Primary Care Clinical Pharmacist
| Posting date: | 12 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 October 2025 |
| Location: | Solihull, B4 6AR |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | I9877-25-0090 |
Summary
The post holder is a pharmacist, who acts within their professional boundaries, supporting and workingin the GP practices within the PCN. In this role they will be supported by a GP Lead / Mentor and GPleads who will discuss the development of the role and offer mentorship. They will work autonomouslyand travel between surgeries to ensure that the population of the PCN has equitable access to theirservice. The post holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary team. This will include roles such as GPs,nurses, HCAs, physiotherapists, paramedics, social prescribing link workers, Health and WellbeingCoaches and administrative staff. The Clinical Pharmacist will bring their expertise around medicinesand prescribing to assist the team in providing holistic care. The post holder will take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the practiceand undertake clinical medication reviews to manage proactively patients with complex polypharmacy.Areas of focus might include CVD, COPD, Asthma, Diabetes, Frailty, etc. The post holder will provide primary support to general practice staff with regards to prescription andmedication queries. This may be face to face in surgery, patients homes, care homes, via telephoneconsultation or via online working. They will help support the repeat prescription system, deal withacute prescription requests, and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for saferprescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and socialcare needs of patients in the GP practice(s). They may run minor ailment clinics in surgery asappropriate for a pharmacy led clinic. The post holder will provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvementand manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services. The post holder will ensure that the practice integrates with community and hospital pharmacy to helputilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manageworkload. The role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivationand passion to deliver excellent service within general practice. The post holder may be supported todevelop their role, if not already, to become a non-medical prescriber.