Senior Primary Care Pharmacist
Liverpool Community Health
During this time there were a number of key areas within which I worked that have continued on into my current post. Specific experiences gained from this were:- Introduction and development of a new community based anticoagulation service- Provision of regular anticoagulation clinics and telephone dosing for domiciliary patients- To manage administrative staff and team phlebotomists for anticoagulation service- Training of new staff and ensuring on-going competence of all anticoagulation practitioners- Daily provision of prescribing support services to 6 Practices- To monitor practices performances against locally agreed guidelines and targets- To support the PCTs work plan around the National Service Frameworks and NICE guidance- To interpret PACT data for prescribers, to support cost effective prescribing- To influence practice prescribing budgets- To horizon scan for assessment of impact of new drugs or guidelines on practices- To monitor the prescribing of new drugs- To develop, implement and monitor risk management strategies- PCT prescribing lead on the implementation and development of cost savings and ScriptSwitch- A knowledge of “Care in the chemist” schemes within the PCT- Lead role in developing protocols/policies/guidelines for use across all prescribing support teams- To engage in cross-organisational work with other prescribing advisers and pharmacists within secondary care,in areas of mutual interest- Extensive audit of repeat prescribing systems and development of guidelines for PCT staff and independent General practitioners- Network of links professionally, clinically and managerially within the PCT- To promote good practice via the clinical governance, risk management agenda.- Professional development, aware of PCTs developments, strategy and structure and wider NHS policies.
