Post: Clinical Pharmacist for Compass Medical Practice
Hours: 8 hours/week can be worked over a period between Monday – Friday 08:00 18:30
Accountable to: Clinical Head of Primary and Community Care
Reports to: Clinical Manager Inclusion Health
Base: Newfield House, Vicarage Lane, Blackpool, FY4 4EW
FCMS provides a range of services across the Fylde Coast, Morecambe Bay, Rossendale, West Lancashire and Doncaster, including GP Out of Hours services, Urgent Treatment Centres and various Primary Care Services such as Enhanced Access and Special Allocation Services. The Clinical Pharmacist will work within our Special Allocation Service, a GP practice for difficult to doctor patients and those with complex needs.
Main duties of the job
- Conduct structured medication reviews with a focus on patients with complex needs, polypharmacy, frailty and long‑term conditions
- Lead and support deprescribing where appropriate, in line with national and local guidance
- Optimise medicines to improve patient outcome, safety and adherence
- Provide clinical advice to GPs, ACPS, nurses and other members of the clinical team regarding prescribing and medicines management
- Respond to medicines‑related queries from patients and clinicians
- Develop and encourage positive working relationships with local GP practices, housing, social work, voluntary services, drug and alcohol, mental health, dental, secondary care and other relevant services
- Keep contemporaneous, accurate and legible records of all patient contacts and contribute to electronic data recording and audit as directed by the service
Audit, Quality & Governance
- Undertake and contribute to prescribing audits and quality improvement projects
- Support achievement of QoF and other contractual requirements related to medicines optimisation
- Ensure prescribing aligns with local formularies, NICE guidance and best practice
- Identify safeguarding issues, make appropriate referrals and ensure the safeguarding champion for Inclusion Health is aware
Professional
- Ensure full accreditation and requirements of practice to include full registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Demonstrate a commitment to lifelong learning and audit to ensure evidence‑based best practice; attend training, professional meetings and organised events
- Maintain high standards of cleanliness and hygiene at all times and comply with Infection Prevention and Control guidelines
- Work within the boundaries of relevant professional Code of Conduct
Teamworking & Service Development
- Act as a valuable and collaborative member of the clinical team
- Participate in multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings where appropriate
- Support education and training of staff related to medicines and prescribing
- Contribute to the ongoing development of pharmacy services within the practice
Communication and Working Relationships
- Communicate effectively with other team members, patients and carers, and other healthcare professionals
- Take all appropriate steps to minimise conflict
Most challenging part of the role
- Ability to work under pressure in an ever‑changing specialist environment while maintaining excellent patient care standards
- Deal with difficult situations and people by demonstrating critical thinking skills when faced with incomplete or lack of information or complexity
- Manage patient and public expectations of the service within set national targets and time constraints
- Manage effective change and development within clinical areas, maintaining highly specialised knowledge and competence
Any other duties considered relevant to the post and commensurate with the post holder’s grade and as agreed by their line manager.
The main duties and responsibilities above are not exhaustive and should merely be regarded as a guide. These may be amended to meet the changing needs of the service and the job holder will be expected to participate in this process.
Benefits
- NHS Pension
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Attendance Bonus
- Free Tea & Coffee
- Eye Care Contributions
Person Specification
Experience
- Experience working in primary care, general practice
- Strong knowledge and understanding of medicine optimisation, polypharmacy and deprescribing
- Experience undertaking structured medication reviews
- Experience of prescribing audits and quality improvement work
Qualifications
- Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Relevant professional qualification
- Experience working independently as an unsupervised practitioner in the primary care setting
- Experience working in Inclusion Health / Multiple disadvantage
Personal Qualities
- Demonstrate the ability to work in highly demanding environments
- Evidence of diplomacy and negotiation skills
- Able to demonstrate imaginative and effective use of resources
- Able to articulate personal development needs
- Implementation of audit/research recommendations
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
- Competent in use of IT packages such as Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
- Knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
- Experience of working with clinical IT systems including EMIS, Patchs, Docman, Ardens
- Willing to try new IT systems in the future for consultations
Specific Job Requirements
- Remaining calm under pressure
- Able to manage varying workloads
- High emotional intelligence
Other
- Self‑motivated
- Professional manner
Disability Confident Employer
As users of the Disability Confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. It also requires an occupational health check, suitable professional references and eligibility to work in the UK.
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