Pharmacist
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 09 Mawrth 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Negotiable |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 20 Mawrth 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Burton-on-trent, DE13 8LT |
| Cwmni: | NHS Jobs |
| Math o swydd: | Dros dro |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | A0879-26-0001 |
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Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Providing day-to-day support to the Practice to ensure legal compliance when managing repeat prescription requests and patient queries, and ensuring staff receive appropriate training in new skills, techniques, and operational best practice. Managing and organising daily medication requests and associated task workflows in a timely manner. Ensuring quality standards are met and maintained across medicines management processes. Monitoring and reviewing working standards relating to medicines and medical supplies among reception, administrative, and nursing staff, providing additional training and support where required. Clinical pharmacists employed through the PCN Network Contract DES funding will either be enrolled in, or have completed, an accredited training pathway (currently the CPPE Clinical Pharmacist Training Pathway) to support safe and effective prescribing and clinical practice in primary care. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, the Clinical Pharmacist will: Provide patient-facing clinical assessment and treatment using specialist medicines knowledge. Prescribe independently (or be working towards independent prescribing) while supporting the general practice team. Manage care for patients with chronic conditions and undertake structured clinical medication reviews, particularly for patients with complex polypharmacy. Provide specialist expertise in medicines optimisation, contributing to public health priorities, reducing health inequalities, and supporting antimicrobial stewardship. Support patients to optimise medication use, reduce waste, and promote self-care. Lead on quality improvement initiatives and contribute to frameworks such as the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) and enhanced services. Strengthen integration between general practice and wider healthcare teams, including community and hospital pharmacy, to improve patient outcomes and manage workload. Build strong working relationships with pharmacy professionals across PCNs and the wider health and social care system. Support shared care protocols, medicines-related clinical research, and liaison with specialist pharmacists and community pharmacies. The Clinical Pharmacist will also undertake targeted medication reviews, particularly for high-risk groups, including frail elderly patients, those with renal or hepatic impairment, substance misuse issues, patients prescribed high-risk medicines, and individuals with recurrent hospital admissions. Additional responsibilities include: Managing the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process and reviewing medicines approaching their review date. Improving prescribing practice through education and evidence-based changes across the patient population. Working with community pharmacy teams to support medicines adherence initiatives such as Medicines Use Reviews and the New Medicine Service. Supporting clinical audit activity and implementing service improvements. Providing prescribing advice to clinicians, including during medicines shortages. Ensuring patient safety during transitions of care through accurate medicines reconciliation.