Clinical Pharmacist

West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group; Bedford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Hillton Primary Care Network in Bedford is seeking a highly motivated clinical pharmacist for a 12-month maternity contract across the practices within the PCN. The role is full-time (37.5 hours per week) starting January 2027, with training on local services provided and a supportive multidisciplinary team environment.

The successful candidate will deliver expert clinical medicines management, undertake structured medication reviews (face to face and remote), and contribute to medicines

Qualifications

• Qualified pharmacist with registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Independent prescriber status preferred.
• Excellent clinical and medication knowledge.
• Experience working as a GP practice pharmacist and undertaking medication reviews.

Responsibilities

• Clinical medicines management.
• Provide face to face/remote structured medication reviews.
• Manage long term conditions with medicines optimisation.
• Management of medicines on transfer of care and safer prescribing systems.
• Manage prescription requests including authorisations and reauthorisations.
• Medicines safety and quality improvement using national tools.
• Address public health and social care needs within GP practices.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy

Primary care experience

Medication reviews

Communication skills

Independent prescriber

GPhC registration

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Education

Degree in Pharmacy

GPhC registration

Independent prescriber

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

About the Role

Hillton Primary Care Network in Bedford are seeking an enthusiastic clinical pharmacist, to work across the practices within the PCN on a 12 month maternity contract.

This role is offered on a full-time basis for 37.5 hours per week and will commence in January 2027.

You will play a full and active role within the PCN multidisciplinary team. This role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so require motivation and passion to deliver an excellent service within general practice. Training on local services will be provided.

You will provide care, delivered autonomously but from within a supportive clinical team, working within their clinical competencies as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in the following areas:

• Clinical medicines management.
• Provide face to face/remote structured medication reviews.
• Manage long term conditions – ensuring medicines optimisation, review of monitoring needs.
• Management of medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing.
• Manage prescription requests including authorisations and reauthorisations.
• Medicines safety and quality improvement, incorporating the use of national tools.
• Ensure both the public health and social care needs of patients within the GP practices.

About the Candidate

You will be a qualified pharmacist with strong experience within primary care and have the following skills and qualifications:

• Completion of a degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Ideally will have independent prescriber status.
• Excellent clinical and medication knowledge.
• Understanding and experience of working as a pharmacist in a GP practice setting, with a confident approach.
• Experience of undertaking medication reviews.
• The commitment to continue to learn and develop.
• The ability to be adaptable and flexible and be a proactive problem solver.
• Excellent inter-personal patient facing communication skills.
• Will hold personal professional indemnity insurance.

About Us

Serving approximately 33,000 patients, across Ampthill and Barton-Le-Clay, Hillton PCN strives to develop collaborative working across the three member practices, aiming to support and strengthen the delivery of primary care services in line with the NHS long-term plan.

We aim to achieve high standards of patient-centred care as identified for the specific needs of our population, whilst working to support a resilient and appropriately trained workforce.

We operate SystmOne clinical system with a good history of QOF achievement and a CQC rating of "good" across all domains.

We currently have a paramedic, three clinical pharmacists, a care coordinator, a social prescriber, two first contact physiotherapists and a primary care network manager. We are also recruiting for further roles to support the future of the network.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.