Job summary
- Main area
- Prescribing and Medicines Optimisation
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 26 hours per week (This position offers the potential to transition to a full-time role based on company needs)
- Job ref
- 471-6467998
- Employer
- NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board (ICB)
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Chy Trevail, Beacon Technology Park
- Town
- Bodmin
- Closing
- 28/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Pharmaceutical Advisor
Band 8a
Job overview
NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board (ICB) is a statutory NHS organisation responsible for developing a plan for meeting the health needs of our communities, managing the NHS budget, and arranging for the provision of joined up health services which improve the lives of people who live and work in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
By collaborating as an integrated care system (ICS) our health and care organisations can tackle complex challenges, including:
· improving the health of children and young people
· supporting people to stay well and independent
· acting sooner to help those with preventable conditions
· supporting those with long-term conditions or mental health issues
· caring for those with multiple needs as populations age
· getting the best from collective resources so people get care as quickly as possible.
Main duties of the job
To support Cornwall and Isles of Scilly integrated care board (CIOSICB) in achieving high quality and cost-effective prescribing and medicines optimisation, through effective working between primary, secondary, intermediate and community care services.
Identification and implementation of cost-effective and evidence based prescribing initiatives. Working with practices and leading work in developing and implementing prescribing initiatives at practice and CIOSICB level.
To ensure prescribing by healthcare providers is in accordance with national standards, locally identified priorities and the clinical governance framework and is safe, of high quality, evidence based, rational, equitable and clinically and cost-effective.
To maximise the benefits and minimise the risks associated with medicines ensuring best care, outcomes and experience for patients; optimising their drug therapy according to clinical need.
Working for our organisation
We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse work environment and are always keen to hear from people who would like to work with us. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, disability or long-term health condition, gender identity or expression, race or ethnicity, faith, sex, sexuality or veteran status.
We are looking for people whose personal values and behaviours align with the NHS values outlined in the NHS Constitution and our own values and behaviours.
You can look forward to excellent benefits including discounts schemes, optional pension and life assurance, flexible working, salary sacrifice vehicles and cycles and much more.
Hybrid working
We offer the flexibility to work from an office (Bodmin or Truro), and from home, depending on the requirements of the team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The pharmaceutical advisor will work closely with members of the prescribing team to fulfil the following duties and responsibilities:
· To support the senior integrated care area (ICA) clinical pharmacist to engage with GP practices to ensure delivery of financial cost savings and to support high quality prescribing.
· Act as clinical lead for one or more agreed therapeutic areas, for example; diabetes, respiratory, antibiotics, respiratory and joint formulary.
· To promote safe, evidence based, clinical and cost-effective prescribing within each practice. This will involve the utilisation and interpretation of ePACT2 database tags and other relevant information.
· Support practices in changing their prescribing policies to be in line with national, CIOSICB prescribing and clinical governance priorities.
· To support the senior clinical pharmacists in reporting GP practice performance for their therapeutic areas.
· To hold meetings alongside the senior clinical pharmacists with the GPs to discuss prescribing in priority therapeutic areas.
· To assist in any emergency planning and response measures as required by the CIOSICB.
· Supporting the investigation of critical incidents involving medicines including dispensing errors in both pharmacies and GP practices.
· Responsible for the investigation of concerns and complaints from patients regarding their medication.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Masters degree in pharmacy (or pre-2000 equivalent)
Professional registration
Essential criteria
- Current member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in community pharmacy or other sectors
- Demonstrable experience of an extended pharmaceutical role, for example in education or health promotion
- Up to date knowledge of prescribing issues in primary and secondary care, and current health policies
- Specific knowledge and experience dealing with care of the elderly
Continued professional development
Essential criteria
- Evidence of continued professional development and commitment to lifelong learning
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Marco Motta
- Job title
- Programme of care lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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