Ageing Well Clinical Pharmacist

Havant And Waterlooville Primary Care Network; Havant; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Part time

Job summary

Havant & Waterlooville Primary Care Network is seeking an Ageing Well Clinical Pharmacist to join the multi-disciplinary Ageing Well Team based at Bosmere Medical Centre, Havant. The post focuses on medicines optimisation for frailty, specialist reviews, deprescribing, and reducing medicines-related harm.

You will work with GPs, Practice Managers and the wider health and social care teams to deliver person-centred care.

Qualifications

• Evidence of CPPE GP, MOCH or PCN pathway engagement.
• Qualified Prescriber status and current GPhC registration.
• Full UK Driving Licence with access to transport.
• Experience in medicines optimisation for frailty and polypharmacy.

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise in clinical medicines management.
• Carry out person-centred structured medication reviews for frailty patients.
• Collaborate with Ageing Well team to support personalised care planning.
• Support management of long-term conditions and safe prescribing.
• Oversee medicines on transfer of care and implement safety systems.
• Manage repeat prescriptions and respond to acute requests.

Skills

IT skills

Medication reviews

Frailty care

Polypharmacy management

Team collaboration

Education

GPhC registration

GP pathway training (CPPE MOCH/PCN)

Qualified Prescriber

Tools

GP prescribing systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job summary

INTERVIEWS WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY 17TH NOVEMBER
The post holder will be part of the Ageing Well Team which currently consists of a multi-disciplinary team. The Ageing well Clinical Pharmacist will also have the support and leadership of the PCN Lead Clinical Pharmacist.
As a key member of the multidisciplinary Ageing Well Team, they will provide specialist medicines expertise for people living with frailty, with a particular focus on those with severe frailty.
The post holder will undertake person-centred structured medication reviews, identify and address problematic polypharmacy and medicines-related harm, and optimise treatment in accordance with the individual patient's needs, priorities and goals of care. They will work collaboratively with the wider multidisciplinary team to support proactive, coordinated care and help reduce avoidable deterioration and unplanned hospital admissions.
Recognising that each GP practice operates differently, on a day-to-day basis the post-holder will engage with GPs and Practice Managers across the five practices in order to deliver the responsibilities of the role.
The post-holder will also work collaboratively with members of the Ageing Well Team and wider health, social care and community services to support coordinated, person-centred care for people living with frailty.
The post holder will work in accordance with specific practice guidelines and protocols where applicable. They will be responsible for supporting network practices in implementing effective medicine management, identifying areas for improvement and initiating and managing change. Achieving clinical and non-clinical targets and objectives as agreed with the PCN and practices will be part of the role.
Within the Ageing Well service, this will include supporting the development and implementation of evidence-based medicines optimisation approaches for people living with frailty, including safer prescribing, deprescribing where appropriate, reducing medicines-related harm and supporting quality improvement across the frailty pathway.
If you have not already, you will be required and supported to complete the CPPE Clinical Pharmacist training pathway programme.

About us

Havant & Waterlooville Primary Care Network (PCN) has five member GP practices in South-east Hampshire, stretching from Denmead Practice in the North-west to Bosmere Medical Practice to the south of Havant. Together our practices are responsible for 69,000 patients.
Primary Care Networks were established in 2019 to extend the range of staff roles and services available from GP surgeries and, by working across a number of neighbouring practices, to share expertise and resources across a wider area.
The Clinical Pharmacist is expected to work with and within the individual network practices as well as from home or within the community.

Details

Date posted: 14 October 2026
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: Depending on experience Band 7 - Band 8a depending on experience
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: A5217-26-0002
Location: Bosmere Medical Centre, Solent Road, Havant, Hampshire, PO9 1DQ

Job responsibilities

• Provide expertise in clinical medicines management
• Provide person-centred structured medication reviews with and for patients living with frailty, with focus on complex or problematic polypharmacy, recent falls or hospital admissions, those who are housebound, and those at increased risk of medicines-related harm.
• Work collaboratively with the Ageing Well multidisciplinary team to contribute medicines expertise to personalised care planning and the ongoing management of patients living with frailty
• Support patients in the management of their long-term conditions
• Oversee/support the management of medicines on transfer of care and implement systems for safer prescribing
• Manage repeat prescription authorisations and acute prescription requests.
• Addressing the public health needs of the registered population.
• Be involved in quality improvement and clinical audit and liaise with practices to manage aspects of QOF and IIF work.

Person specification - Essential experience

• Evidence of Continued Professional Development
• Minimum two years relevant pharmacist experience post-registration
• Good IT skills and literacy
• Experience of partnership/collaborative working and of building relationships across a variety of organisations
• Experience of conducting medication reviews
• Experience of providing pharmaceutical care to older people and/or people living with frailty, multimorbidity or complex polypharmacy.
• Evidence of relevant postgraduate education or training in frailty, older people's medicine, polypharmacy or medicines optimisation

Desirable

• Previous experience of working in primary care, in either a PCN or GP practice
• Experience of working with GP prescribing systems, other clinical systems, and Microsoft Office

Qualifications - Essential

• Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Qualified from, enrolled or intention to enrol in an approved 18-month training pathway (eg CPPE GP, MOCH or PCN pathway)
• Qualified Prescriber

Other requirements - Essential

• Meets an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
• Full UK Driving Licence
• Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis, including to visit people in their own home

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.