Clinical Pharmacist

Job description Job responsibilities Apply clinical expertise in Medication Reviews/ Structured Medication Reviews (SMR) face-to-face, remotely or within a patient's place of residence, to deliver high-quality patient facing services that are centred on and tailored to each individual patient's needs.Manage and deliver clinics in long term conditions in collaboration with and support from allied healthcare professionals. Deliver clinics in specialist areas appropriate to clinical competence; which may include, minor ailments, frailty, elderly, renal/hepatic impairment, high-risk medications, frequent attenders in secondary care Prescribe medication within the limits of the individual professional competence.Pro-actively and prospectively reduce inappropriate polypharmacy and over-diagnosis through systematic, evidence-based de-prescribing.Promote the principles of public health; educate and motivate patients to make healthy lifestyle choices and access services designed to assist health improvement.Discuss patients with complex needs at local MDT meetings and refer to the ICPT in line with recommendations Provide professional telephone/ email advice and support to patients and their carers.Reconcile the medications of patients whose care is transferred back to primary care in a timely and effective manner, liaising with patients and community pharmacies to ensure patients receive appropriate medication post-discharge Interface between community, hospital and primary care pharmacy colleagues as patients move between care settings developing local effective communication.Proactively engage with patients whose care has been transferred to reduce potential readmission. Maintain full and complete records of all patient contacts using appropriate clinical templates and SNOMED coding.Provide feedback and seek advice from the primary care team for patients where the post holder has clinical concerns around competence to safely manage their medications.Support the effective utilisation of the practice workforce