Clinical Pharmacist

The Methodist Church in Britain; Saltash, Liskeard; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible, hybrid working arrangements

Learning and development opportunities

Clinical supervision

Opportunities to develop specialist CL

Broad primary care experience across七七

Job summary

East Cornwall Primary Care Network is recruiting a Clinical Pharmacist to join a multi-site role across seven GP practices. The post holder will run medication review clinics, provide independent prescribing, and lead medicines optimisation across the network.

Hybrid working is available; a full driving license is needed to travel between practices. GPhC registration and NHS primary care experience are essential.

Qualifications

• VPharm or equivalent with registration in good standing.
• Experience across primary care, hospital or community pharmacy.
• Evidence of delivering medicines management standards.

Responsibilities

• Run medication review clinics and home visits to optimise drug therapy.
• Manage clinics including independent prescribing and acute illness care.
• Support prescribing systems, repeats, tests, and referrals.
• Lead PCN projects and clinical audits; liaise with community pharmacists.

Skills

Medication review

Independent prescribing

Clinical auditing

Policy development

Communication

Inter-professional collaboration

Education

Masters in Pharmacy

Pre-registration training

CPD commitment

Job description

This Clinical Pharmacist post sits within the East Cornwall Primary Care Network, a group of seven GP practices, with the post holder primarily aligned to one designated practice. The work centres on medication review clinics, independent prescribing, treating non-complex acute illness and medicines optimisation across the network. The role spans several sites and a co-located pharmacy hub, with hybrid working and a driving licence needed to move between practices. GPhC registration is required.

What the job involves

• Run medication review clinics and home visits to optimise drug therapy and reduce polypharmacy
• Manage own clinics and treat patients with minor, uncomplicated acute illness, including independent prescribing
• Give medicines and long-term disease advice to practice staff, patients and community teams
• Support the safe running of the practice prescribing system, including repeat medication, acute prescriptions, tests and referrals
• Deliver Structured Medication Reviews and take part in care home medication review rounds
• Support practices to develop prescribing plans, formularies, guidelines and repeat prescribing policies
• Advise on risk management for controlled drugs and drugs under shared care arrangements
• Analyse e-PACT and practice prescribing data, keep drug budgets within limits and review QOF performance
• Lead PCN projects and undertake clinical audits of prescribing, feeding back results and implementing changes
• Liaise with community pharmacists on prescribing changes and savings
• Attend primary and secondary care interface meetings in specialist therapeutic areas
• Write therapeutic reports and clinical evidence summaries, and produce patient and practice information

What’s required

Qualifications

• Vocational masters degree in pharmacy, or equivalent comprehensive experience
• Completion of pre-registration training
• Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development

Registration & licences

• GPhC registration

Experience

• NHS experience in primary care, hospital or community pharmacy
• Extensive knowledge across clinical areas, including chronic disease management
• Delivery of medicines management standards and policies
• Experience of working with primary healthcare teams
• Experience of projects where own initiative and time management are used

Skills & knowledge

• Knowledge of the wider NHS
• Excellent written, oral and interpersonal communication
• Persuasive negotiation and influencing, able to instigate and manage change
• Advanced clinical reasoning
• Computer literacy, with the ability to prioritise, meet targets and work under pressure

Checks & eligibility

• Full driving licence and access to a car

Other

• Flexibility with working hours and high concentration for accurate VDU-based work

Nice to have

• Assessment, diagnosis and treatment of minor, non-complex acute illness
• Experience of advising GPs
• Experience of analysing PACT data and clinical audit
• Experience of multidisciplinary working
• Registration with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (MRPharmS)
• Postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent
• Authorisation for independent prescribing
• Completion of, or working towards, the Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway (PCPEP)

What’s offered

• Flexible, hybrid working arrangements
• Access to learning and development opportunities
• Clinical supervision
• Varied workload and opportunities for professional development
• Opportunity to develop specialist clinical interests
• Contribute to PCN-wide projects and quality improvement initiatives
• Broad primary care experience across seven practices