ARRS Clinical Pharmacist

NHS; Chorley; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking healthcare organization as a Clinical Pharmacist in Chorley Central PCN. This part-time role offers an exciting opportunity to enhance patient care through medicines optimisation and quality improvement. Collaborate with a dedicated team of pharmacists and technicians, supporting general practice staff and managing medication queries. Your expertise will be pivotal in improving patient outcomes and ensuring safe prescribing practices. If you're passionate about making a difference in healthcare, this role is perfect for you!

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years post-registration experience required.
• Sound clinical and therapeutic knowledge essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical support on medicines optimisation and quality improvement.
• Reconcile clinical discharge summaries and communicate changes to patients.

Skills

Clinical knowledge

Medicines optimisation

Patient communication

Clinical audits

Education

Pharmacy degree

Independent prescribing qualification

Job description

Job summary

Chorley Central PCN are recruiting a Clinical Pharmacist to support patient care in line with the Network Contract. The working days are to be agreed but the post will be 24 hours.

This is an excellent opportunity to join our existing team of 5 Pharmacists and 3 Pharmacy Technicians and work as part of our well-established Network.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will provide clinical support on medicines optimisation and quality improvement.

The post holder will be responsible for reconciling clinical discharge summaries and, where appropriate, communicating changes to patients.

About us

Chorley Central PCN has been working together since 2019 delivering a wide range of enhanced services.

We are positive you would enjoy working as part of our team.

Date posted

02 May 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Home or remote working

Reference number

A3316-25-0001

Job locations

Regent House Surgery

21 Regent Road

Chorley

Lancashire

PR7 2DH

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Pharmacist Job Description

The post holder will provide primary support to general practice staff regarding prescription and medication queries. They will help support the repeat prescriptions system.

The post holder will work to integrate practices with community and hospital pharmacies to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare, and help manage workload. The role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies, requiring motivation and passion to deliver excellent service within general practice.

Reconciliation of medications on discharge from hospital and other care facilities, implementing any monitoring or dose titration required, including arranging blood tests and clinical review if needed. Identify high-risk medications from discharge and ensure monitoring and prescribing are safe and consistent with Local Medicines Management Guidance. Pro-actively manage patients at high risk of medicines-related problems and address deviations from guidelines by developing excellent working relationships with hospital colleagues.

Conduct computer searches to identify patients at high risk of harm from medicines. Work with patients and practice teams to minimise harm through medicines optimisation.

Provide a telephone helpline for patients with questions and concerns about their medicines. Hold clinics for face-to-face clinical medicines reviews, focusing on tackling inappropriate polypharmacy. Undertake clinical medication reviews and reconciliation with patients with multi-morbidity and polypharmacy, implementing prescribing changes and ordering relevant monitoring tests.

Make recommendations to GPs for medicine improvements and support multidisciplinary teams.

Support public health campaigns and provide specialist knowledge on all public health programmes available to the public.

Answer all medicine-related enquiries from GPs, practice staff, and patients.

Manage drug availability issues and medication queries proactively by liaising with community and hospital pharmacy colleagues. Develop effective working relationships.

Conduct clinical audits and improvement projects, collaborating with colleagues such as GP trainees, practice managers, and nurses.

Contribute to developing guidelines and procedures for GP practices across the Primary Care Network and negotiate their adoption within practices.

Person Specification

Qualifications (Essential)

• Relevant pharmacy degree with current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Independent prescribing qualification

Experience (Essential)

• Minimum 2 years post-registration experience
• Sound clinical and therapeutic knowledge and evidence-based healthcare understanding

Desirable

• Clinical Diploma
• Membership of the Primary Care Pharmacy Association
• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Understanding of General Practice and prescribing strategies
• Experience within Primary Care or community health teams

Additional requirements

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For more information, see the NHS Careers website.