pharmacist
Responsibility
- patient facing and remote consultations
- the post holder will undertake Structured Medication Reviews and follow-up consultations in line with detailed guidance
- patients who are being prescribed medicines that are commonly and consistently associated with medication errors
Show more +27 - patients with multiple long-term conditions and/or multiple co-morbidities in particular respiratory disease (e.g
- asthma, COPD) and cardiovascular disease (e.g
- hypertension)
- housebound, isolated patients and those with frailty particularly patients who have had recent admissions to hospital and/or falls
- the post holder will provide leadership on person centred medicines optimisation and quality improvement, whilst contributing to the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services through structured medication reviews
- patients who have received a comprehensive geriatric assessment as per the anticipatory care requirements
- the post holder will proactively manage: Patients in care homes as per the Enhanced Health in Care Home specification
- use appropriate clinical decision-making tools to support the delivery of SMRs and clearly record all SMRs within GPIT systems, as well as using appropriate clinical codes to signify the reasons for an SMR
- patients with severe frailty and patients prescribed high numbers of addictive pain management medication
- provide patient facing and remote clinics for those with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines in the practice
- prescribe medication to patients if requested where appropriate and to scope of prescribing qualification
- answers relevant medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff, other healthcare teams and patients with queries about medicines
- manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions and reviewing medicines reaching review dates and flagging up those needing a review
- review the on-going need for each medicine, a review of monitoring needs and an opportunity to support patients with their medicines ensuring they get the best use of their medicines
- patient facing medicines support
- repeat prescribing
- provide a telephone help line for patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines
- providing follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes
- follows professional and organisational policies/procedures relating to performance management
- medicines optimisation)
- management of medicines at discharge from hospital
- patients with complex and problematic polypharmacy, specifically those on 10 or more medications
- medicine information to practice staff and patients
- implement practice repeat prescribing and other prescription related policies
- undertake clinical audits of prescribing in areas directed by the GPs, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the practice team
- utilise tools such as Eclipse Live for identification of cohorts of patients at high risk of hospital admissions or harm from medicines
- develop a tool box of resources e.g
Requirements
- pharmacist: 2 years
- PCN: 1 year
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