The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role. The post holder will take responsibility for and undertake clinical medication reviews and support patients to proactively manage long-term conditions.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide primary support to general practice staff regarding prescription and medication queries. They will help support the repeat prescription system, deal with acute prescription requests, and manage medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of patients in the GP practice. If the post holder is not already a non-medical prescriber, they will be supported to develop their role to become a non-medical prescriber and develop an area of chronic disease management within the practice. The post holder will be required to enroll on the General Practice Pharmacist Training Pathway from CPPE (unless an equivalent qualification is already held, and exemption is agreed by CPPE). About us
Our mission statement is to be committed to providing high quality, patient-centered care using a multi-disciplinary team approach, with patient and staff wellbeing at the heart of our Sarum Health Group family. Do you think you could fit in with our well-oiled unit here at Sarum Health Group? About us:
12,433 patient practice in rural Wiltshire Main surgery at Salisbury with branch surgery at Larkhill CQC rating Good High QOF achievers due to our efficient admin support team Part of the Salisbury Plain PCN with an expanding team which includes our practice Paramedic (Home Visiting Team), Clinical Pharmacist, Social Prescribers, First Contact Physiotherapist, and a GPA. Workflow optimisation for data team, reduced admin for ANPs On-site dispensary located at our branch site in Larkhill SystmOne Web clinical system, also using Cinapsis, AccuRX, SystmConnect, T-Quest and TeamNet. Full complement administration team who oversees letter processing, insurance reports, solicitor reports and all other non-NHS works, safeguarding reports and referrals. Enhanced hours as part of our PCN network of practices 1 intermediate care bed which we provide a weekly on-site clinic with a limited number of patients. Nurse-led chronic disease clinics. Comprehensive clinical pathways that are ever-evolving. Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities: Undertake clinical medication reviews to assess the ongoing need for each medicine, review monitoring needs, and support patients with their medicine-taking, ensuring they get the best use of their medicines (i.e. medicines optimisation). Through structured medication reviews, proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy, especially the elderly, people in care homes, and those with multiple co-morbidities. Communicate to a prescriber any recommendations for changes identified in the reviews to ensure patients get the best use of their medicines. As an independent prescriber, be responsible for adjusting medications and arranging monitoring when needed. Manage clinics for long-term disease management within the scope of practice e.g. hypertension, diabetes, or asthma. Answer relevant medicine-related inquiries from GPs, other practice staff, other healthcare teams (e.g. community pharmacy), and patients with queries about medicines. Suggest and recommend solutions, providing follow-up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes. Repeat Prescribing: Work with the reception and admin team to manage the repeat prescribing reauthorization process by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions and reviewing medicines reaching review dates, flagging up those needing a review. Ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required. Identify cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through practice computer searches. Undertake clinical audits of prescribing, making suggestions for improvement. Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal, and other local and national guidance. Communicate to a prescriber any recommendations for changes identified in audits/drug alerts. As an independent prescriber, be responsible for adjusting medications and arranging monitoring when needed. Provide leadership on person-centered medicines optimisation (including ensuring prescribers in the practice conserve antibiotics in line with local antimicrobial stewardship guidance) and quality improvement, while contributing to the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services. Reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care, and into care homes, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post-discharge. Report back to CCG/secondary care pharmacy teams queries around requests for inappropriate shared care prescribing requests or non-formulary items. Supporting the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices: Be a prescriber or complete training to become a prescriber and work with and alongside the general practice team. Work to improve Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) either through reviewing clinical coding to improve disease registers or individual indicators, flagging to prescribers (if not already one) appropriate medications to initiate or arranging appropriate monitoring. Work with practices to help with Care Quality Commission (CQC) requirements around medication-related issues. Work with the practice and CCG to reduce the number of items prescribed that appear on the national list of items that should not routinely be prescribed in primary care, either directly if the medication can be purchased over the counter or as an independent prescriber by initiating alternatives or appropriately referring patients to a prescriber. Work with the practices to improve the indicators of the Investment and Impact Fund (IIF), either directly as an independent prescriber or to appropriately refer patients to a prescriber. Working within a multidisciplinary team: Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas. Develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across PCNs and the wider health and social care system, including those in primary care, secondary care, community pharmacy, and mental and social care teams. Person Specification
Qualifications
Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) accredited Master of Pharmacy degree Clinical Pharmacy Diploma or completed primary care pharmacy education pathway 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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The post holder will provide primary support to general practice staff regarding prescription and medication queries. They will help support the repeat prescription system, deal with acute prescription requests, and manage medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of patients in the GP practice. If the post holder is not already a non-medical prescriber, they will be supported to develop their role to become a non-medical prescriber and develop an area of chronic disease management within the practice. The post holder will be required to enroll on the General Practice Pharmacist Training Pathway from CPPE (unless an equivalent qualification is already held, and exemption is agreed by CPPE). About us
Our mission statement is to be committed to providing high quality, patient-centered care using a multi-disciplinary team approach, with patient and staff wellbeing at the heart of our Sarum Health Group family. Do you think you could fit in with our well-oiled unit here at Sarum Health Group? About us:
12,433 patient practice in rural Wiltshire Main surgery at Salisbury with branch surgery at Larkhill CQC rating Good High QOF achievers due to our efficient admin support team Part of the Salisbury Plain PCN with an expanding team which includes our practice Paramedic (Home Visiting Team), Clinical Pharmacist, Social Prescribers, First Contact Physiotherapist, and a GPA. Workflow optimisation for data team, reduced admin for ANPs On-site dispensary located at our branch site in Larkhill SystmOne Web clinical system, also using Cinapsis, AccuRX, SystmConnect, T-Quest and TeamNet. Full complement administration team who oversees letter processing, insurance reports, solicitor reports and all other non-NHS works, safeguarding reports and referrals. Enhanced hours as part of our PCN network of practices 1 intermediate care bed which we provide a weekly on-site clinic with a limited number of patients. Nurse-led chronic disease clinics. Comprehensive clinical pathways that are ever-evolving. Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities: Undertake clinical medication reviews to assess the ongoing need for each medicine, review monitoring needs, and support patients with their medicine-taking, ensuring they get the best use of their medicines (i.e. medicines optimisation). Through structured medication reviews, proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy, especially the elderly, people in care homes, and those with multiple co-morbidities. Communicate to a prescriber any recommendations for changes identified in the reviews to ensure patients get the best use of their medicines. As an independent prescriber, be responsible for adjusting medications and arranging monitoring when needed. Manage clinics for long-term disease management within the scope of practice e.g. hypertension, diabetes, or asthma. Answer relevant medicine-related inquiries from GPs, other practice staff, other healthcare teams (e.g. community pharmacy), and patients with queries about medicines. Suggest and recommend solutions, providing follow-up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes. Repeat Prescribing: Work with the reception and admin team to manage the repeat prescribing reauthorization process by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions and reviewing medicines reaching review dates, flagging up those needing a review. Ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required. Identify cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through practice computer searches. Undertake clinical audits of prescribing, making suggestions for improvement. Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal, and other local and national guidance. Communicate to a prescriber any recommendations for changes identified in audits/drug alerts. As an independent prescriber, be responsible for adjusting medications and arranging monitoring when needed. Provide leadership on person-centered medicines optimisation (including ensuring prescribers in the practice conserve antibiotics in line with local antimicrobial stewardship guidance) and quality improvement, while contributing to the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services. Reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care, and into care homes, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post-discharge. Report back to CCG/secondary care pharmacy teams queries around requests for inappropriate shared care prescribing requests or non-formulary items. Supporting the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices: Be a prescriber or complete training to become a prescriber and work with and alongside the general practice team. Work to improve Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) either through reviewing clinical coding to improve disease registers or individual indicators, flagging to prescribers (if not already one) appropriate medications to initiate or arranging appropriate monitoring. Work with practices to help with Care Quality Commission (CQC) requirements around medication-related issues. Work with the practice and CCG to reduce the number of items prescribed that appear on the national list of items that should not routinely be prescribed in primary care, either directly if the medication can be purchased over the counter or as an independent prescriber by initiating alternatives or appropriately referring patients to a prescriber. Work with the practices to improve the indicators of the Investment and Impact Fund (IIF), either directly as an independent prescriber or to appropriately refer patients to a prescriber. Working within a multidisciplinary team: Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas. Develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across PCNs and the wider health and social care system, including those in primary care, secondary care, community pharmacy, and mental and social care teams. Person Specification
Qualifications
Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) accredited Master of Pharmacy degree Clinical Pharmacy Diploma or completed primary care pharmacy education pathway 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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