Clinical Pharmacist

Duties Specific to Role

Ensure medication management systems are safe and

effective, liaising with GPs and managers as required.

Ensure that proper processes are in place for

• medication review, and undertaking medication review.
• Undertake structured medicine reviews
• Implement and embed a robust repeat prescribing
• system

Review and implement safe prescribing systems for

vulnerable patients, improving compliance

Review and implement safe prescribing systems for

patients suffering from drug and alcohol dependencies

Encourage cost-effective prescribing within the

practice

Review all safety alerts ensuring the required

actions are taken

Reconcile medicines following patients discharge

from hospital or clinic appointments, or any other contact with a third party

provider,

Review medications for newly registered patients

Review clinical reporting in SystmOne relevant to

medicines management, and ensure Practice is meeting its contractual

requirements and CQC standards, and achieving KPIs (e.g. QOF)

Design and run clinical reports & audits to

support best practice, and implement any identified changes required.

Implement medication management policies and

processes of the Primary Care Network

Liaise with pharmacy team colleagues in the

Primary Care Network, and support the implementation of best practice in the

PCN.

Liaise with ICB pharmacy team colleagues.

Ensure (in liaison with the lead GP and

• practice manager) that all contractual requirements relating to medication
• are met.
• Support and advise pharmacy team colleagues, including trainees and dispensary staff.
• Act as line manager to pharmacy team colleagues,
• including trainees.

Support the professional development of pharmacy

team colleagues, including trainees.

The

multidisciplinary team will work together to

Improve hypertension detection rates by overseeing the introduction of

digital tools/pods in practice waiting rooms that link patient data to the

medical records. These digital tools/pods will record blood pressure, heart

rate and BMI in the waiting rooms, at the convenience of registered patients.

Protocols will be developed that will ensure clinical safety and governance and

enable abnormal readings to be actioned appropriately; patients requiring

intervention will be triaged and reviewed by the most appropriate clinician,

whether this be a GP or a pharmacist.

Develop and utilise a risk-stratified approach to conducting the

hypertension management reviews on the

hypertension register at the practices. Population health data and

evidence-based guidelines would inform the development of a red, amber, green

(RAG) clinical risk-stratified approach to hypertension management.

Improve the annual attainment of blood pressure readings within the

target range set by national guidelines.

Improve the annual attainment of patients receiving lipid therapy for

primary prevention of cardiovascular disease.

Review the management of patients across with

coronary heart disease and conduct medication reviews to ensure medical therapy

and lifestyle interventions have been maximised according to need.

Identify those requiring additional support to attend their

appointments and provide accessible appointments in person, via telephone or

via appropriate digital platforms and utilise communication methods appropriate

for the needs of the patient.

Non-medical prescribing/independent

prescribing

As a qualified non-medical

• prescriber (NMP)/independent prescriber (IP), prescribing will be undertaken
• within the scope of practice of the prescriber and in accordance with their
• professional code of conduct as set out by their own regulatory bodies and
• organisational NMP policy.

Working

• conditions
• Frequent, prolonged VDU use
• Time-pressured environment
• High levels of accuracy and
• attention to detail essential at all times

Exposure to distressing

• situations and written material
• 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.

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