Clinical Prescribing Pharmacist

The postholder will be a Clinical Prescribing Pharmacist working within their professional boundaries as part of a small, supportive, and multi-disciplinary team. This role involves both patient-facing and non-patient-facing functions.

The post holder will be responsible for managing various areas of chronic disease, including heart failure reviews, structured medication reviews (SMRs),hypertension management, lipid management, and other conditions based on theneeds of the practice.

The role also includes conducting clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy, ensuring optimal therapeutic outcomes. In addition,the post holder will help support the Pharmacy Technicians with clinical queries and will be required to make prescribing decisions for them when necessary.

As part ofthe team's focus on safer prescribing practices, the post holder will offer expert clinical medicines advice while addressing both public health and social care needs of patients.

The postholder will also be required to complete the Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway (PCPEP), if not already completed.

A dedicated

Lead Partner provides clinical oversight, offering leadership, support, and opportunities for professional development in a positive learning environment.

See patients with single or multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation is required

Review the ongoing need for each medicine including SMRs

Following discharge from hospitals to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge

Reading and analysing clinic letters from specialists to implement treatment plans

Ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required

Support MOIS, LCS and AMS projects outlined annually by localICB

Working at a strategic level across Foundry to optimise QOF and promote best practice and quality improvement

Identification of cohorts of patients at high risk ofharm from medicines

Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components

Analyse, interpret and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks to support decision making

Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in areas directed by the PCN, feedback the results and implement changes

Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts

Implementation of Local and National Guidelines and Formulary Recommendations

Monitor practice prescribing against the local health policies and guidance and make recommendations to GPs

Work with the general practice team to ensure the practice is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved

Foundry is an innovative single Practice PCNserving a population of circa 28,500 patients from 4 sites across the Lewes and Ringer area of East Sussex. The Practice has received national acclaim for its population health management approach andour aim is to continuously improve the experience of care and outcomes for ourlocal population.

Undertake clinics, diagnose and treat patients (within scope). Also, deal with appropriate patient presentation. Thiswill include being responsible for managing various areas of chronic disease,including heart failure reviews, structured medication reviews (SMRs),hypertension management, lipid management, and other conditions based on theneeds of the practice.

Provide pharmaceutical input for chronic disease management, ensuring to make every contact count public health education interventions with patients. Follow up identified patient groups,targeting better patient adherence with treatment to improve outcomes.

Identify patients requiring a medication review and undertaking a medication review in order to optimise drug therapy,reduce polypharmacy and minimise unnecessary waste, communicating directly with patients as necessary (where appropriate, within scope of practice).

Responsible for managing long-term conditions, through conducting structured Medicine Reviews and Chronic Disease Management clinics (within scope)

Review and action incoming hospital correspondence, particularly where medicine reconciliation or initiation is required and managing medicines from transfer of care. This will include liaising with local pharmacies to improve patient outcomes.

Provide advice on queries from other healthcare professionals

Advising patients of the adverse side effectof medication and potential interaction with other medication/treatments.

Provide medicines and long term disease advice and support to GP practice staff, practice registered patients, and thewider practice team (within scope)

To advise on risk management processes relating to the prescribing and monitoring of specialist drugs e.g. controlled drugs and those subject to shared care arrangements.

Provide advice and support to improve the disease registers to ensure all suitable patients are identified and offered suitable treatment and monitoring for their condition (within scope)

Depending on the needs ofthe practice, help…