Medicines Optimisation Support Hub (MOSH) Clinical Pharmacist Lead
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, committed, and motivated senior pharmacist to join our recently established Medicines Optimisation Support Hub (MOSH). This service is integrated with and is part of our Primary Care Clinical Pharmacy Team (PCCPT) in Dudley Place. Due to the success and expansion of this service, a new opportunity has arisen to form part of this team.
As a team we are committed to the development of primary care pharmacy. We have been established for over 20 years developing primary care pharmacy services to meet the needs of our practices and patients in Dudley.
The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide medicines optimisation and prescribing support leadership to the MOSH, a centralised support team within the PCCPT delivering on a comprehensive workplan including the PCN DES, Black Country ICB work streams and practice based clinical support.
The post holder will provide leadership, professional support and clinical advice to MOSH Officers, MOSH Supervisor and MOSH operational manager (non-clinical staff) to ensure the safe, efficient and appropriate delivery of agreed medicines optimisation projects under standard operation procedures.
The post holder will support the Governance Lead Pharmacist with operational oversight for managing MHRA Central Alerts and medicines safety incidents managed centrally via the MOSH.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide expert advice on the operational development of the Medicines Optimisation and Safety Hub (MOSH), linking clinical practice with service development. They will provide clinical oversight and lead the development of MOSH standard operating procedures and team training, including delivery.
The role includes monitoring service delivery and outcomes and working collaboratively with GP practices, Primary Care Network pharmacist leads, PCNs, patient representatives, the wider Integrated Care Board, member practices and community pharmacy.
Based at Brierley Hill Health and Social Care Centre and working within general practice, the post holder will support safer patient care through clinical audits and medication reviews and monitoring based on clinical need. Previous experience in general practice or a similar clinical role is desirable. A structured induction will be provided alongside MOSH colleagues, clinical pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
The team promotes collaborative working, professional development and improvement of local population health and wellbeing, with support from senior colleagues. We welcome applications from clinical pharmacists committed to patient-centred care and professional development.
About us
At the Dudley Group our patients and staff are at the heart of all that we do and that is to provide a world class service that aligns with our vision of "excellent health care, improved health for all". We are seeking to recruit staff who share our vision and values of making Dudley Group an incredible workplace.
As part of the NHS People Promise, your wellbeing is our priority, and we are committed to ensuring our employees achieve a healthy work-life balance supported by our flexible working options and by making reasonable adjustments where possible. We believe no-one should have to sacrifice family, friends, or their personal interests for work.
We are a modern employer able to attract and retain high quality staff through our commitment to the NHS People Promise. As an employer, we foster an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, supported, and empowered to contribute their best. We want to ensure that our workforce is representative of the population we serve. More information - inclusive practice people promise.
Dudley Group offer many opportunities for our staff to develop and grow within their roles through our Learning & OD Team. These include topics such as communication, wellbeing, team development, cultural competency, and values. Please click below to view our EDI page: Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion - The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust (dgft.nhs.uk)
Job responsibilities
As part of this role, the post holder will work within the MOSH (based in Brierley Hill Health and Social Care Centre) and within general practices to contribute to safer patient care through provision of clinical audits, regular medication review and monitoring of patients based on clinical need.
The general practice role will be a minimum of 1 day per week (0.2 WTE) to ensure the post holder continues to have regular exposure to practice based pharmacist services. However, this may be subject to change depending upon service requirements of the role. The post holder will act as an advisory resource to practices in relation to medicines optimisation, medicines waste, medicines adherence, admissions avoidance and repeat prescribing.
The post holder will have line management responsibility for the MOSH Operational Manager (AfC Band 6). The post holder will provide primary support to the MOSH team in safely delivering the medicines optimisation agreed workplan.
They will contribute to audit and quality improvement including promoting and support of antimicrobial stewardship, dependence forming medication, falls and frailty agenda and national/local matters identified via the Integrated Care System Medicines Safety Network. The post holder will reduce risk and improve medicines related care through provision of direct patient facing and remote centralised medication review.
You should have excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as experience of influencing others and conducting clinical medication reviews.
Expansion of our service offer is planned for Sandwell general practice teams (subject to confirmation and contract agreement) and the post holder will be clinical point of contact for medicines queries arriving at the MOSH. Senior pharmaceutical adviser support will be available to post holder as needed.
The post holder will be working under the direction of the Pharmaceutical Adviser Community Pharmacy and Public Health to oversee the smooth running of the clinical services delivered from the centralised service.
Person Specification
Qualifications · Essential
Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent (BPharm) Sufficient Post Qualification
Experience · Desirable
Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy/Prescribing Studies/Equivalent Academic Pharmacy Course or equivalent recognisable experience Registration
Essential
Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Knowledge and Skills · Essential
Proficient in the use of IT eg MS Office Outlook, Excel working with spreadsheets and databases Utilising independent prescribing skills within competency
Desirable
An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practice Excellent written, verbal communication, interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) . From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
