics or triage.

Assist in the supervision and support of health checks.

Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.

Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication, including medication regimens, side effects and interactions.

• Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that encourage them to live healthily, and apply the principles of self-care.
• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies and guidelines.

Reporting of significant events.

Contributing to evaluation, audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation.

Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records on EMIS Web.

Contributing to the summarising of patient records and SNOMED CT coding of patient data.

Participating in regular staff training sessions to ensure development of skills and knowledge; assessing own learning needs and undertaking learning as appropriate.

Participating in clinical, multidisciplinary and whole-team meetings.

Observing and complying with all appropriate statutory requirements in relation to child and adult safeguarding, and being familiar with the reporting process should this be required.

Contributing to policy development and the implementation of procedures and guidelines in relation to their own area of work.

Attending any protected learning time sessions provided for the practice or by the practice itself.

Attending training where appropriate.

• Strive to maintain quality within the organisation.

Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk.

Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision.

Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance.

Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs.

Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.

• Be an ambassador for FRMG, displaying commitment and loyalty to the Group at all times and treating internal practice discussions as confidential.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified Registered Nurse & Registered with NMC, with 2 years in Nursing.
• Recognised, accredited asthma qualification (e.g., a diploma-level asthma module or equivalent experience).
• Recognised, accredited COPD qualification (e.g. a diploma-level COPD module).
• Certificate of competence in performing and interpreting spirometry (ARTP or equivalent), with current registration on the national spirometry register.
• Enhanced DBS check required.

Desirable

• Non-medical (independent) prescribing qualification (V300) is desirable.
• Competence or qualification in paediatric asthma care is desirable.
• Competence in FeNO testing is desirable.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in primary with a minimum of one year.
• Demonstrable experience of independently running asthma and COPD clinics.
• Demonstrable experience of performing and interpreting spirometry to a quality-assured standard.
• Sound knowledge of relevant national guidance (NICE, BTS/SIGN, GINA and GOLD).
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, ability to work independently and as part of a team and performed effectively under pressure, with excellent consultation skills.
• Knowledge of needs of patients with long-term conditions.
• Be highly motivated with excellent clinical timekeeping.
• Ability to interpret clinical data and make sound, autonomous clinical decisions within scope of competence.
• Knowledge of patient group directions and associated policy and clinical governance awareness.
• Expertise in urgent primary care presentations, with strong triage and risk management skills.
• IT literacy (EMIS / SNOMED CT, Anima, MS Office).

Desirable

• Experience of QOF and IIF respiratory domains is desirable.

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

Farnham Road Practice

Address

301 Farnham Road

Slough

SL2 1HD

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://farnhamroadpractice.co.uk/index.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Working closely with SPINE PCN GPs- IP's to resolve day-to-day issues related to medication.

To act as point of contact in the practice for all medicines related queries for health care professionals and patients.

To manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates.

To undertake medication reviews of patients including those with multiple long term conditions and polypharmacy to improve patient outcomes and maximise cost-effective prescribing. Some reviews may need to be undertaken in the patients home.

Ensure that the practice repeat prescribing policy is regularly reviewed and that it is being adhered to with the aim of reducing waste and improving safety.

Contribute to reductions in medicine-related hospital admissions and readmissions by supporting patients to get the best outcomes from their medicines and identifying and addressing medicines-related issues.

To support patients recently discharged from the hospital by ensuring they understand their medication, any changes that have happened recently and have a timely supply.

To facilitate good working relationships between the practice and Community Pharmacies and Hospital Pharmacies.

To follow up issues highlighted by Medicines Use Reviews carried out in local Community Pharmacies.

To support the practice in delivering on Prescribing Indicators, Prescribing Budget, QOF, Locally Commissioned Services and the QIPP agenda.

To undertake minor ailment clinics or triage.

Manage practice formularies to improve the quality, safety and cost effectiveness of prescribing.

Log and action drug withdrawals and alerts e.g. monitoring CAS and MHRA alerts aimed at improving medicines safety.

Where appropriate, review pathology results for patients on known medicines.

To qualify as a prescriber if this has not already been done.

To help plan, develop and support the introduction of new working processes within the practice to optimise the quality and safety of prescribing.

To undertake medication audits.

To produce patient information leaflets and posters and run medicine awareness projects throughout the year.

To attend the CPPE training and development program.

Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies and guidelines.

Reporting on Significant Events.

Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records on EMIS Web.

Contributing to the summarising of patient records and SNOMED-coding patient data.

Participate in regular staff training sessions to ensure development of skills and knowledge; to assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate.

Participate in clinical, multi-disciplinary and whole team meetings.

Observe and comply with all appropriate statutory requirements in relation to Child and Adult Safeguarding and to be familiar with the reporting process should his be required.

Contribute to policy development and implementation of procedures and guidelines in relation to their own area of work.

Attending any Protected Learning Time sessions provided by either the CCG for the Practice or by the Practice itself.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• To be a qualified Clinical Pharmacist with a minimum of two years experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team and performed effectively under pressure.
• To be part of the planning, developing, and supporting the introduction of new working processes within the practice to optimise the quality and safety of prescribing.
• Be highly motivated with excellent clinical timekeeping.
• Ability to consistently observe and comply with all appropriate statutory requirements in relation to Child and Adult Safeguarding and to be familiar with the reporting process should this be required.
• Contribute to the summarising of patient records and SNOMED-coding patient data.

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified Pharmacist and registered with GPhC
• Diploma or equivalent post-graduate qualification
• Independent Prescriber
• Post-registration experience
• Enhanced DBS check in required.

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

Farnham Road Practice

Address

301 Farnham Road

Slough

SL2 1HD

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://farnhamroadpractice.co.uk/index.aspx (Opens in a new tab)