Medicines Management Lead

General Provide specialist pharmaceutical advice to medical, ACP and nursing staff on the use of medicines. Ensure effective medicines optimisation in all settings. Be the controlled drug licence holder and ensure compliance with Home office requirement for all LCW sites. Support the effective procurement, distribution and storage of medicines. Advise on stock control. Advise on specific situations such as Flu Management and outbreaks of other diseases. Monitoring compliance with Controlled Drug Procedures. Assist in authoring key policies and documents related to medicines, including Patient Group Directions. Train other Healthcare professionals, support staff in understanding the importance of medicines management. Conduct regular team meetings and where asked by the Deputy Medical Director to chair the Medicines Management meetings. Conduct supportive 1-2-1s with operational and clinical team leads. Audit prescribing and medicine utilisation and provide feedback to clinicians working closely with the audit and performance lead. Ensure internal and external reports requiring medicine management input are completed by required deadlines. Conduct Annual Safe Storage and Handling of Medicines (Duthie) Audits. Register Non-Medical prescribers with the NHSBSA. Attend internal and where asked, external, assurance meetings to discuss and present matters relating to LCW medicines management. Support the creation of items for newsletters and bulletins relating to medicines management. Delivering a quality service Support and enable LCW to deliver evidence-based care according to recognised evidence such as NICE and other national guidelines. Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking, and formal evaluation Initiate and participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the organisation and its activities such as clinical audit, peer review and quality assessment tools including risk management and incident reporting. Support the development and delivery of the audit programme at LCW taking a lead in the delivering medicines management audits, sharing the learning and embedding any actions required. Support and/or lead any complaint responses relating to medicines management issues. In partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of health care responding to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriate. Evaluate patients response to health care provision and the effectiveness of care. Support and participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation. Lead and/or participate in the investigation of incidents or serious incidents using a structured framework (e.g. PSIIRF) to manage, review and identify learning from patient complaints, clinical incidents and near-miss events. Assess the impact of policy implementation on care delivery. Monitor and develop the medicines management performance in accordance with local policies. Leadership personal and people development Be a professional advocate for the medicines management within the organisation. Take responsibility for own learning and performance including participating in continual professional development and acting as a positive role mode. Support staff development to maximise potential. Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment, encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from external good practice. Encourage others to make realistic self-assessment of their application of knowledge and skills, challenging any complacency or actions that are not in the interest of the public and/or users of services. Critically evaluate and review innovations and developments that are relevant to the area of work. Enlist support and influence stakeholders and decision-makers to bring about new developments in the provision of services. Take a lead role in planning and implementing changes relating to medicines management. Contribute to the development of local guidelines, protocols and standards. Maintain effective communication with those responsible for the overall commissioning and procurement process. Team Working Lead by example and instil leadership qualities regarding medicines management. Understand own role and scope and identify how this may develop over time. Work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working. Delegate clearly and appropriately. Prioritise own workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are embedded within the culture of the team. Work effectively with others to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon care delivery. Discuss, highlight and work with the team to create opportunities to improve patient care. Manage and lead on the delivery of specifically identified services or projects as agreed with the organisational management team. Agree plans and outcomes by which to measure success. Management of Risk Manage and assess risk within medicines management, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients. Monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and free from hazards and conform to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines. Ensure appropriate supervision of safe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccines and drugs. Oversee the monitoring, stock control and documentation of controlled drug usage according to legal requirements where appropriate. Ensure mandatory and statutory training requirements for clinicians in the organisation is understood and enabled. Apply infection-control measures within the practice according to local and national guidelines for safe handling of medicines mase. Advocate for policies that reduce environmental health risks, are culturally sensitive and increase access to health care for all. Interpret national strategies and policies into local implementation strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of general practice. Managing Information Use technology and appropriate software as an aid to management in planning, implementation, and monitoring of care, presenting and communicating information. Understand responsibility of self and others in relation to the Freedom of Information Act. Learning and Development Disseminate learning and information gained to other team members to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments (e.g. courses and conferences). Assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate. Provide an educational role to colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning