Network Practice Clinical Pharmacist

NHS; St. Austell; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in St. Austell is seeking a dedicated Clinical Pharmacist to join their team. The role involves working in a dynamic primary care environment, managing patient medications, and supporting a multi-disciplinary team. Ideal candidates will have strong clinical pharmacy knowledge and communication skills, with opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

6 weeks annual leave

1 week study leave

In house training & support for CPD

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years post graduate experience in pharmacy.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role.
• Provide leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation.
• Support patients to take their medications effectively.

Skills

Communication

Clinical Pharmacy Knowledge

Education

Undergraduate Degree in Pharmacy

Job description

Job summary

We are looking for a keen and committed pharmacist with excellent communication skills and clinical pharmacy knowledge to join our team. This post will be an exciting challenge for someone who is highly motivated and keen to develop their clinical and professional skills.

This is ideally a full-time post of 37.5 hours a week but part time working will be considered. Salary will be dependent on qualifications and experience but we are looking to fill this post at the equivalent of AFC Band 7.

If you are interested in working within an exciting primary care environment at the forefront of modern general practice, then please do get in touch.

Informal enquiries are very welcome via Paul Hughes, Clinical Pharmacist Partner: [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

You will be working alongside our existing clinical pharmacists and prescribing technicians to support medicines optimisation and long-term condition management within the PCN. The job will include dealing with medicines-related queries from patients and healthcare professionals. You will support the PCN with the safe and efficient prescribing of medicines, and the achievement of QoF and the local prescribing and medicines optimistation scheme (PMOS).

You will be supported by an established team of six clinical pharmacists and a pharmacy technician.

Excellent professional support from the GPs & the wider PCN MDT.

6 weeks annual leave, plus bank holidays & 1 week study leave (pro-rata).

Dedicated prescribing team who will deal with & support with prescribing, repeat requests, & reauthorisations.

In house training & support for CPD and education programmes.

Unrivalled opportunities to develop specialist interests or enhanced roles, both clinical & non-clinical.

Training practice for all levels of undergrad & post grad nurses / doctors & training pharmacist placements

Research practice, Drugs & alcohol service, social prescribing, dedicated contraception service, diabetes & mental health teams

Dedication to integrated working

6 monthly staff culture survey

Dedicated admin teams & efficient processes

About us

St Austell is Cornwall's largest town, situated by the coast, surrounded by the historic clay mining area & rural communities. This reflects in a varied patient demographic making for interesting & stimulating General Practice.

We are a 37,500 patient practice, one of the first NAPC PCH sites in England. We are nationally & locally recognised leaders in innovative General Practice and one of the initial Integrated Neighbourhood Team (INT) sites within Cornwall.

Details Date posted

16 May 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

A0543-25-0001

Job locations

1 Wheal Northey

St Austell

Cornwall

PL25 3EF

Job description Job responsibilities

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

Each Clinical Pharmacist will have the following key responsibilities in relation to delivering health services:

work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using their expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas;

be a prescriber, or completing training to become prescribers, and work with and alongside the general practice team;

be responsible for the care management of patients with chronic diseases and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy, especially the elderly, people in care homes, those with multiple co-morbidities (in particular frailty, COPD and asthma) and people with learning disabilities or autism (through STOMP Stop Over Medication Programme);

provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients at the PCNs practice(s) and to help in tackling inequalities;

provide leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation (including ensuring prescribers in the practice conserve antibiotics in line with local antimicrobial stewardship guidance) and quality improvement, whilst contributing to the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services;

through structured medication reviews, support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care;

have a leadership role in supporting further integration of general practice with the wider healthcare teams (including community and hospital pharmacy) to help improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage general practice workload;

develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across PCNs and the wider health and social care system;

take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical research with medicines, liaison with specialist pharmacists (including mental health and reduction of inappropriate antipsychotic use in people with learning difficulties), liaison with community pharmacists and anticoagulation; and

be part of a professional clinical network and have access to appropriate clinical supervision1

Improve prescribing practice through educational support for all prescribers within the practice

Lead on where changes in evidence require changes in prescribing across patient population e.g. where a drug is withdrawn or indications change

Liaise with colleagues in community pharmacy to align support for medicines adherence such as NMS and DMS

Support improvements in clinical care through practice based audit and implementing change

Prescribing advice to prescribers in practice e.g. temporary non availability of drugs

Ensure patient safety when they are transferred between care providers through reconciliation of prescribed medicines

Support the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS

EXPERT PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

Demonstrates general pharmaceutical skills and knowledge in core areas

Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general pharmaceutical care programmes for patients in core areas, including disease states / long term conditions identified by local Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment

Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision as an individual

Demonstrates ability to use skills in a range of routine situations requiring analysis or comparison of a range of options

Recognises priorities when problem-solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate

Is able to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct

Involves patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence as per NICE guidance

COLLABORATIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

Recognises the roles of other colleagues within the organisation and their role to patient care

Demonstrates use of appropriate communication to gain the co-operation of relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and peer colleagues, and other professionals, other NHS/private organisations e.g. CCGs)

Demonstrates ability to work as a member of a team

Is able to recognise personal limitations and refer to more appropriate colleague(s) when necessary

Liaises with CCG colleagues including CCG Pharmacists on prescribing related matters to ensure consistency of patient care and benefit

Liaises with CCG pharmacists to benefit from peer support

Liaises with other GP Practices and staff as needed for the collective benefit of patients

LEADERSHIP

Demonstrates understanding of the clinical pharmacist role in governance and is able to implement this appropriately within the workplace

Demonstrates understanding of, and contributes to, the workplace vision

Demonstrates ability to improve quality within limitations of service

Reviews last years progress and develops clear plans to achieve results within priorities set by others

Demonstrates ability to motivate self to achieve goals

MANAGEMENT

Demonstrates understanding of the implications of national priorities for the team and/or service

Demonstrates understanding of the process for effective resource utilisation

Demonstrates understanding of, and conforms to, relevant standards of practice

Demonstrates ability to identify and resolve risk management issues according to policy/protocol

Follows professional and organisational policies/procedures relating to performance management

Demonstrates ability to extend boundaries of service delivery within the team

EDUCATION, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

Enrolment in, or qualified from an approved 18-month training pathway or equivalent that equips the Clinical Pharmacist to:

o be able to practice and prescribe safely and effectively in a primary care setting (for example, the CPPE Clinical Pharmacist training pathways); and

o deliver the core responsibilities outlined above.

Understands and demonstrates the characteristics of a role model to members in the team and/or service

Demonstrates understanding of the mentorship process

Demonstrates ability to conduct teaching and assessment effectively according to a learning plan with supervision from a more experienced colleague

Demonstrates self-development through continuous professional development activity

Participates in the delivery of education programmes

Demonstrates an understanding of current educational policies relevant to working areas of practice and keeps up to date with relevant clinical practice

RESEARCH AND EVALUATION

Demonstrates ability to critically evaluate and review literature

Demonstrates ability to identify where there is a gap in the evidence base to support practice

Demonstrates ability to generate evidence suitable for presentation at local level

Demonstrates ability to apply the research evidence base into working practice

Job description Job responsibilities

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

Each Clinical Pharmacist will have the following key responsibilities in relation to delivering health services:

work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using their expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas;

be a prescriber, or completing training to become prescribers, and work with and alongside the general practice team;

be responsible for the care management of patients with chronic diseases and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy, especially the elderly, people in care homes, those with multiple co-morbidities (in particular frailty, COPD and asthma) and people with learning disabilities or autism (through STOMP Stop Over Medication Programme);

provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients at the PCNs practice(s) and to help in tackling inequalities;

provide leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation (including ensuring prescribers in the practice conserve antibiotics in line with local antimicrobial stewardship guidance) and quality improvement, whilst contributing to the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services;

through structured medication reviews, support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care;

have a leadership role in supporting further integration of general practice with the wider healthcare teams (including community and hospital pharmacy) to help improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage general practice workload;

develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across PCNs and the wider health and social care system;

take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical research with medicines, liaison with specialist pharmacists (including mental health and reduction of inappropriate antipsychotic use in people with learning difficulties), liaison with community pharmacists and anticoagulation; and

be part of a professional clinical network and have access to appropriate clinical supervision1

Improve prescribing practice through educational support for all prescribers within the practice

Lead on where changes in evidence require changes in prescribing across patient population e.g. where a drug is withdrawn or indications change

Liaise with colleagues in community pharmacy to align support for medicines adherence such as NMS and DMS

Support improvements in clinical care through practice based audit and implementing change

