Clinical Pharmacist

Synergy Health Pcn; East Midlands, Netherfield, Carlton; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Synergy Health PCN is seeking an enthusiastic, experienced clinical pharmacist to support medicines management across the PCN, including reviews, reconciliations and safe prescribing. You will work with a senior clinical pharmacist and provide guidance to the wider PCN team across three practices.

The role covers medication queries, repeat prescribing systems and Chronic Disease Management, with a focus on improving patient care and safety. UK registration is required.

Qualifications

• Experience in medicines management within a GP/PCN setting.
• Ability to undertake medication reviews and reconciliations.
• Knowledge of safe prescribing and access to relevant monitoring tests.
• Experience supporting a multi-disciplinary PCN team.

Responsibilities

• Reduce medicines-related workload for clinicians.
• Increase safety and quality of prescribed medicines.
• Support PCN team with medicines issues.
• Undertake medication reviews.
• Be the point of contact for medicines queries.
• Undertake medication reviews with patients and order monitoring tests.
• Chronic disease management (hypertension, diabetes, COPD, etc.).
• Review hospital correspondence and medicines reconciliation.
• Provide medicines information to PCN team and patients.
• Support QOF and disease register validation.
• Support prescription management per PCN policies.
• Develop relationships with community pharmacists and local providers.
• Plan and organise workload including audits and projects.

Skills

Medicines management

Medication reviews

Independent prescriber

Clinical pharmacy

Patient support

Education

GPhC registration

Job description

Job summary

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, experienced clinical pharmacist to work within our growing team of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. You will support all aspects of medicines management across our PCN including medication reviews, medicines reconciliation, the management of systems to ensure safe prescribing and offer support to the wider PCN team. You will also manage medication queries and repeat prescribing systems across our practices. In this role you will be supported by a Senior Clinical Pharmacist. You will work within your competence to deliver a service and manage the health and social care needs of patients within the GP practices included in Synergy Health PCN.

Main duties of the job

Key Duties

• To reduce the medicines related workload on clinicians.
• Increase safety and quality of prescribed medicines.
• Provide support on medicines related issues to the PCN team.
• Undertake medication reviews.
• Be a point of contact for patients regarding medicines queries.

Core Duties

• Undertake medication reviews with patients, implement prescribing changes (as an independent prescriber) and order relevant monitoring tests.
• Chronic Disease Management (for example, managing hypertension/Type 2 Diabetes/Asthma/COPD patients, polypharmacy review).
• Review of hospital correspondence including medicines reconciliation.
• Act as a source of medicines information for all the PCN team and patients including suggesting potential interventions.
• Support practices with the Quality and Outcomes Framework and disease register validation.
• Support prescription management in line with practice and PCN policies.
• To develop a good working relationship with community pharmacists and other local providers of healthcare.
• To plan and organise own workload, including audit and project work.

About us

Primary Care Networks (PCN) are local neighbourhoods where all health and social care services work together to deliver a better experience for their citizens.

Synergy Health PCN covers three practices in Gedling Borough, Jubilee Park Medical Partnership in Carlton with a branch site in Lowdham, West Oak on Westdale Lane, Mapperley and Trentside Medical Group in Netherfield and Carlton.

We are a standalone PCN with a lead practice. We have a population of 36,000 patients.

The PCN has care co-ordinators, social prescribing link workers, advanced nurse practitioner, first contact physiotherapists, clinical pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. These roles will work closely together to develop and grow the PCN and improve patient care across our patient list.

Our vision is to build and develop collaborative working across member practices and stakeholders, to support and strengthen the delivery of Primary Care services and improve health outcomes for the local population we serve.

Details

Closing date: 15 November 2026

Salary: Depending on experience

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number: A5713-26-0005

Job locations

• Trentside Medical Group, Knight Street, Netherfield, Nottingham, NG4 2FN
• Park House Medical Centre, 61 Burton Road, Carlton, Nottingham, NG4 3DQ
• West Oak Surgery, 319 Westdale Lane, Mapperley, Nottingham, NG3 6EW

Contact

For questions about the job, contact Laura Wilcock at [e-mail]

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

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