Clinical:
Undertake structured medication reviews for patients with complex polypharmacy, long term conditions and frailty.
Prescribe safely and appropriately within scope of competence, with at least 12 months post-prescribing experience.
Support Enhanced Health in Care Homes, including medicines reviews and participation in ward rounds.
Reconcile medicines after hospital discharge and support safe transfer of care.
Provide specialist medicines advice to GPs, nurses, allied health professionals and patients.
Implement national and local medicines guidance, formulary recommendations and safety alerts (e.g. MHRA).
Contribute to long term condition management, including optimisation of prescribing for conditions such as hypertension, diabetes and respiratory disease.
Leadership:
Lead a team of Clinical Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians and demonstrate the characteristics of a role model to members in the team providing support to team members and ensure there is appropriate clinical supervision in place for all pharmacists.
Undertake clinical supervision and systematic peer caseload review of colleagues on an individual or group basis.
Ensure all pharmacists are engaged with the review and appraisal systems within the PCN.
Act as a role model demonstrating effective clinical leadership on a daily basis and promote the behaviours of being proactive, positive, respectful, supportive, reliable and trustworthy.
Conduct teaching and assessment effectively according to a learning plan with supervision from a more experienced colleague.
Provide clinical leadership in medicines optimisation across the practice/PCN.
Contribute to the development and implementation of services involving medicines e.g. treatment pathways.
Analyse and present prescribing data to inform decision‑making and improve safety.
Participate in local medicines management groups or committees as needed.
Prescribing and Medicines Management:
Act on acute and repeat prescription requests ensuring appropriate authorisation, monitoring and safety.
Reconcile medications following discharge from hospitals, care homes or intermediate care identifying discrepancies and ensuring continuity.
Analyse use of high‑risk medicines linked to unplanned admissions and implement prescribing changes to reduce risk.
Monitor and action prescribing alerts from the MHRA, local medicines optimisation teams or formulary updates.
Implement and audit practice compliance with local/national prescribing guidelines and NICE technology appraisals.
Medicines optimisation and governance:
Identify patients at risk of medicine‑related harm using clinical systems and data analysis tools.
Carry out clinical audits and quality improvement projects in priority prescribing areas.
Provide advice and input into practice‑level formulary decisions and maintain formulary compliance.
Develop and implement repeat prescribing policies, protocols and standard operating procedures, including managing reauthorisations and monitoring test requirements.
Lead on prescribing safety and quality improvement initiatives across the PCN.
Contribute to achievement of prescribing elements of the Quality and Outcomes Framework and Enhanced Services.
Promote cost‑effective, evidence‑based prescribing across the network.
Multi‑disciplinary working:
Participate in multi‑disciplinary team (MDT) meetings, including those focused on complex patients and care home residents.
Support case management discussions by providing medicines expertise.
Work closely with pharmacy technicians and support their development where appropriate.
Education and Training:
Deliver education and training sessions to practice staff on therapeutics, prescribing safety and medicines optimisation.
Promote a learning culture around prescribing and medicines use within the PCN.
Professional development and supervision:
Maintain up to date continuing professional development in line with GPhC requirements.
Participate in peer support, supervision and regular appraisal with the Lead Clinical Pharmacist.
Engage in learning opportunities within the PCN and wider system.
Care Quality Commission CQC and Governance:
Support practices in meeting CQC requirements where medicines and prescribing are involved.
Ensure adherence to best practice and governance standards related to medicines use and storage.
Public Health and Prevention:
Support national and local public health campaigns e.g. vaccinations, smoking cessation.
Provide expert advice on public health initiatives relevant to medicines and therapeutic interventions.
Signposting and Integration:
Ensure patients are referred to the appropriate healthcare professional or service in a timely and effective manner.
Foster strong links between general practice community pharmacy and hospital pharmacy teams to ensure cohesive care and efficient skill mix utilisation.
General responsibilities:
Work across practices in Burnham on Sea, Brent, Highbridge, Cheddar and Axbridge, with travel between sites as required.
Uphold all PCN and practice policies including confidentiality, information governance, safeguarding, equality and diversity, infection prevention and control and health and safety.
To act at all times in an anti‑discriminatory manner.
To be able to plan and respond to workload according to operational priorities.
To support the delivery of these functions across wider locality areas where necessary.
To undertake any training required in order to maintain competency including mandatory training.
To contribute to and work within a safe working environment.
To take responsibility for self‑development on a continuous basis undertaking on‑the‑job training as required.
To be aware of individual responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act and identify and report as necessary any untoward accident, incident or potentially hazardous environment.
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