Clinical Pharmacist Maternity Cover
| Posting date: | 19 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 October 2025 |
| Location: | Daventry, NN11 4FE |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | A0938-25-0005 |
Summary
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas. Take responsibility for the care management of patients with chronic diseases and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy, especially the elderly, people in care homes, those with multiple long term conditions and people with learning disabilities or autism (through STOMP - Stop Over Medication Programme). Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines while helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients and help in tackling inequalities. Provide leadership on person centred medicines optimisation (including ensuring prescribers in the practice conserve antibiotics in line with local antimicrobial stewardship guidance), medication monitoring and quality improvement, while contributing to the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services. Through structured medication reviews support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care. Have a leadership role in supporting further integration of general practice with the wider healthcare teams (including community and hospital pharmacy) to help improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage general practice workload. ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES Develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacists across networks and the wider health system. Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical research with medicines, liaison with specialist pharmacists (including mental health and reduction of inappropriate antipsychotic use in people with learning difficulties) and anticoagulation, as well as medication monitoring processes. Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating. Adhere to quality governance systems, processes across the Practice and its activities; managing data collection to support data requirements/claims; ensuring information governance standards are implemented and maintained. Ensure health and safety requirements are met. Attend training courses identified as essential or beneficial to the role and take responsibility for identifying own learning needs. Ensure all significant events are reported and discussed as appropriate and facilitate a full understanding of clinical governance requirements within the practice. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The post holder holds a position of importance, being the crucial link between the doctors, staff and patients. You will be expected to attend regular staff meetings. The meetings provide an opportunity to discuss matters arising from the job and can be used for in-house training. The post holder will be expected to deliver a high quality, diverse, patient centred service. INFORMATION GOVERNANCE Information is vitally important for the safe clinical management of patient care and the efficient administration of services. It is the responsibility of our entire workforce, regardless of employment status, to ensure they abide by the requirements of Information Governance as set out in the Employee Handbook and the Information Governance Policy. CONFIDENTIALITY In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, Practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the Practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential. Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data. REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS ACT 1974 This post is not exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Therefore the post holder is required to disclose any spent convictions.