Pharmacy Care Coordinator

Enable access to personalised care and support: Work with the pharmacy team to proactively identify people who could benefit from their support, utilising the resources available to them. E.g. Ardens searches, Eclipse, building new searches. Increasing patients understanding of how to manage and improve health and minimise harm from their medication. Develop an in-depth knowledge of the local health and care infrastructure, with expertise in the pharmacy team and know how and when to enable people to access support and services that are right for them. Support people to develop and implement personalised care and support plans, to prepare them and support them in making the most of interventions in the rest of the pharmacy team. E.g. ensuring drug monitoring and basic observations are taken prior to structured medication review. Review and update personalised care and support plans at regular intervals and ensure they are communicated to other professional involved in their care. For care home patients, ensuring patients have had admissions review of medication on admission to the care home and a minimum of annual structured medication reviews. Setting up proxy-access and proving a direct link between the care home and the pharmacy team. Uploaded to the relevant online care records, with activity recorded using the relevant SNOMED codes. Co-ordinate and integrate care: Regularly liaise with the pharmacy professionals in the PCN who are involved in the persons care, facilitating a co-ordinated approach, and ensuring everyone is kept up to date so that any issues or concerns can be appropriately addressed and supported. Refer to pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, booking patients in a suitable slot for their need and preparing them to make the most of the consultation. E.g. providing information about their condition or medication, ensuring blood tests and basic observations are up to date. Refer to the Social Prescribing Link Workers, Health and Wellbeing Coaches, statutory or community services where appropriate, based on what matters to the person. Refer to clinical colleagues outside the pharmacy team where there is an unaddressed clinical need which the pharmacy team is unable to support with, helping to ensure patients receive a joined-up service and the most appropriate support. Actively support and uphold excellent medicines management within the PCN Actively participate in multidisciplinary team meetings in the PCN including safeguarding meetings. Fulfil clinic coordinator role for group consultations, where clinical pharmacy team are clinicians. Job description Job responsibilities Enable access to personalised care and support: Work with the pharmacy team to proactively identify people who could benefit from their support, utilising the resources available to them. E.g. Ardens searches, Eclipse, building new searches. Increasing patients understanding of how to manage and improve health and minimise harm from their medication. Develop an in-depth knowledge of the local health and care infrastructure, with expertise in the pharmacy team and know how and when to enable people to access support and services that are right for them. Support people to develop and implement personalised care and support plans, to prepare them and support them in making the most of interventions in the rest of the pharmacy team. E.g. ensuring drug monitoring and basic observations are taken prior to structured medication review. Review and update personalised care and support plans at regular intervals and ensure they are communicated to other professional involved in their care. For care home patients, ensuring patients have had admissions review of medication on admission to the care home and a minimum of annual structured medication reviews. Setting up proxy-access and proving a direct link between the care home and the pharmacy team. Uploaded to the relevant online care records, with activity recorded using the relevant SNOMED codes. Co-ordinate and integrate care: Regularly liaise with the pharmacy professionals in the PCN who are involved in the persons care, facilitating a co-ordinated approach, and ensuring everyone is kept up to date so that any issues or concerns can be appropriately addressed and supported. Refer to pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, booking patients in a suitable slot for their need and preparing them to make the most of the consultation. E.g. providing information about their condition or medication, ensuring blood tests and basic observations are up to date. Refer to the Social Prescribing Link Workers, Health and Wellbeing Coaches, statutory or community services where appropriate, based on what matters to the person. Refer to clinical colleagues outside the pharmacy team where there is an unaddressed clinical need which the pharmacy team is unable to support with, helping to ensure patients receive a joined-up service and the most appropriate support. Actively support and uphold excellent medicines management within the PCN Actively participate in multidisciplinary team meetings in the PCN including safeguarding meetings. Fulfil clinic coordinator role for group consultations, where clinical pharmacy team are clinicians.