Pharmacy Professionals within Lincolnshire
Pharmacy professionals have the opportunity to make a positive difference to people's lives and wellbeing. We use our expert knowledge of medicines to support people to take their treatments correctly and safely.
Lincolnshire Pharmacy professionals work in a wide range of settings, providing specialist medicines services using innovation to deliver patient-centred care often at the heart of their communities.
Pharmacy professionals comprise of many different roles, the most common being:
- Pharmacists
- Pharmacy Technicians
- Dispensing Assistants
- Pharmacy Support Workers
- Over the Counter Assistants
- Student/trainees
They are governed by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), who regulate pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in the United Kingdom. They set standards, hold a register, quality assure
education and investigate complaints.
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) is a professional membership body that supports the development of and upkeeping of standards for pharmacists and pharmacy students.
The Lincolnshire Pharmacy Workforce Faculty is made up of a group of health and social care leaders, private, independent, voluntary organisations, education and training providers and arm’s length bodies, that formally work together across Lincolnshire to deliver a collective approach to Pharmacy workforce planning and delivery, for today and for the future.
The aim of the Faculty is to facilitate system-wide working across the Integrated Care System by:
1. Building relationships between NHS, health and social care and higher educational institutes and Further Education institutes.
2. Build and strengthen pharmacy leadership and its influence on workforce across Lincolnshire.
3. Develop and implement sustainability plans and promote inclusive pharmacy workforce.
4. Support pharmacy workforce attraction, retention, and transformation.
5. Develop, coordinate, expand and provide high quality student placements.
6. Support, develop and inspire the next generation of pharmacy professionals.
7. Develop a communication strategy to ensure the work of the faculty is shared across all pharmacy sectors and the wider multi-professional health landscape.
8. Through the Faculty, collaborate with partners to produce an all-sector pharmacy workforce plan, with evidence of engagement and oversight of the Integrated Care System People’s Board.
Within Lincolnshire there are different Pharmacy sectors and employers, some of which are listed below. Some staff and trainees will work across more than one of these sectors to support collaborative working.
Provider Organisations (Secondary care)
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT)
LPFT is the mental health, learning disability and autism provider across Lincolnshire. There is a dedicated multi-disciplinary Pharmacy Team in the Trust who provide pharmacy services to all inpatient wards and community mental health teams. Staff are trained and have expertise in the treatment of mental health conditions and work closely with patients, carers, and other health care staff to ensure patients get the right medicine, at the right time in the right place.
United Lincolnshire Hospital Trust (ULHT)
ULHT are the providers of acute and general medicine based across three sites within Lincolnshire. The dedicated Pharmacy department provide a comprehensive range of services with the overall aim of ensuring that medicines are used in the most effective and appropriate
way. The Pharmacy Team also provide dispensing, aseptic, and Homecare Medicine Services.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS)
LCHS deliver a largely community-based service to patients via outpatient appointments, virtual ward visits or within their own homes. The dedicated Pharmacy Team consists of Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians that provide clinical services which ensures safe and effective medicine management to Urgent Treatment Centres, Sexual Health Clinics, Community Nursing and Community Hospitals.
Primary care
Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board Medicines Optimisation and Prescribing
The ICB Medicines Optimisation Team encompasses a broad skill mix of Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians who advise and support quality, safe and cost-effective prescribing, particularly in primary care. Staff offer expert advice on medicines matters relating to contracting and commissioning for the ICB, and ensure that patients are at the centre of their care by encouraging shared decision-making about the medicines they use. An effective Medicines Optimisation Team brings together ICS elements through their role in pathway design for effective medicines delivery throughout the whole patient journey.
A Primary Care Network (PCN) Pharmacy team collaborates with the multi-disciplinary team within General Practice and the extended PCN team. Staff contribute to improving prescribing practice, patient care, and delivery of the Directed Enhanced Services contract prescribing agenda. This includes encouraging the development of better understanding of the principles of medicines optimisation and promoting good practice in line with therapeutic developments, reducing medicines waste and minimising clinical risk associated with medicines taking.
Community Pharmacy In Lincolnshire
There are many community pharmacy organisations in Lincolnshire, including independent business owners with one pharmacy, small groups of pharmacies or those which are part of larger regional or national chains.
Community pharmacists are considered to be the health professional that is most accessible to the public, as they are available to provide person-centred advice about health and medicines when needed, without the need for an appointment. As well as being accessible experts on medicines, key services such as clinical assessment of prescriptions, dispensing medicines and healthy promotion form an important part of the role of the community pharmacy team. Most community pharmacies also provide a range of advanced services too, which allow pharmacy teams to provide more accessible care, using the skill mix of trained pharmacy teams alongside the pharmacist. These include things such as the New Medicine Service, which supports patients to get the most from prescribed medicines, and Pharmacy First, which offers support to patients with minor health conditions and who may need urgent supplies of medicines in emergencies.
Community pharmacy is currently undergoing significant transformation with growing patient-facing service development, supporting the delivery of joined-up, responsive and person-centred community-based health and care services.
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Title |
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Location |
Application Process |
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09/04/24
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Foundation Pharmacist Careers Event
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9:30am-4:30pm |
University of Lincoln |
Open day |
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23/07/24 |
Aspiring Pharmacy Careers Event
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10am-12:30pm |
United Lincolnshire Hospital Trust |
Apply through Talent Academy Website |
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18/10/24 |
Pharmacy Careers Event
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9:30am-4:30pm |
University of Lincoln |
Open to Years 7-9 students Apply through school |