PCN Clinical Pharmacist

Posting date:	10 June 2025
Salary:	£53,755.00 to £60,504.00 per year
Additional salary information:	£53755.00 - £60504.00 a year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	29 June 2025
Location:	Ross-on-Wye, HR9 5AB
Company:	NHS Jobs
Job type:	Contract
Job reference:	A3737-25-0005

Summary

Leadership and management You will be expected to lead on all medications optimization work the PCN. This will require you to: Understand of all core PCN contracts, the role of pharmacy in the contracts and how to set goals and work with practices to achieve the required targets Lead the pharmacy function across the PCN. This will involve motivating colleagues across the network to work collaboratively, whether employed by the PCN or whether colleagues working directly for their GP surgeries. Demonstrate the ability to identify and resolve risk management issues according to policy/protocol Work with PCN Board to review the role of pharmacy team in the management of long-term conditions Clinical Medication Review Undertake clinical medication reviews by phone or video with patients and work within your scope of practice as an independent prescriber to implement any necessary changes (or produce recommendations for/refer to other prescribing pharmacists, nurses and/or GPs to implement if outside your scope). These reviews could be cohort-based, for care homes, polypharmacy or any other area required by the PCN, within the pharmacists competence. Medicines quality improvement Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in areas identified by yourself and agreed by the PCN or as directed by the PCN, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the relevant practice team. Identify cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from. This might include risks that are patient related, medicine related, or both. Put in place changes to reduce the prescribing of these medicines to high-risk patient groups. Medicines safety Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance. Management of common/minor/self-limiting ailments Managing caseload of patients with common/minor/self-limiting ailments while working within a scope of practice and limits of competence. Signposting to community pharmacy and referring to GPs or other healthcare professionals where appropriate. Management of medicines at change of care setting Reconcile medicines following discharge from hospital or admission to intermediate care or care homes, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge. Set up and manage systems to ensure continuity of medicines supply to high-risk groups of patients (e.g. those with medicine compliance aids or those in Care Homes). Medicine information to practice staff and patients Answer relevant medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other network staff, other healthcare teams (e.g. community pharmacy) and patients with queries about medicines. Suggest and recommend solutions. Provide follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes. Signposting Ensure that patients are referred to the appropriate healthcare professional for the appropriate level of care within an appropriate period of time e.g. pathology results, common/minor ailments, acute conditions, long term condition reviews etc. Repeat prescribing Ensure each practice in the PCN has a robust repeat prescribing policy, and streamline these across the PCN where possible. You may be asked to contribute to the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions and reviewing medicines reaching review dates. Ensure patients have appropriate monitoring in place when required. Service development Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the implementation and delivery of new services that have medicinal components (e.g. advice on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets). Information management Analyse, interpret and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks to support decision making. Care Quality Commission Work with the general practice teams to ensure the practices are compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved. Public health Support public health campaigns. Provide specialist knowledge on all public health programmes available to the general public. COMMUNICATION AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS Work collaboratively with the PCN Clinical Director and PCN clinicians and staff Participate in any required PCN MDTs Liaise with pharmacy colleagues to access professional support and access training and development opportunities Liaise with Integrated Care Board (ICB) Medicines Commissioning colleagues on prescribing related matters to ensure consistency of patient care and benefit Engage with other GP-employed pharmacists for peer support. Foster and maintain strong links with all services across the PCN and neighbouring networks. Explore the potential for collaborative working and take opportunities to initiate and sustain such relationships. Liaise with other stakeholders as needed for the collective benefit of patients, including but not limited to: Patients and their representatives GP, nurses and other practice staff Social prescribers, first contact physiotherapists, physicians associates and paramedics. Community pharmacists and support staff Locality / GP prescribing lead Locality managers Community nurses and other allied health professionals Hospital staff with responsibilities for prescribing and medicines optimisation