Clinical Pharmacist

The post-holder will work within their clinical competencies as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in clinical medicines management, conduct face-to-face and telephone structured medication reviews, manage long-term conditions, and ensure systems for safe prescribing while addressing the public health and social care needs of patients at the practice. The post-holder will perform reviews of patients with poly-pharmacy, especially for older people, those in residential care homes, and patients with multiple co-morbidities. This role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies, requiring motivation to deliver an excellent service within general practice. Key responsibilities include: Undertaking clinical medication reviews with patients and care homes, producing prescribing and monitoring guidance for network practices. Providing proactive leadership on medicines and prescribing systems to the multidisciplinary team, patients, and their carers. Maximising the use of technology and management systems to manage safety, risk, and information. Focusing on the prevention of illness and personalised care, supporting patients to make informed decisions about their care, and connecting them with the full range of statutory and voluntary services. Delivering training, mentoring, and guidance to other clinicians and staff on medicine-related issues. Supporting network practices in improving the health of their patients through the rational and safe use of medicines. Undertaking responsibility for areas of QoF and Quality Contract and conducting clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy. Coordinating and leading meetings, ensuring key performance indicators are identified and plans for achievement are shared. Working with the general practice team to ensure compliance with CQC standards where medicines are involved. Providing advice for GP management of more complex and polypharmacy patients. Reporting medicines-related incidents, contributing to investigations and root cause analyses. Participating in serious incident investigations and multidisciplinary case reviews. Computer data entry, data allocation, collation, processing, and recording information in accordance with practice procedures. Initiating contact with and responding to requests from patients, other team members, and associated healthcare professionals and providers. Participating in the primary care network MDT, liaising with key stakeholders to ensure consistency of patient care and benefit.

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