Senior Practice Pharmacist

To support Aire Valley Surgery with all aspects of medicine optimisation for 30-37.5 hours per week.

This is an ONSITE role only
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Remote working is not available for this post.

Candidates seeking remote working need not apply.

The post holder will work within their strategic and clinical competencies as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in clinical medicines optimisation across the practice. This will include oversight of the prescribing team and strategic development of prescribing practices, policies and processes within the practice.

The post includes direct patient contact including:

• Structured medication reviews
• Management of long-term conditions
• Management of medicines on transfer of care
• Reviewing systems for safer prescribing
• Contributing to repeat prescription authorisations and reauthorisation
• Addressing both the public health and social care needs of patients
• Contributing to achievement of QOF and locally commissioned quality improvement schemes
• Undertaking clinical audit

The post holder will provide support to pharmacy technicians and less experienced pharmacists employed in the practice.

The post holder will be supported by the Lead Practice Pharmacist and a GP clinical mentor. They will also engage with pharmacy colleagues in Yeadon PCN and across Leeds for peer support.

The post holder must be a qualified non-medical prescriber and have completed the CPPE General Practice Pharmacist Training Pathway. Applications will not be considered if these criteria are not met.

Aire Valley Surgery is a GP Practice with 2 sites in Rawdon and Yeadon in Leeds. We have 15,500 patients, and circa 65 staff. We are a keen training practice and support the training of GPs, medical students, advanced clinical practitioners and foundation pharmacists to name just a few.

Depending on experience, you will be expected to contribute to the leadership of medicines‑related issues for the practice, and to provide leadership and mentoring to other pharmacists or pharmacy technicians employed by the practice.

• Demonstrate understanding of the pharmacy role in governance and is able to implement this appropriately within the workplace.
• Demonstrate understanding of, and contribute to, the workplace vision.
• Demonstrate ability to improve quality within limitations of service.
• Review progress yearly and develop clear plans to achieve results within priorities set by others.
• Demonstrate ability to motivate self to achieve goals.
• Demonstrate ability to lead a team and provide support to other clinical pharmacists.
• Demonstrate understanding of the implications of national priorities for the team and/or service and manage the team through these changes.
• Demonstrate understanding of the process for effective resource utilisation.
• Demonstrate understanding of, and conforms to, relevant standards of practice.
• Demonstrate ability to identify and resolve risk management issues according to policy/protocol.
• Follow professional and organisational policies/procedures relating to performance management.
• Demonstrate ability to extend boundaries of service delivery within the team.
• Lead and mentor a team of differing abilities.

Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and work within your scope of practice as a non‑medical prescriber to implement any necessary changes (or produce recommendations for/refer to other prescribing pharmacists, nurses and/or GPs to implement if outside your scope). These reviews could be cohort based, in care homes, polypharmacy or any other area required by the practice, within the pharmacist's competence.

Home visits may be required.

Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in areas identified by yourself and agreed by the practice or as directed by the practice, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the relevant practice team.

Identify cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through computer searches. This might include risks that are patient related, medication related, or both. Put in place changes to…