Prescribing advice to prescribers in practice e.g. temporary non availability of drugs

Ensure patient safety when they are transferred between care providers through reconciliation of prescribed medicines

Support the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS

EXPERT PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

Demonstrates general pharmaceutical skills and knowledge in core areas

Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general pharmaceutical care programmes for patients in core areas, including disease states / long term conditions identified by local Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment

Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision as an individual

Demonstrates ability to use skills in a range of routine situations requiring analysis or comparison of a range of options

Recognises priorities when problem-solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate

Is able to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct

Involves patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence as per NICE guidance

COLLABORATIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

Recognises the roles of other colleagues within the organisation and their role to patient care

Demonstrates use of appropriate communication to gain the co-operation of relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and peer colleagues, and other professionals, other NHS/private organisations e.g. CCGs)

Demonstrates ability to work as a member of a team

Is able to recognise personal limitations and refer to more appropriate colleague(s) when necessary

Liaises with CCG colleagues including CCG Pharmacists on prescribing related matters to ensure consistency of patient care and benefit

Liaises with CCG pharmacists to benefit from peer support

Liaises with other GP Practices and staff as needed for the collective benefit of patients

LEADERSHIP

Demonstrates understanding of the clinical pharmacist role in governance and is able to implement this appropriately within the workplace

Demonstrates understanding of, and contributes to, the workplace vision

Demonstrates ability to improve quality within limitations of service

Reviews last years progress and develops clear plans to achieve results within priorities set by others

Demonstrates ability to motivate self to achieve goals

MANAGEMENT

Demonstrates understanding of the implications of national priorities for the team and/or service

Demonstrates understanding of the process for effective resource utilisation

Demonstrates understanding of, and conforms to, relevant standards of practice

Demonstrates ability to identify and resolve risk management issues according to policy/protocol

Follows professional and organisational policies/procedures relating to performance management

Demonstrates ability to extend boundaries of service delivery within the team

EDUCATION, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

Enrolment in, or qualified from an approved 18-month training pathway or equivalent that equips the Clinical Pharmacist to:

o be able to practice and prescribe safely and effectively in a primary care setting (for example, the CPPE Clinical Pharmacist training pathways); and

o deliver the core responsibilities outlined above.

Understands and demonstrates the characteristics of a role model to members in the team and/or service

Demonstrates understanding of the mentorship process

Demonstrates ability to conduct teaching and assessment effectively according to a learning plan with supervision from a more experienced colleague

Demonstrates self-development through continuous professional development activity

Participates in the delivery of education programmes

Demonstrates an understanding of current educational policies relevant to working areas of practice and keeps up to date with relevant clinical practice

RESEARCH AND EVALUATION

Demonstrates ability to critically evaluate and review literature

Demonstrates ability to identify where there is a gap in the evidence base to support practice

Demonstrates ability to generate evidence suitable for presentation at local level

Demonstrates ability to apply the research evidence base into working practice

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Completion of an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy, and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Desirable

• May hold or be working towards a prescribing qualification
• May hold or be working towards a postgraduate pharmacy qualification

Experience Essential

• Minimum of 2 years post graduate experience in pharmacy

Desirable

• Prior experience of working in general practice
• Prior experience of working in a hospital pharmacy
• Prior experience of working in primary care organisations PCT/CCG

Skills Essential

• Has an awareness of the breadth of common acute and long term conditions that are likely to be seen in a general medical practice

Desirable

• Prior experience of running medication review clinics in general practice

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Completion of an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy, and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Desirable

• May hold or be working towards a prescribing qualification
• May hold or be working towards a postgraduate pharmacy qualification

Experience Essential

• Minimum of 2 years post graduate experience in pharmacy

Desirable

• Prior experience of working in general practice
• Prior experience of working in a hospital pharmacy
• Prior experience of working in primary care organisations PCT/CCG

Skills Essential

• Has an awareness of the breadth of common acute and long term conditions that are likely to be seen in a general medical practice

Desirable

• Prior experience of running medication review clinics in general practice

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 (opens in a new window).

Additional information 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 (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

St Austell Healthcare

Address

1 Wheal Northey

St Austell

Cornwall

PL25 3EF

Employer's website

https://www.staustellhealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

St Austell Healthcare

Address

1 Wheal Northey

St Austell

Cornwall

PL25 3EF

Employer's website

https://www.staustellhealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)