Senior Clinical Pharmacist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced pharmacist to lead the pharmacy team, in an innovative and forward thinking Primary Care Network.

It has been recognised there is a need to better utilise the role of pharmacy within primary care to pro-actively help patients stay safe and well and out of hospital as well as helping to reduce the demands on general practice.

Clinical pharmacists play an important role, complementing other members of the multi-disciplinary team. You will work to support patients, the PCN, and General Practice staff in providing patient-centred care, while leading and developing the pharmacy team.

Woodsley and Holt Park PCN are committed to providing a pharmacy service to pro-actively help patients to stay safe and well and out of hospital. We are looking for a skilled pharmacist who is interested in developing their career in a leadership role. You will be joining awell-established team of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians and be responsible for the leadership and management of the surgery-based team to ensure delivery of exceptional care for our patients.

The PCN is made up of ten practices covering a diverse population in Leeds. You will provide a clinical service to two of these practices in addition to the management role.You will have the benefit of support from General Practice staff, the existing pharmacy team and links into the wider MDT employed by the PCN.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will

• Provide leadership and day to day management of the pharmacy staff working directly with the practices of the PCN.



• Be responsible for managing medicine optimisation services and lead on quality improvement while supporting local and national priorities such as the Investment and Impact Fund, Quality Outcomes Framework, General Practice Outcomes Programme.



• Work within their clinical competency as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in clinical medicines optimisation and to support patients in getting the best from their medicines. This will include, but not be limited to, conducting Structured Medication Reviews, completing medication reconciliation activities on transfer of care, supporting medication optimisation after long term condition reviews, advising on minor ailments, actioning acute prescription requests and undertaking clinical audit activities., The post holder will be responsible for delivering and leading advanced clinical care to their own caseload and service within their speciality area. In doing so, they will use advanced specialist skills to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate patient centred programmes of care ensuring that they practice within their sphere of competence and knowledge. The post holder will work to professional and regulatory body codes, standards and guidance at all times ensuring that their practice is grounded in evidence based theoretical and practical knowledge. They will be responsible for developing new and innovative clinical practices responding to emerging knowledge and techniques.


Key Responsibilities

1. Clinical

1.1. Utilises advanced specialist knowledge covering a range of procedures and underpinned by relevant broad based knowledge, experience and competence

1.2. Develops and maintains new skills in extended scope practice in response to emerging knowledge and techniques

1.3. Where appropriate to services delivery, demonstrates highly developed physical skills which require specific training or considerable experience to attain the level required e.g. advanced moving and handling techniques, advanced clinical assessment, clinical procedures, diagnostic tests

1.4. Demonstrates independent practice responding to social, scientific, clinical and ethical issues which are encountered

1.5. Makes complex judgements requiring analysis, interpretation and comparison of options by integrating complex knowledge sources in new and/or unfamiliar contexts and determining the appropriate application of clinical guidelines relevant to patient needs

2. Leadership

2.1. Ensures that a professional service and image is maintained at all time, thereby acting as a role model to all staff

2.2. Provides a leadership style which is underpinned by strongly held values around equality, diversity and openness; effectively builds and maintains relationships with direct reportee(s), management team and other key individuals across the organisation.

2.3. Ensures the effective and efficient use of resources (e.g. staff, supplies within their own sphere of responsibility) by acting as authorised signatory including working with operational managers to agree service budgets.

2.4. Demonstrates leadership and innovation in contexts which are unfamiliar, complex, and unpredictable that require solving problems involving many complex interacting factors

2.5. Ability to delegate, organise and prioritise to ensure the safe delivery of the service including the management of referrals and discharges utilising locally agreed support mechanisms e.g. on call manager and making judgements in complex situations


• Have an Independent Prescriber qualification and ideally have completed the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway.



• You will be a registered pharmacist who has had significant post-registration experience in any pharmacy sector, ideally some of that will be in a PCN environment.



• You will be enthusiastic about clinical pharmacy and leading service development to grow your own capabilities and those of the clinical pharmacy team.



• You will be committed to providing outstanding patient care.



• You will have exceptional communication skills
  
  Woodsley and Holt Park PCN consists of two neighbouring networks with a population of over 115,000 patients., Leeds Community Healthcare provides a range of community-based health services across the whole city. We treat people in their homes, local health centres and community hospitals, and work in partnership with other local Trusts, charities and Leeds City Council.


We have a strong culture based on deeply-held values, and our focus at all times is on delivering high quality care to the people of Leeds. In our most recent CQC evaluation, we were rated "Good", with our Adult Services rated "Outstanding" for caring.