Details of Clinical Pharmacist

Job description

Job title Clinical Pharmacist

Hours of work Full-time

Responsible to Hospital Manager & Lead Clinical Pharmacist

Contract type Permanent with three months of probation

Job Summary

First Care Hospital and Diagnostic is taking an experienced clinical pharmacist in general practice for its newly opened pharmacy branch. First Care Hospital aims to develop a new model of care across the Somaliland Primary Care Network This model better utilises pharmacy professionals' role within the wider healthcare team. The overarching goals are to help keep patients safe and well out of the hospital and reduce the demands on general practice regarding medicine use.

The post holder will work within their clinical competencies as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in clinical medicines management, provide face-to-face structured medication reviews, manage long term conditions, manage medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, manage repeat prescription processes while addressing both the public health and social care needs of patients in the hospital and out in the community. Some concepts of this role are innovative, and the successful candidate will be given training on them.

The post holder will lead quality improvement and clinical audits and manage medicines storage, cold chain, display and environmental impact on drugs. This role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies, so motivation and passion are required to deliver excellent service within general practice. The post holder will also develop and encourage a positive culture of medicine optimisation principles to assist the specialist doctors in delivering high-standard local and national medicine-related objectives.

Main Duties

·         Help achieve efficiencies and effectiveness within the prescribing activities of the PCN group of GP practices

·         Promote high-quality, cost-effective and evidence-based use of medicines for the patients and the wider community.

·         Work with other clinical pharmacists in the Pharmacy Team to respond to medication-related queries generated by patients, doctors, other healthcare professionals and staff.

·         Work with other clinical pharmacists in the Pharmacy Team to develop and ensure a safe, efficient medicines optimisation programme, including repeat prescribing, medication review and medication reconciliation services.

·         Become proficient with the TPP/SystmOne prescribing system and support IT in recording personally generated information and maintaining a database relating to the work done in the practices.

·         Undertake clinical medication reviews either face to face or via telephone support on identified stratified-risk patients that may include residents in care homes, on their own, with long-term conditions and learning disabilities.

·         Identify and produce recommendations for medication optimisation for senior clinical pharmacists, GPs and other multi-disciplinary team members.

·         Work to encourage sound management of common/minor/self-limiting ailments, including promoting self-care and homely remedies.

·         Contribute to the safety of drug monitoring processes and drug alerts

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

·         Aim for good collaborative working practices and develop relationships with other professionals across the healthcare community and the more comprehensive heal

Skills and qualifications

General requirements

The post holder is expected to

1.   Support a workplace culture that values high quality and friendly principles towards other staff and patients.

2.   Ensure principles of openness, transparency and candour are observed and upheld in all working practices, including respect for information and clinical governance, and safeguarding responsibilities

3.   Uphold the principles of reasonable infection control

4. A bachelor's degree in Pharmacy

5. Minimum of three years’ experience as a registered pharmacist or in a similar position.

Personal & Professional Development

The post-holder will take responsibility for their development, learning and performance by

They are actively participating in any internal and external training programme required to increase quality, patient satisfaction, and being up to date with the current evidence-based practices, as well as where their progress will be monitored and consistently evaluated.

Becoming an independent prescriber, if not already achieved, meets the GPhC CPD registration requirements annually.

How to apply

Applicants send their CVs and cover letters to the following email address by December 15th, 2024.

EMAIL- Admin@firstcare-hd.com