Job Description

Provision of routine clinical medicines reviews whilst addressing the public health and social needs of patient population. To review and reduce were possible inappropriate polypharmacy and wasteful prescribing through timely and effective clinical medication reviews. Reconcile patients medicines following hospital discharge and work with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge. 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.



Interface with community and hospital pharmacy colleagues and develop referral processes between primary care professionals including the promotion of the repeat dispensing service. Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates. Manage patients and health care professionals medicine queries. Increase quality and safety of prescribing through mechanisms such as audit and PDSA cycles.



Manage Primary Care Network practice formularies to improve the quality, safety and cost effectiveness of prescribing. Implement drug withdrawals and alerts e.g. MHRA aimed at improving medicines safety. Work with primary care professionals and patients to implement NICE and other evidence-based guidelines.



Run clinics where appropriate to meet the needs of the Primary Care Network e.g. anticoagulant monitoring clinics, diabetic reviews etc. Contribute to multi-morbidity reviews and multidisciplinary reviews. Provide medicines information and training to Primary Care Network healthcare professionals and admin staff.



Review daily Pathology results for patients on known medicines. Act as a source of medicines information for all of the practice team and patients (e.g. around doses, side effects, adverse events, possible alternatives e.g. around out of stocks).

Undertake minor ailments triage:

dealing with minor ailments and triaging patients appropriately Leadership: Demonstrates understanding of the pharmacy role in governance and is able to implement this appropriately within the workplace Demonstrates understanding of, and contributes to, the workplace vision Demonstrates ability to improve quality within limitations of service Reviews last years progress and develops clear plans to achieve results within priorities set by others Demonstrates ability to motivate self to achieve goals Management: Demonstrates understanding of the implications of national priorities for the team and/or service Demonstrates understanding of the process for effective resource utilisation Demonstrates understanding of, and conforms to, relevant standards of practice Demonstrates ability to identify and resolve risk management issues according to policy/protocol Follows professional and organisational policies/procedures relating to performance management Demonstrates ability to extend boundaries of service delivery within the team Education, Training & Development: Understands and demonstrates the characteristics of a role model to members in the team and/or service and demonstrates understanding of the mentorship process Demonstrates self-development through continuous professional development activity Demonstrates ability to conduct teaching and assessment effectively according to a learning plan with supervision Demonstrates an understanding of current educational policies relevant to working areas of practice and keeps up to date with relevant clinical practice Participates in the delivery of formal education programmes