Description
We are seeking an enthusiastic senior pharmacist with strong established clinical skills to lead the clinical and operational delivery of the Lewisham INT programme and improve outcomes for patients with multiple long-term conditions in Lewisham.
The Principal Clinical Pharmacist Prescriber will be responsible for the clinical leadership and management of the Lewisham INT for Long Term Conditions. Key aims of the role will be to provide strategic support to develop, integrate and evaluate this new model of care across the 4 Neighbourhoods / 7 PCNs in Lewisham, with managerial oversight to ensure effective functioning of the core team.
The post holder will also provide clinical care to conduct patient facing multi-LTC reviews and optimise medicines management for patients, across one PCN and/or Neighbourhood footprint. Building strong relationships across system partners, supporting workforce development to deliver the new model of care and close working and communication with members of the core INT and wider teams across both health and social, and primary and secondary care settings will be key.
Job Responsibilities:
- Provide clinical and strategic leadership for the core INT team developing the service to meet the needs of the PCNs and wider Lewisham INT model of care.
- Deliver patient facing care and conduct multi-morbidity reviews to improve outcomes for patients with complex needs.
- Provide line management of and supervision to the core INT team, including clinical pharmacist prescribers and caseworkers.
- Lead and participate in clinical audit to support evaluation of service delivery and inform improvement.
- Work in closely with other members of the core INT team including link workers, key workers, health equity team, GPs and community groups.
Service Development:
- Lead on the development and refinement of service delivery models within the INT programme.
- Work closely with colleagues and leads to promote and embed the role of the INT into local pathways of care.
- Communicate with other service leads within the community setting to ensure the INT model works effectively with existing services.
Clinical Services & Patient Care:
- Act as a clinical role model to and provide direct clinical supervision to clinical prescribing pharmacists in the INT team.
- Provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation in the context of multi-morbidity.
- Conduct patient facing and telephone consultations to review patients with complex multi-morbidity.
Information & Data Management:
- Develop quantitative and qualitative performance measures, co-ordinate their use and be involved in disseminating, acting on and sharing learning from information gathered.
- Co-ordinate the design, collection and evaluation of clinical audit data and participate in research projects.
Staff Management and Education and Training:
- Line manage the Clinical Prescribers with overall management of all core team members within the INT.
- Ensure the teams activities align with the wider objectives of the INT programme.
- Oversee the personal and professional development of team members.
Financial:
- Support the service lead manage the delegated staff budget for relevant aspects of the INT service.
- Support and advise relevant leads and GP / primary care prescribers on delivering relevant local QIPP, QoF and local targets.
Research & Development:
- Be responsible for shaping and participating in research and development within the INT service.
- Encourage and co-ordinate clinical audit in medicines optimisation and multimorbidity.