Practice Pharmacist

Job description Job responsibilities Job OverviewResponsible for support to the Practice in implementing effective and safe medicine management within the practice, identifying areas for improvement, and initiating and managing change.To support the implementation of change, including negotiation and delivery of training, to maximise cost-effective prescribing and to improve the quality of patient care.Provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement.To support the practice in achieving its goals in respect of quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.The role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and passion to deliver excellent service within general practice.Responsible for encouraging the development of better medicines optimisation understanding throughout the practice and promote good practice in line with both national and local guidance.To provide medication review services to patients through face to face or telephone/video consultation appointments, domiciliary visits and in residential and nursing homes, and to deliver pharmaceutical care plans that maximise cost-effective prescribing and improve the quality of patient care.Take appropriate action and update patients medical records in relation to medication changes and recommendations following receipt of hospital discharges letters and other Secondary Care correspondence including, but not limited to, outpatient reviews.Assist Practice with the appropriate monitoring and management of their prescribing budgets and incentive scheme.To prepare evidence-based resources and information to support the clinical team and all other relevant health professionals in the implementation of rational cost-effective prescribing.To help plan, develop and support the introduction of new working processes within the practice to optimise the quality of prescribing and improve efficiency.To ensure appropriate systems in place for medicines reconciliation for all patients transferred out of and back into the practice.To undertake patient medication reviews that will help patients get the best out of their medicines by identifying unmet pharmaceutical need and assist in improving access and service efficiency whilst aiming to reduce waste medicines.Present at patient group meetings or other appropriate events to give advice on the appropriate use of medicines.Manage daily prescribing queries and repeat prescription systems (our practice uses SystmOne)