Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1.    MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE POST: 

• Support the delivery of the medicines related QoF and CQC indicators, local prescribing incentive scheme and medicines safety agenda
• Support the practice with chronic disease management and day-to-day medicines related queries
• Promoting cost effective and evidence-based prescribing, following national and local prescribing and safety guidelines.
• Supporting the delivery of the pharmacy and medicines optimisation elements of the network service specifications within the Network Contract DES with a particular focus on the structured medications review and optimisation specification and the enhanced health in care homes specification.
• Improve use of medicines across the system, this may include but not be limited to:
  • Inappropriate use of antibiotics
  • Polypharmacy
  • Medicines optimisation in chronic diseases such as Asthma / COPD and cardiovascular disease
  • Medicines at risk of misuse
  • Care Home residents
  • Management of medicines after discharge from hospital, reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into care homes, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes and manages these changes without referral to a GP
  • Medicines Safety
  • Reducing waste and sustainability
  • Cost effective and evidence base prescribing.

• Support medicines optimisation across the interface and within the PCN
• To participate in specified interface project/audits, according to need that supports medicines optimisation activities
• Management of medicines after discharge from hospital, reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into care homes, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes and manages these changes
• Review the use of medicines most commonly associated with unplanned hospital admissions and readmissions through audit and individualised patient reviews.
• Put in place changes to reduce the prescribing of these medicines to high risk patient groups.
• To support the networking, education and development of trainee and foundation pharmacist / technicians
• Work in partnership with secondary care colleagues to proactively manage patients at high risk of medicine related problems before discharge to ensure continuity of care.

• Collaborate with pharmacy colleagues across the different sectors to ensure medicines optimisation across the interface.
• Supporting further integration of general practice with the wide healthcare teams (including community and hospital pharmacy) to help improve patient outcomes
• Manage the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical research with medicines and, liaison with specialist pharmacists.

·         Undertaking further education required for the role including CPPE Primary Care Pathway and Independent prescribing.

• To maintain registration, as a pharmacist, with the General Pharmaceutical Council, and to act in accordance with the code of ethics.
• The post holder agrees to participate in Continuing Professional Development (CPD) including further training and learning in order to develop the knowledge, understanding, skills, attitudes and values to become competent in the duties described. To undertake peer review and competency-based assessment to ensure required standards of service are maintained.
• Be involved in clinical pharmacy training/teaching to pre-registration pharmacists, technicians, ATOs and junior pharmacists.
• Provide pharmaceutical education and training to other healthcare staff in all areas to which you have a responsibility.
• To follow all Health and Safety standards in compliance with Trust and PCN policies and procedures. This includes:
• Report all accidents, incidents and near misses
• Dealing with hazardous chemicals (including cytotoxic drugs) used in the department, following COSHH regulations.
• Develop, review and follow all standard operating procedures (SOPs) accurately.
• Maintain accurate manual and computer records.
• Housekeeping duties
• Ensure professional and legal standards are adhered t

Other:

All Pharmacy staff will maintain confidentiality with regard to any information about patients, confidential information about the Trust and commercial information (for example, contract prices for drugs)

It is the responsibility of every employee to take reasonable care of their own health and safety and the health and safety of anyone else who may be affected by what they do.

This job description is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of the Trust and in consultation with the post-holder.

Your hours are based on a whole time week of 37.5 hours. Hours are calculated excluding meal breaks and are to be worked in accordance with the needs of the service and as agreed with your manager. The Trust operates a 24 hour 365 day per year service. The way in which the contracted hours are worked may change in accordance with the needs of the service, following consultation

General responsibilities

• To support the department and organisation by carrying out any other duties that reasonably fit within the broad scope of a job of this grade and type of work.