Medicines Optimisation Support Hub (MOSH) Clinical Pharmacist Lead

Job overview

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.

Detailed job description and main 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.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.