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Job summary
You will work with a multi-disciplinary team including doctors, nurses, paramedics and other roles. Your role will be to lead on medication management including safe repeat prescribing for our patients. This includes overseeing Shared Care Agreements and High Risk Drug Monitoring, ensuring appropriate plans are in place for our patients and that they have access to the best possible care. You will also take a lead role in delivering CQC compliance and ensuring QOF achievement on specific indicators.
You will provide expertise in clinical pharmacy, medicines optimisation and promote safer prescribing practices. You will be part of team working alongside a pharmacist and two pharmacy technicians and a pharmacy administrator.
The main duties will include using your own clinical competencies as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide face to face and remote medications reviews, support management of patients with long-term conditions and co-morbidities, undertake medicines reconciliation, reduce polypharmacy and conduct Structured Medication Reviews (SMR). You will work closely with the administration team on drug monitoring management and carry out clinical audits on behalf of the Clinical team.
The role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational effectiveness within the practice so requires, motivation, passion and resilience to deliver an excellent service.
Responsibilities
Long-term conditions
Contribute to improved health outcomes in long term conditions
Support patients to manage their long-term conditions
Carry out clinical medication reviews for patients on multiple medications for long term conditions
Review if prescribing is appropriate in line with current guidance, cost-effective and safe; identify unmet need, stop unnecessary/ineffective medicines. Implement own prescribing changes as an independent prescriber
Review of pathology results for patients under their care
Contribute to achievement of QOF targets to improve health outcomes
Make appropriate recommendations to the wider clinical team including medical and non-medical prescribers
Clinical medication reviews
Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients
To review medications for new patients, to ensure safe, cost-effective prescribing in line with practice/local prescribing policies
Work with patients to educate about medication safety, storage and ordering within the home
Review prescribing of acute medications
Care home medication reviews
Undertake clinical medication review with patients and staff within the care home
Work with care home staff to improve safety of medication ordering and administration
Risk stratification
Carry out clinical audits as identified as being required by Clinical team for example as part of monthly clinical meetings
Identification of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through computerised searches
Review all relevant safety alerts (e.g. MHRA) and ensure any action required is undertaken
Conduct medication reviews for patients identified as above
Unplanned hospital admissions
Review the use of medications most commonly associated with unplanned admissions and re-admission through audit and individual patient reviews
Put protocol and policies in place to implement changes to reduce the prescribing of these medicines to high-risk patient groups
Carry out medications management requirements of the highest and ongoing needs LCS
Medicines support and information for practice staff and patients (patient facing or telephone)
Answer medical information queries from GPs, Nurses, practice staff, patients and third-party providers
Provide education on medicines related topics to the clinical team
Provide advice on suitable alternative medications in the event of a medicine being unavailable in conjunction with the pharmacy technicians
Provide education for the clinical team on new medicines
Provide specialist knowledge and advice on pharmaceutical matters
Provide regular education sessions for clinicians to discuss audit results and agree action plans for improving standards within clinical areas
To provide specialist knowledge on medication monitoring and ensure a system for implementation is in place
To answer queries from administration staff regarding medication requests where appropriate
Management of medicines at discharge from hospital
To work with the whole pharmacy team to reconcile medicines following discharge from hospital/intermediate care; identify and rectify unexplained changes; perform a clinical medication review; produce a post-discharge medicines care plan including dose titration and booking of follow-up test, and work with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge
Set up and manage systems to ensure continuity of medicines supply to high-risk groups of patients (e.g. those with medicine compliance aids)
Reconcile medication from clinic appointment correspondence, identifying any unexplained changes and rectifying these by communication with the secondary care provider. Ensure patients are fully aware of any changes and that a plan for monitoring/dose titration is in place
Repeat prescribing
To re-authorise medication for future repeat prescribing within scope of competence if an independent prescriber
Manage medication review dates and ensure that any clinical monitoring or reviews are actioned
To ensure the practice repeat prescribing system is safe, efficient and helps minimise waste
Service development
Review NICE and other evidence-based guidance as it is issued, to evaluate any impact on medicines and prescribing
Undertake regular clinical audit to support implementation of clinical guidance across the practice
To take part in practice clinical meetings
Encourage cost effective prescribing within the practice, including adherence to local formulary
Build good working relationships with local medicines management team members
Improve communication about medication-related issues between the practice and both the patient and other care providers
Professional development
Work with your line manager to undertake continual personal and professional development, taking an active part in reviewing and developing the role and responsibilities
Adhere to organisational policies and procedures including keeping up to date with mandatory training
Attend formal clinical supervision sessions for further development, case reviews and dealing with difficult issues
Attend annual appraisals
Participate in the delivery of formal educational programmes
Demonstrate an understanding of current educational policies relevant to working areas of practice and keep up to date with relevant clinical practice
Miscellaneous
Work as part of the team to seek feedback, continually improve the service and contribute to business planning
Undertake any tasks consistent with the level of the post and the scope of practice, ensuring that work, tasks and results are processed within a timely manner
Use effective communication skills to ensure appropriate and detailed information is effectively communicated whether that be a patient, member of the community, member of the multi-disciplinary team or a staff member
Requirements
Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Non-medical/independent prescriber
Completed or working towards Primary Care Education Pathway (CPPE)
About us
Sussex Primary Care’s values
Be patient-focussed in everything we do
Support staff to be the best they can be
Innovate, learn and evaluate
Sussex Primary Care run a number of GP practices across Sussex providing excellent primary care in the heart of the community. We are a learning organisation that listens to our team of staff, patients and partners to guide our future. At the heart of our vision are our patients and their needs.
Benefits package
A supportive working environment
Induction and training programme
25 days annual leave
Numerous other benefits such as car lease schemes
Full NHS pension
Free on-site parking
Peer and operational support with dedicated mentorship and access to an SPC Education Lead
Employee Assistance programme
A supportive, approachable management team
Being part of a growing company with great opportunities to develop as a result