PCN Clinical Pharmacist / Care Homes Pharmacist – West Leeds PCN
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PCN Clinical Pharmacist / Care Homes Pharmacist
Hillfoot Surgery
The closing date is 13 October 2024
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join a well developed and vibrant Primary Care Network Pharmacy Team. As a teaching PCN we also have trainee pharmacists working and learning alongside our own team. We are seeking to recruit passionate and focussed individuals who have a desire to learn and grow within a fast paced visionary organisation.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE CLINICAL INFORMATION ON THIS ROLE PLEASE CONTACT marsha.showman@nhs.net
IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE ORGANISATIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS ROLE PLEASE CONTACT lisa.francis6@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
The main priority for our PCN Pharmacy team is to alleviate daily pressure on the GP surgeries for which we provide clinical services
Please see the uploaded Job Description for details
About us
Primary Care Networks (PCNs) form a key building block of the NHS long-term plan. Bringing general practices together to work at scale has been a policy priority for some years for a range of reasons, including improving the ability of practices to recruit and retain staff; to manage financial and estates pressures; to provide a wider range of services to patients and to more easily integrate with the wider health and care system. PCNs were formally ratified in July 2019
West Leeds Primary Care Network (WLPCN Ltd) is a large PCN with a patient list of circa 70,000 patients around the Pudsey / Bramley area. We have a significant workforce in place which brings wonderful opportunities for in-house multi-disciplinary team working. In addition to our Pharmacy Team, we have Occupational Therapists, Social Prescribers, Paramedics, Dietitians, a range of nursing / HCA staff and more which means that the majority of any patient's needs can now be provided on their own doorstep
Primary Care Networks will be required to deliver on seven national service specifications, with which our pharmacists will play a key role:
Structured Medication Reviews and Optimisation
Enhanced Health in Care Homes Service
Anticipatory Care
Personalised Care
Supporting Early Cancer Diagnosis
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Diagnosis
Tackling Inequalities Locally
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work within their clinical competencies as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in clinical medicines optimisation across the PCN. This will include structured medication reviews with direct patient contact and may include contributing to:
Management of long-term conditions
To support the care homes within the PCN with structured medication reviews
To work with colleagues to establish and develop good medicines management systems across the care homes sector
To assist the PCN care homes team and wider MDT with care home-related medication queries
Liaise with care home staff as necessary to ensure accurate exchange of information and clarification of medication queries
Work effectively within the PCN Pharmacy and Care Home Teams across all practices within the PCN
To establish and improve professional standards of care in the management of residents within the care homes by developing relationships with key stakeholders
Contributing to repeat prescription authorisations and reauthorisation.
Action acute prescription requests
Addressing both the public health and social care needs of patients
Contributing to achievement of QOF and locally commissioned quality improvement schemes.
Undertaking clinical audit
Developing, promoting and implementing the high quality, evidence based and cost effective use of medicines in primary care in a way that maximises the benefits of medicines to patients and service users and which minimises risks (clinical, legal and financial)
This list is not exhaustive and additional duties may be decided by the PCN Leadership Team and the Senior Clinical Pharmacist.
The post holder will be supported by existing pharmacists employed within the PCN and a clinical mentor.
The post holder will be required to enrol on the General Practice Pharmacist Training Pathway from CPPE (unless an equivalent qualification is already held and exemption is agreed by CPPE) and will also be required to enrol on a prescribing course if a non-medical prescribing qualification if not already held.
