Pharmacist

Job description Job responsibilities Main Duties and ResponsibilitiesProvide specialist clinical medicines management advice to support safe, effective and person centred patient care. Undertake structured medication reviews for patients with complex needs, including those with polypharmacy, multiple long-term conditions, frailty or care home residency. Support long-term condition management through medication review, medicines optimisation, monitoring and patient education. Manage repeat prescribing and reauthorisation processes in collaboration with GPs and other clinicians, ensuring appropriate monitoring is in place. Respond to medicines-related queries from patients, carers, clinicians, practice staff, community pharmacists and other healthcare professionals. Support safe prescribing by identifying inappropriate polypharmacy, reducing medicines waste and promoting evidence-based, cost-effective prescribing. Review medicines adherence, effectiveness and safety, arranging or recommending further investigation where clinically appropriate. Provide patients and carers with clear, evidence-based information about medicines, supporting shared decision-making, adherence and safe use of prescribed treatment. Contribute to reducing medicines-related hospital admissions and readmissions by identifying and resolving medicines-related issues. Support the safe management of medicines following transfer of care from secondary care, intermediate care, community services and care home settings, ensuring medication changes are reconciled, clinically appropriate and clearly communicated. Work with patients, carers, community pharmacists and other professionals to ensure patients receive the medicines they need following discharge or transfer of care. Run pharmacist-led clinics, including medication review clinics and reviews linked to long-term condition management where appropriate. Contribute to co-morbidity reviews, multidisciplinary reviews and the wider management of patients with complex clinical needs. Review relevant pathology results for patients prescribed medicines requiring monitoring and escalate concerns appropriately. Support the implementation of MHRA alerts, drug withdrawals, medicines shortages, safety updates and changes to prescribing guidance. Work with the practice team to implement NICE guidance, local formularies and other evidence-based prescribing recommendations. Support the development and maintenance of practice formularies to improve prescribing quality, safety and cost-effectiveness. Review prescribing data and support the practice to identify areas for improvement in prescribing quality, safety, variation, waste reduction and cost-effectiveness. Contribute to prescribing audits, clinical audit cycles, service evaluation, quality improvement activity and implementation of agreed changes. Support the practice in achieving relevant QOF, Network DES/IIF, prescribing incentive scheme and medicines optimisation targets. Support compliance with CQC standards by contributing to safe, effective, responsive and well-led medicines management processes. Maintain accurate, contemporaneous patient records using the practice clinical system, ensuring appropriate coding, documentation and follow-up. Provide medicines information, advice and education to clinicians, healthcare professionals, administrative staff and patients. Support prescribers through education, feedback and guidance to improve prescribing practice across the practice. Work collaboratively with the wider PCN pharmacy team, including Clinical Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians, to support shared learning, consistent medicines optimisation, prescribing safety and delivery of local and national prescribing priorities. Liaise with community pharmacy colleagues to support medicines adherence, including appropriate use of services such as the New Medicine Service and other local support pathways. Prescribe within professional competence where appropriately qualified, or work towards independent prescribing where agreed as part of the role development plan.