Clinical Pharmacist

Job summary Post:
Clinical Pharmacist for Compass Medical Practice Pay: £24.45 - £27.98 depending on experience

Hours:

8 hour s/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
As FCMS we provide several services across the Fylde Coast, Morecambe Bay, Rossendale, West Lancashire and Doncaster as well as diagnostic services across the country. These include GP Out of Hours services, Urgent Treatment Centres, and range of other Primary Care Services including Enhanced Access (Fylde Coast) and Special Allocation Services (Lancashire / Cumbria/Parts of Cheshire and Merseyside). For this role the Clinical Pharmacist would work within in our Special Allocation Service which is a GP practice for Difficult to doctor patients and those with complex needs.

We are seeking a proactive and patient focused Clinical Pharmacist to join Compass Medical Practice as a valued member of our multidisciplinary clinical team. The post holder will play a key role in optimising medicine use, improving patient safety, and supporting high
-quality prescribing across the practice. This includes undertaking structured medications reviews, supporting deprescribing, working closely with the prescription clerk and contributing to prescribing audits and quality improvement work. Main duties of the job Day to Day Duties to include, but not exhausted :

- 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 patient 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 appropriate services.

- Keep contemporaneous, accurate and legible records of all patient contacts and contribute to electronic data recording and audit as directed by the service. Prescribing & Medicines Management - Work closely with the prescription clerk to ensure safe, accurate, and timely processing of prescriptions - Support repeat prescribing systems and processes - Identify and resolve prescribing issues, including high risk medications - Contribute to medicines reconciliation when required 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 - The organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staffto share this commitment.

You will be expected to fulfil your mandatory safeguarding training at the level applicable to this role.

- Identify any potential 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. Remain aware of and compliant with all Infection Prevention and Control guidelines.

- Work within the boundaries of your relevant professional Code of Conduct. Team working & 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 in relation to medicines and prescribing - Contribute to the ongoing development of pharmacy services withing the practice Communication and working relationships - Communicates effectively with other team members.

- Communicates effectively with patients and carers.

- Communicates effectively with 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, challenging specialist environment whilst maintaining excellent standards of patient care.

- Dealing with difficult situations and people by demonstrating and exercising 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…