Lead Community Health Pharmacist: Medicines Optimisation

Provide Community; Colchester; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

Provide CIC in Colchester is seeking a Pharmacist to join the Pharmacy Team on a 6-month fixed-term contract.

The role focuses on medicines optimisation, patient safety, governance, and leading on Non‑Medical Prescribing and Sexual Health Services within community health services.

You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient care and contribute to high-quality community healthcare outcomes.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years experience with significant Community Health Services experience.
• Experience of working on wards.
• Evidence in Application.

Responsibilities

• Lead medicines optimisation and pharmaceutical processes across Provide services to ensure they are safe, effective, patient‑centred, and evidence‑based.
• Provide expert clinical pharmacy advice to multidisciplinary teams, supporting the safe management and optimisation of medicines for patients receiving community healthcare services.
• Lead the pharmaceutical aspects of Sexual Health Services, including oversight of medicines governance, service data review, and statutory reporting requirements.
• Act as the professional lead for Non‑Medical Prescribing, supporting governance, safe prescribing practice, competency development, and service improvement.
• Support the identification, management, and mitigation of medicines‑related risks, contributing to organisational assurance and patient safety.
• Drive quality improvement initiatives, audits, and service evaluations to enhance medicines use and patient outcomes.
• Contribute to the development and redesign of patient pathways, ensuring medicines optimisation is embedded within service delivery models.
• Work in partnership with clinical and operational teams to support innovation and service transformation across community healthcare services.

Skills

Leadership qualification

Job description

Provide CIC in Colchester is seeking a Pharmacist to join the Pharmacy Team on a 6-month fixed-term contract.

The role focuses on medicines optimisation, patient safety, governance, and leading on Non‑Medical Prescribing and Sexual Health Services within community health services.

You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient care and contribute to high-quality community healthcare outcomes.