ARRS Clinical Pharmacist for Carshalton PCN
| Posting date: | 02 April 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 May 2026 |
| Location: | Sutton, SM1 4DP |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A2700-26-0024 |
Summary
Clinical Responsibilities Long-term condition clinics Undertake reviews for patients with single or multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation is required or an annual review is due (e.g. Respiratory, Cardiovascular or Diabetes). Review and advise on the need to continue each medication, review any monitoring requirements and support the patient to ensure they are getting the best use out of their medications. Manage own case load of patients, running own long-term condition clinics where appropriate See patients in multimorbidity clinics and in partnership with primary healthcare colleagues and implement improvements to patients medicines, including de-prescribing. Manage own case load, run own long term condition clinics where responsible for prescribing as an independent prescriber for conditions where medicines have a large component (e.g. medicine optimisation for hypertension, asthma, diabetes and COPD) and where trained to do so. Review the ongoing need for each medicine, a review of monitoring needs and an opportunity to support patients with their medicines taking. Clinical Medication Review Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients (either patient facing or over the telephone). Reduce inappropriate poly-pharmacy and wasteful prescribing. Make appropriate recommendations on prescribing and monitoring of medications. Management of medicines post hospital discharge Reconcile medications following hospital discharge and outpatient clinics. Identify any discrepancies and unexplained medication changes and work with the patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medications they need post discharge. Ensure continuity of medicines supply to high risk groups of patients is maintained (e.g. those with compliance aids or those in care homes). Risk stratification Use preprepared Emis searches to identify cohorts of patients who are on high risk medications (e.g. immunosuppressants, anticonvulsants etc). Recall patients who are overdue their routine monitoring tests and inform them to have these tests done as soon as possible. Unplanned hospital admissions Review the use of medicines most commonly associated with unplanned hospital admissions and readmissions through audit and individual patient reviews. Put in place changes to reduce the prescribing of these medicines to high-risk patient groups. Implement drug withdrawals and alerts Liaise with the GP surgeries to implement MHRA drug withdrawals and medication alerts to improve medicines safety. Implement local and national guidelines and formulary recommendations Monitor practice prescribing against local, national and formulary guidelines and make recommendations to GPs for medicines that should be prescribed only by the hospital or subject to shared care agreements. Work with GPs and patients to implement NICE and other evidence based guidelines to improve the quality, safety and cost effectiveness of prescribing. Medicine information to practice staff and patients Answer relevant medicine related queries from GPs, other network staff, healthcare teams (e.g. Community pharmacy) and patients. Suggest and recommend solutions and/or possible alternatives e.g. around out of stock medications Signposting Ensure patients are referred to the appropriate healthcare professional if you are not the correct person to deal with their query/condition. Medicines quality improvement Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in areas directed by the GPs, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the relevant practice team. Education and Training Provide education and training to the broader primary healthcare team on medicines optimisation. 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 and provide specialist knowledge on all public health programmes available to the general public.