Job summary

Due to planned growth expectations TPMP has a fantastic opportunity for a Clinical Pharmacist to join our multi-disciplinary team working across our Earby and Colne GP surgeries

Joning our team means you will be consulting with patients using face to face, telephone & via e-consultation methods. You will be responsible for the provision of medical services to our patient population managing a caseload dealing with a wide range of health needs. You will be supporting & supported by the wide range of clinical and non-clinical team within the practice offering physical examinations, investigations and case management inc referral as needed.

An active and vital part of the team you would be expected to work closely on Quality Improvement work, QOF , assisting and supporting duty doctor and must be willing to support Enhanced services and extended hours inc occasional Sat AM work by rota.

Please note : We may close the advert if we have higher number of applicants before deadline date.

Interviews are expected : WC 23 Sept around 1300hrs

Main duties of the job

The post holder would be a pharmacist, who acts within their professional boundaries, supporting , integrating and working with the practice

This post would require both , to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role, but also individual clinical decision making around your caseload of patients.

A Key CORE responsibility will be around Signing of EPS repeat prescriptions - ensuring all monitoring and reviews are up to date. (including structured medication reviews) for chronic disease conditions, patients with complex polypharmacy and priorities for contractual services ( Direct Enhanced services ,QOF), Incentive schemes and support practices with implementation of CQC recommendations.

The post holder will be involved in supporting General Practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries, and if necessary, to be involved with improvement of existing systems.

Where necessary, post holder will provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.

The post holder will ensure that the practice integrates with community and hospital pharmacy to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage workload.

You must HOLD or about to complete your independent prescribing qualification.

About us

We are large forward thinking practice of 15,200+ patients, providing quality healthcare and outcomes for our patients across the East Lancs area of Colne and Earby and surrounding areas.

The team at TPMP are amazing colleagues to work with and comprises of 3 GP Partners, 9 Salaried GPs, 1 Senior Clinical Practitioner, 1 PA, 1 Pharmacist, and 16 Nursing & HCA staff, along with non-clinical team of 30+ staff managed by our Business Manager.

Our practices have been rated as Good by CQC and we take pride in delivering quality care to our patients and have a strong training and personal development ethos. We are a very active part of Pendle East Primary Care Network who we work closely.

We are using EMIS Web and Accurx as our clinical system along with Econsult to provide digital platform to our patients.

Job description Job responsibilities

The attached job description is intended to provide an outline summary of the key tasks and responsibilities only. There may be other duties required of the post-holder commensurate with the position. This description will be open to regular review and may be amended to take into account development within your role.

This job description is intended as a basic guide to the scope and responsibilities of the post and is not exhaustive. It will be subject to regular review and amendment as necessary in consultation with the post-holder

Job description

Job responsibilities

This job description is intended to provide an outline of the key tasks and responsibilities only. There may be other duties required of the post-holder commensurate with the position. This description will be open to regular review and may be amended to take into account development within your role.

This job description is intended as a basic guide to the scope and responsibilities of the post and is not exhaustive. It will be subject to regular review and amendment as necessary in consultation with the post-holder.

CORE KEY TASKS Summary :

Signing of EPS repeat prescriptions - ensuring all monitoring and reviews are up to date

Review andissue prescription requests -

Assist withMedication requests withqueries

Assist withAcute medications, reviewinglength of time taken and suitability for repeat prescribing.

Signing of weekly and fortnightlyprescriptions ensuring appropriate issue dates forcollection from pharmacy

Requests for alternative medications due tomanufacturing unavailabilityTo support prescription query team and adminteam with prescription queries Medication Reconciliation - reconcile medications in line with hospitaldischarges and clinic letters, to support current practice pharmacist and PCNpharmacy team Care Homes -Assist with &support with medication queries and liaise with existingELHT car home SMOCH team and PCN team

Safety in Prescribing -Assist with andsupport safe prescribing for high-risk drugs andimplement drug safety alerts MHRA alerts, eclipse alerts,

Prescribing Initiative Scheme -Assist with andsupport implementation and actions toachieve targets for the scheme

Training -Assist with andsupport training for new staff, clinical and non-clinical.

Medication Reviews - Assist with routine medication reviews and structuredmedication reviews for identified patients. Liaise with community pharmacists and hospital pharmacists where necessary.

ExpandedResponsibilities alongside Lead Pharmacist

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Mandatory Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
• Degree in Pharmacy
• MPharm or equivalent

Desirable

Experience

Essential

Desirable

Independent Prescriber

Essential