Clinical Pharmacist
| Posting date: | 11 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 March 2026 |
| Location: | Great Yarmouth, NR31 8HS |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | E0179-1071 |
Summary
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. Provide pharmaceutical consultations to patients with long term conditions as an integral part of the multidisciplinary team. Provide proactive leadership on medicines and prescribing systems to the PCN multidisciplinary team, patients and their carers Improve patient and carer understanding of, confidence in and compliance with their medication. Provide advice and answer medication related queries from patients and staff Organise and oversee the PCNs medicines optimisation systems including the repeat prescribing and medication review systems. Working in partnership with pharmacists and clinicians in Acute General Hospital Hospitals, to improve the safety and quality of prescribing after discharge from hospital admissions and attendance. Improve the quality and effectiveness of prescribing through clinical audit and education to improve performance against NICE standards, and clinical and prescribing guidance. Develop yourself and the role through participation in clinical supervision, training and service redesign activities. Contribute to a patient safety culture through reporting and investigation of medicines incidents and undertaking proactive measures to improve patient safety. Work with community pharmacists, hospital pharmacists, and other stakeholders in the medicines supply chain to improve patient experience and manage incidents. Deliver training, mentoring and guidance to other clinicians and staff on medicine issues. Provide leadership within the pharmacy team and offer supervision to pharmacy technicians within the team if appropriate. Core competencies 1. Patient facing clinical services and care Manage a caseload of complex patients and potential care institutions Provide advice for the GP management of more complex patients or areas such as addictive behaviours, severe mental illness or end of life care Develop a specialist area of interest Conduct medication reviews and agree medicines care plans in agreement with patients and carers Delivering long term conditions clinics and home visits particularly for patients with complicated medication regimes and prescribe accordingly Consult patients for acute illnesses within defined levels of competence and independently prescribe medication Prescribe acute and repeat medication for patient need within areas of competency Receive referrals and directed patients from triage services and other clinicians Provide targeted support and pro-active review for vulnerable, complex patients and those at risk of admission and re-admission to secondary care Receive and resolve medicines queries from patients and other staff Contribute to public health campaigns (e.g. flu clinics) through advice or direct care Provide specific advice and support to patients in care homes and support staff Provide help and advice on medicines use to patients and their carers Promote self-management and develop patient support systems Manage therapeutic drug monitoring system and recall of patients taking high risk drugs i.e. anticoagulants, anticonvulsants and DMARDs etc Support virtual and remote models of consultation and support including e-consultations, remote medication review and telehealth and telemedicine. 2. Medicines optimisation Systems Investigate and feedback on examples of best practice and formulate how to apply these Working with other Clinical Pharmacists to review overall efficiency of PCN arrangements; reduce duplication and suggest improvements in use of skills Organize and oversee repeat prescribing, repeat dispensing, electronic prescribing and medication review systems Provide leadership and support to prescription administrative/dispensary staff Handle prescription queries and requests directly Oversee system for reconciliation of medicines from outpatient and discharge letters and support safe transfer of care through liaison with hospital and community colleagues Liaise with other stakeholders in the supply chain such as community pharmacists and appliance contractors to handle queries and manage supply problems Support delivery of QOF, incentive schemes, QIPP and other quality or cost effectiveness initiatives Agree and review Prescribing Formularies and Protocols and monitor compliance levels Improve the data quality of medicines records and linking to conditions. 3. Safety Report medicines related incidents, contribute to investigations and root cause analyses Participate in serious incident investigations and multidisciplinary case reviews Report Adverse Drug Reactions and promote reporting by MDT Oversee use and monitoring of high-risk drugs and drugs of abuse Action and response to Drug Safety Alerts and other safety cascades.