Clinical Pharmacist

Job Responsibilities Prescribing Systems and Policies To work with the GP Leads and Business Manager to review, develop and implement prescribing policies and strategies for the whole practice. To suggest and design audits in relation to prescribing targets, implementation of locality policies, Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF) and

IIF Medication Review and Optimisation

To respond to internal practice queries to amend prescriptions, re-authorise repeats, clarify doses, clarify products, give appropriate alternatives when availability is an issue. To discuss specific patient and prescribing issues (e.g. complicated regimes/polypharmacy, compliance difficulties, multiple adverse effects, medication reduction regimes) with other clinicians as necessary. To undertake structured medication reviews To discuss medication issues with patients as needed and appropriate e.g. adverse effects/interactions, overdose/inadvertent ingestion, OTC remedies, internal queries from staff and queries from care homes. To complete DTA (direction to administer) forms for district nurses for GPs to authorise. Medicines Reconciliation To review secondary care requests for new medication (as communicated by discharge summaries, outpatient letters, etc.) and raise any queries with the relevant GP and discuss how to respond when inappropriate prescribing requests arise. To review and continue repeat medications for new patients who have just registered with the practice and suggest GP medication review where appropriate. Medicines Information/Education To monitor and inform colleagues as relevant about ongoing prescribing issues, e.g. new guidelines (national and local), new products being asked for by secondary care, manufacturing and supply problems, new prescribing restrictions or contraindications, and individual and systematic errors made by colleagues. To advise on cost effective prescribing and prescribing budget issues. To keep the prescribing folder on the practice intranet up to date, with administrative support. Chronic Disease Medicines Management According to experience and training working within the multidisciplinary team to assist with medical management of conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and asthma. Teaching/training You may be asked to contribute to the training of our PCN pharmacy technician, administrators and receptionists who deal with prescriptions. More informally, we all love to learn from each other and see sharing of expertise as integral to working in our GP practice.