Job Description

Riverside Health Partnership are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Clinical Pharmacist with Management Responsibilities to be an integral part of our multi-disciplinary team, driving positive changes in healthcare for local people. We are looking for a professional who has a prescribing qualification and has proven management experience with skills to lead a team.

To work as part of the management team in the practice and support with achieving efficient and effective prescribing activities. To promote high quality, cost effective and evidence-based use of medicines within primary care working alongside the Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Partnership. To provide leadership to the pharmacy and medicines management team including mentoring, support and professional development. Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role, to provide primary support to general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries. Ensuring that the practice integrates with community and hospital pharmacy to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes.

Main Duties:

1. To provide leadership to the pharmacy and medicines management team including mentoring, support and professional development.

2. To develop effective protocols for the team to ensure efficient and effective processes are in place for patients.

3. To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using their expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas.

4. Take responsibility for the care management of patients with chronic diseases and undertake clinical structured medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy.

5. Ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required

6. Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients and to help in tackling inequalities.

7. Provide leadership on person centred medicines optimisation (including ensuring prescribers in the practice conserve antibiotics in line with local antimicrobial stewardship guidance) and quality improvement, whilst contributing to the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.

8. Support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care, through structured medication reviews.

9. Support the integration of general practice with the wider healthcare teams (including community and hospital pharmacy) to help improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage general practice workload.

10. To assist and lead where appropriate in identifying cost effective and evidence-based use of medicines.

11. To reconcile hospital discharge letters, ensuring that data provided is correct and updated on the clinical system.

12. To participate in prescribing audits of prescribing in areas directed by the GPs, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the practice team

13. Answer medicine related enquiries from GPs, practice staff and patients. Suggesting and recommending appropriate solutions and provide follow-up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes as indicated.

14. Analyse, interpret, and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks to support decision making across the primary care team

15. 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) including the development of the practice based dispensary.

16. To assist in reducing medication errors such as Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance.

17. Work with the general practice team to ensure the practice is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved, including regular audits.

18. To contribute to the PCN delivery of the highest possible quality standards.

19. To maintain computerised records in accordance with data protection principles to ensure patient confidentiality.

20. To keep up to date with current pharmacy practice, new drugs, and their uses

21. To attend the practice meeting when required

22. To represent the practice at locality Prescribing Leads Meetings with responsibility to inform the partnership of actions.

23. Develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across PCN and the wider health and social care system.

24. To respond to patient complaints in accordance with the practice complaints procedure.

25. To abide by the General Pharmaceutical Society's code of ethics, observing and applying all professional, ethical, and legal obligations.

Management Duties:

1. To provide management and leadership to the pharmacy and medicines management team including mentoring, support and professional development.

2. Promote a healthy safe and effective working environment that provides a high-quality service to patients.

3. Always ensure adequate cover on a rota by suitably qualified staff to provide a robust 5-day service.

4. Must be proactive in the future development of the team and work alongside the management team to achieve the practice's strategic aims.

5. Ensure regular audits of work across the team.

6. To work independently and manage own time effectively.

7. Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions.

8. Co-ordinate and contribute to annual staff appraisals for the pharmacy team.

9. To arrange regular meetings with the pharmacy and wider team.

10. Work alongside the practice management team and attend meetings where required.

11. To be a part of all recruitment in the pharmacy team.

12. Ensure the team are up to date in all areas of training.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

Additional leave Company events Company pension Enhanced maternity leave Free parking Private medical insurance
Schedule:

Monday to Friday Weekend availability
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 01/08/2025
Reference ID: RV/PT/RHP/062022