PCN Clinical Pharmacist

We are a large PCN of 15 practices and over 120,000 patients. This is an opportunity to join our dynamic team of 12 pharmacists and 3 Technicians. The role will be practice-based, so we would not consider applications from individuals looking for a remote position.

This is a really exciting time to join our PCN as we look to grow and develop our in-house workforce at the same time as implementing new services for our patients that will allow them to re-order medications via Voice Connect and manage their Hypertension using the VISO app, as a couple of examples of projects currently underway.

Main duties of the job

To participate in the provision of a Clinical Pharmacy Service to our member GP Practices;

Provision of routine clinical medicines reviews.

To review and reduce were possible inappropriate poly-pharmacy and wasteful prescribing through timely and effective clinical medication reviews.

Reconcile patients medicines following hospital discharge and work with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge.

Interface with community and hospital pharmacy colleagues and develop referral processes between primary care professionals including the promotion of the repeat dispensing service

Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates

Manage patients and health care professionals medicine queries

Work with primary care professionals and patients to implement NICE and other evidence based guidelines

Run clinics where appropriate to meet the needs of the Primary Care Network

Contribute to multi-morbidity reviews and multidisciplinary reviews-

Provide medicines information and training to Primary Care Network healthcare professionals and admin staff

Act as a source of medicines information for all of the practice team and patients (e.g. around doses, side effects, adverse events, possible alternatives e.g. around out of stocks), We have a dynamic Senior Management Team supported by an established Digital and Transformation Team. This has allowed us to implement a number of initiatives this year including a telephone triage appointment system (Rapid Health), a service to support patients experiencing poor sleep (Sleep Station), pathways for patients struggling to manage long term pain conditions (Rehab Direct) and a 12 week programme run in conjunction with Sky Blues in the Community to support patients with their Health and Wellbeing., We have recently strengthened the Pharmacy service being delivered to our practices by recruiting a Senior Pharmacist and to bring all of our Pharmacy Team into practice. This will enable us to provide a varied and interesting role for all of our Pharmacists, as well as working with practices to ensure that they maximise the opportunities that practice-based pharmacists can offer.

We are a large and diverse PCN covering Nuneaton and Bedworth in North Warwickshire, and currently have over 60 ARRS staff working across our Locality incorporating Care Coordinators, Social Prescribers, Health & Wellbeing Coaches, Mental Health Practitioners, First Contact Physiotherapists, Dietitians, Physician Associates and Nurse Associates alongside our Clinical Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians.