Job Description

Patient facing Run your own CVD primary prevention clinic to discuss lifestyle interventions and the option of starting a statin, as part of a piece of work conducted by the pharmacy team Lead on prioritising and conducting medicines safety searches across the year to identify patients who would most benefit from intervention and discussions with the pharmacy team. Carry out DOAC dose checks as part of the wider pharmacy team workload and have discussions with patients when appropriate about why we may need to change their doses. Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared decision-making conversations with patients. i.e., synchronisation, adherence, ability to take medicines, follow up of basic observations (e.g.



blood pressure) Carry out medicine optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration (e.g. checking inhaler technique), supporting medication reviews, medicines reconciliation, implementing efficient ordering and return processes, and reducing wastage. Utilise consultation skills to work in partnership with patients and carers to ensure they use their medicines effectively. Provide expertise to address both the public health and social care needs of patients, including lifestyle advice, service information, and help in tackling local health inequalities.



Medicines information Take part in the pharmacy team central rota to answers relevant medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff, other healthcare teams (e.g. community pharmacy) and patients. Suggest and recommend solutions using clinical knowledge and trusted pharmaceutical sources, referring to pharmacists as required. Medicine Reconciliation Carry out occasional medication reviews and reconciliation for new care home patients.



Medicines Management Provide leadership for medicines optimisation systems across the PCN, supporting practices with a range of services to get the best value from medicines Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing locally. Support the Pharmacy administrator in her role in managing blood monitoring of High-Risk Drugs and DOACs across the PCN. Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients including lifestyle advice, service information, and help in tackling inequalities Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaising with specialist pharmacists for more complex patients Undertake and lead on any specific medicines optimisation-based projects/portfolio areas of work as may be required by the Pharmacy Team Respond to MHRA alerts when required Assist in implementing national and local prescribing policies, NICE guidance, and medicines optimisation initiatives. Contribute to patient safety audits, quality improvement work, and data analysis related to prescribing.



Collaborating Working Relationships Develop relationships with other pharmacy technicians, pharmacists and members of the multi-disciplinary team to support integration of the pharmacy team across health and social care to help improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage general practice workload. Work collaboratively with ICB pharmacy team and local community pharmacies Provide advice when needed to practice reception teams in sorting and streaming general prescription requests Collaborate closely with GPs, clinical pharmacists, and wider PCN teams to optimise prescribing and reduce medicines waste. Education and Training Attend internal and external meetings and any training courses and supervision sessions as required. You will be expected to enrol on the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway (PCPEP) if you have not completed already or can be exempted.



Develop a good working knowledge of the clinical systems used by the practices (SystmOne) Practice Targets Support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other primary care settings. This will be achieved through undertaking clinical audits, supporting quality improvement measures and contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services. Support the delivery of the pharmacy and medicines optimisation elements of the network service specifications within the Network Contract DES and the MOIS scheme from the ICB. Service development Work with other healthcare professionals to create processes and Standard Operating Procedures for use within the practice and pharmacy teams, which offer improvement in consistency and delivery of our services to patients.



Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services Identify areas of good practice and help to disseminate across the PCN Liaise with the practices and, where practicable, to standardise the medicines management process across the PCN Promotion and set up of online ordering including proxy ordering for care homes. Undertake any other duties as may reasonably be required from time to time.