Clinical Pharmacist - Canalside Primary Care Network

NHS; Rochdale; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Rochdale is seeking a Clinical Pharmacist to join their team. This role involves managing medication for high-risk patients, conducting clinical reviews, and ensuring continuity of care. A valid GPhC registration is essential. The ideal candidate will have prior primary care experience and a strong focus on medicine optimisation. This position offers the chance to make a real difference in patient care within a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Experience working in primary care setting.
• Must have GPhC registration with pass result.
• Familiarity with managing polypharmacy.

Responsibilities

• Manage systems for medicines supply to high-risk patients.
• Review medications linked to hospital admissions.
• Conduct clinical medication reviews and liaise with GPs.

Skills

Clinical medication reviews

Medicine optimisation

Telephone consultation

Risk assessment

Education

GPhC registration

Job description

Clinical Pharmacist - Canalside Primary Care Network

This is an opportunity for a clinical pharmacist to join the team at Canalside Primary Care Network, working under the supervision of the wider clinical team. You will be joining the team currently consisting of 1 Pharmacists who is the Lead Pharmacist for the PCN.

Primary Care Networks are an opportunity for doctors practices within a locality to work together to deliver services at scale and to employ staff that support a larger service model than is possible at individual practices. Come and join us if you are looking to develop your skills as a pharmacist in a general practice setting, including medication review and reconciliation, medicine optimisation, and taking responsibility for areas of service improvement such as in polypharmacy.

Please note this role is based across the network, rather than just at Castleton Health Centre. You could be located in different practices on different days.

If we have enough applications we may close the application process before the 31/10/2025

Main duties of the job

Set up and manage systems to ensure continuity of medicines supply to high-risk groups of patients (eg, those with medicine compliance aids or those in care homes)

Identification of cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through pre-prepared practice computer searches. This might include risks that are patient related, medicine related, or both

Review the use of medicines most commonly associated with unplanned hospital admissions and readmissions through audit and individual patient reviews

Put in place changes to reduce the prescribing of these medicines to high-risk patient groups

Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions and reviewing medicines reaching review dates and flagging up those needing a review to the GP. Monitor and manage patients with polypharmacy

Provide a telephone help line for patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines

Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for the GP on prescribing and monitoring

Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration

About us

Canalside PCN is a network of GP practices working together across areas of Rochdale. We are excited to be recruiting new roles into our practices. The PCN consitsts of

• CASTLETON HEALTH CENTRE (GP Practice)
• KIRKHOLT MEDICAL PRACTICE (GP Practice)
• MIDDLETON HEALTH CENTRE (GP Practice)
• THE HIVE HEALTH CENTRE (GP Practice)
• THE KINGSWAY PRACTICE (GP Practice)
• WELLFIELD HEALTH CENTRE (GP Practice)

The host organisation for the role is Castleton Health Centre who will be your employer whilst you work across the PCN.

Job responsibilities

To reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into care homes, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge.

Set up and manage systems to ensure continuity of medicines supply to high-risk groups of patients (e.g., those with medicine compliance aids or those in care homes).

Identification of cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through pre-prepared practice computer searches. This might include risks that are patient related, medicine related, or both.

Review the use of medicines most commonly associated with unplanned hospital admissions and readmissions through audit and individual patient reviews.

Put in place changes to reduce the prescribing of these medicines to high-risk patient groups.

Produce and implement a repeat prescribing policy.

Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions and reviewing medicines reaching review dates and flagging up those needing a review to the GP. Monitor and manage patients with polypharmacy.

Provide a telephone help line for patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines.

Hold clinics for patients requiring face-to-face medicines use reviews

i.e., advise about medicines and adherence support.

Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for the GPs on prescribing and monitoring.

Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for the GP on prescribing and monitoring.

Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration.

See patients with single medical problems where medicine optimisation is required (e.g., COPD, asthma).

Make recommendations to GPs for medicine improvements.

Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development and

implementation of new services that have medicinal components (e.g., advise on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets).

Person Specification

Experience

• Working in primary care

Qualifications

• GPhC registration assessment with a pass result

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.