Advanced Practice Pharmacist

Key Duties & Responsibilities Medication reviews, computer based or telephone calls for more complex patients, first source of information for patients about medication. Medication and treatment reconciliation systems for patients transferred out of and back into the practice, assess unplanned admissions and systems to prevent further unplanned admissions. Practice formularies maintain. QOF ensure data connectivity and proactive organisation to deliver maximum QOF for the practice. Regular QOF audits. Improve risk stratification of pathways and improve service delivery. Medicine management e.g. polypharmacy Medicines optimisation, support joint goal setting with patients and appropriate treatment selection to support better medicines experience. Reducing waste and improving outcomes. Follow up identified patient groups targeting better concordance leading to improved outcomes. Monitoring of long-term meds e.g. lithium,amiodarone, shared care medications and blood results. Monitoring and managing repeat prescription wastage including patient adherence. Optimising medication/titration e.g. HF Lead and participate in Quality Improvement (QI) initiatives and clinical audits to enhance patient care, medication safety, and service delivery. Plan, conduct, and evaluate quality improvement projects and audits, implementing evidence-based recommendations to support continuous service improvement. Provide supervision, guidance, and mentorship to the clinical pharmacists, supporting their clinical development, competency, and professional growth. Act as a clinical mentor and preceptor for clinical pharmacists, fostering a collaborative learning environment and promoting best practice in patient care. Support the orientation, training, and ongoing development of junior pharmacists through regular coaching, feedback, and clinical supervision. Work with clinical team members on long-term conditions (Diabetes, Asthma, COPD, Depression, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Hypertension, Arthritis, Pain, Heart Failure, Shared care drug monitoring). Manage patients with more complex long-term conditions such as difficult hypertension, compliance with lipid-lowering therapy. Assess and issue day to day acute medication requests as appropriate. Address day to day medication queries. Undertake repeat medication reviews and reauthorisation as appropriate. Review and load repeat medication for new patient registrations. Identify and support patients where concordance issues. Liaise with community pharmacists to solve common day to day prescribing problems like preparation availability/alternatives etc. Liaise with community pharmacists for the setting up, monitoring, and updating of all patients on NOMAD trays. Liaise with community nurses and prepare MARS sheets as needed and support practice anticipatory prescribing process in liaison with community nurses and Community Pharmacy. Liaising with care homes and community nurses re dressings. Responsibility for lithium and antipsychotic drug monitoring and review of blood results. Review the prescribing for patients with multi-morbidity and polypharmacy. Report and follow up patient drug safety/adverse reactions. Support patient self-care and medicines management and concordance through education. Support staff education and development. Support development of local services to improve workflow within the practice. Work with clinical team members on long-term conditions (Diabetes, Asthma, COPD, Depression, Heart failure drug titration. See and advise patients presenting with minor ailments presenting in surgery as appropriate to skills and competences. Work with team to implement and maintain Practice formulary in longer term. Development: support development of local services to improve workflow within the practice. Service advancement; deliver specific disease management clinic through personal development and independent prescribing. Job description Job responsibilities Key Duties & Responsibilities Medication reviews, computer based or telephone calls for more complex patients, first source of information for patients about medication. Medication and treatment reconciliation systems for patients transferred out of and back into the practice, assess unplanned admissions and systems to prevent further unplanned admissions. Practice formularies maintain. QOF ensure data connectivity and proactive organisation to deliver maximum QOF for the practice. Regular QOF audits. Improve risk stratification of pathways and improve service delivery. Medicine management e.g. polypharmacy Medicines optimisation, support joint goal setting with patients and appropriate treatment selection to support better medicines experience. Reducing waste and improving outcomes. Follow up identified patient groups targeting better concordance leading to improved outcomes. Monitoring of long-term meds e.g. lithium,amiodarone, shared care medications and blood results. Monitoring and managing repeat prescription wastage including patient adherence. Optimising medication/titration e.g. HF Lead and participate in Quality Improvement (QI) initiatives and clinical audits to enhance patient care, medication safety, and service delivery. Plan, conduct, and evaluate quality improvement projects and audits, implementing evidence-based recommendations to support continuous service improvement. Provide supervision, guidance, and mentorship to the clinical pharmacists, supporting their clinical development, competency, and professional growth. Act as a clinical mentor and preceptor for clinical pharmacists, fostering a collaborative learning environment and promoting best practice in patient care. Support the orientation, training, and ongoing development of junior pharmacists through regular coaching, feedback, and clinical supervision. Work with clinical team members on long-term conditions (Diabetes, Asthma, COPD, Depression, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Hypertension, Arthritis, Pain, Heart Failure, Shared care drug monitoring). Manage patients with more complex long-term conditions such as difficult hypertension, compliance with lipid-lowering therapy. Assess and issue day to day acute medication requests as appropriate. Address day to day medication queries. Undertake repeat medication reviews and reauthorisation as appropriate. Review and load repeat medication for new patient registrations. Identify and support patients where concordance issues. Liaise with community pharmacists to solve common day to day prescribing problems like preparation availability/alternatives etc. Liaise with community pharmacists for the setting up, monitoring, and updating of all patients on NOMAD trays. Liaise with community nurses and prepare MARS sheets as needed and support practice anticipatory prescribing process in liaison with community nurses and Community Pharmacy. Liaising with care homes and community nurses re dressings. Responsibility for lithium and antipsychotic drug monitoring and review of blood results. Review the prescribing for patients with multi-morbidity and polypharmacy. Report and follow up patient drug safety/adverse reactions. Support patient self-care and medicines management and concordance through education. Support staff education and development. Support development of local services to improve workflow within the practice. Work with clinical team members on long-term conditions (Diabetes, Asthma, COPD, Depression, Heart failure drug titration. See and advise patients presenting with minor ailments presenting in surgery as appropriate to skills and competences. Work with team to implement and maintain Practice formulary in longer term. Development: support development of local services to improve workflow within the practice. Service advancement; deliver specific disease management clinic through personal development and independent prescribing.