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Job Title: South Southwark Primary Care Network Senior Clinical Pharmacist
Working Hours: Full-time
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £53,000 - £60,000 (pro-rata) Depending on experience
Responsible to: Primary Care Network Neighbourhood
Accountable to: Improving Health (IHL)
We are seeking highly motivated and experienced Senior Clinical Pharmacists to join our well-established and successful team of thirteen pharmacists and two pharmacy technicians. You will work across our network, providing dedicated support to general practice and our local population. The post holder will work with the Lead Pharmacist to provide support, direction and supervision to the appointed clinical pharmacists working across general practice and clinical leadership on medicines management and quality improvement initiatives.
The successful candidate will be supported through shadowing, robust clinical supervision arrangements and work alongside other clinicians as part of a multi-disciplinary team in patient and non- patient facing roles. The post holder will be supported with ongoing clinical learning and professional development.
Our South Southwark PCN is made up of eighteen GP practices in four neighbourhoods - Camberwell, Peckham, Nunhead and Dulwich, serving approximately 157,000 patients, supported by their GP Federation, Improving Health (IHL).
The NHS Long Term Plan describes the prominent role Primary Care Networks play in delivering proactive, personalised and more integrated health and social care for their local populations. This will require collaborative working between organisations including GP practices, acute and community health, social care organisations and the voluntary and community sector. We are a large PCN with over 60 staff in post to date and expanding over the coming year. We are committed to supporting and developing our staff, knowing this is crucial to our success. We have robust systems in place, including clinical supervision and peer support, and will continue to build on this as we expand our PCN team.
- Job summary & Key Responsibilities
This is an exciting role which will contribute to the reshaping of neighbourhood care for our populations, directed and supported by the South Southwark Primary Care Network (PCN). The post holder will work within their clinical competencies as part of a multi-disciplinary team to
- Provide direct line management of appointed clinical pharmacist(s)
- Monthly one-to one meeting with appointed clinical pharmacist(s)
- Planning and implementation of new staff inductions with Education and Training Lead
- Provide supervision as Designated Practitioner(DP) and Designated Prescribing Practitioner (DPP) for foundation trainee pharmacist(s)
- Working with Education and Training Lead to deliver training
- support long-term condition management within the practice including medication reviews.
- provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.
- Provide support on prescription/medication queries and processes.
- Facilitate better working with community and hospital pharmacy.
- Other general tasks as required.
You will contribute to ongoing service developments, providing data and progress updates, and sharing insights into how the PCN could better support and care for its population.
- Individual responsibilities
The post holder has a responsibility to adhere to all IHL policies, procedures and relevant legislation including the requirements of any professional bodies; maintain satisfactory personal performances and professional standards and to achieve agreed objectives for their role; attend mandatory training as identified by IHL and contribute to their own development.
This is a summary of job description and should not be regarded as an inflexible specification. Priorities may change in line with service needs and new duties introduced after consultation with the post holder.
Essential
Professional Registration
- Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
- Previous GP experience
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent)
- Independent Prescriber
- Specialist knowledge acquired through postgraduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience.
- CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway
Skills, knowledge and experience
- Minimum of 5 years post qualification experience
- In-depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence- based healthcare.
- An understanding of general practice and challenges they currently face.
- An understanding of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills.
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients)
- Good IT skills
- Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information.
- Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate.
- Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions.
- Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision
Personal Qualities/other
- Passionate about working in a learning environment and empowering people through education and personal development.
- Motivated, confident and able to inspire a team.
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
- Demonstrates use of appropriate communication to gain the co-operation of relevant stakeholders.
- Flexible and adaptable approach to working.
- Ability to work under pressure and achieve tight deadlines in complex or changing environments.
- Ability to deal with difficult issues/situations with diplomacy and sensitivity.
- Able to work autonomously and within a team.
- Able to move easily between teams of general practice staff and different patient groups.
- Ability to challenge poor processes and practice.
- Recognises personal limitations and refers to more appropriate colleague(s) when necessary.
- Self- motivated and directed
Deseriable
Skills, knowledge and experience
- Knowledge, awareness and experience of brief intervention and referral pathways (including community pharmacy) that provide opportunistic advice and support for preventable illness and/or long-term conditions receptive to lifestyle/pharmacological support.
- Experience of supervising junior pharmacists and trainee pharmacists
The main duties and responsibilities outlined are not exhaustive but should merely be regarded as a guide. The post-holder will be expected to conduct any reasonable activities according to the business needs at that time. These will be subject to periodic review and may be amended to meet the challenging needs of the business. The post-holder will be expected to participate in this process and the company would aim to reach agreement to changes.
Equality and Diversity
- Recognising the rights of patients, carers, relatives and colleagues and respecting their needs, beliefs, privacy and dignity.
- Not discriminating against patients, carers, relatives or colleagues on the grounds of any of the protected characteristics in the Equality Act 2010 (or its amendments or later legislation).
- Respecting the rights of patients to accept or refuse treatment or a care provider.
Personal/Professional Development
- Participate in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development.
- Participate in any training programme implemented by the PCN.
- Continuing Professional Development in line with professional registration and identified within Personal Development Plan
Confidentiality
Confidentiality in relation to patient data must be maintained at all times. In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with or allow us to gather sensitive information relating to their health or other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.
In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post holder may have access to information relating to patients and/or their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. The post holder may also have access to information relating to the Practice. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.
Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with Practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.
Health & Safety:
The post holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others’ health, safety and security as defined in the Practice’s Health and Safety policy, including use of personal security systems within the workplace, according to Practice guidelines, identifying risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in such a way as to manage those risks, making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, using appropriate infection control procedures and maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards and reporting potential risks when identified.
DBS Disclosure
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. You must therefore disclose all spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings. If you are offered the post, we will need to obtain a satisfactory DBS disclosure for you.
Pay: £53,000.00-£60,000.00 per year
Benefits:
Application question(s):
Experience:
- working in a GP Practice: 3 years (required)
- Independent Prescriber: 3 years (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). (required)
Work Location: In person
