PCN Clinical Pharmacist

The Methodist Church in Britain; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

Employee Discount Scheme

Study days

Education lead support

Lead pharmacist support

Job summary

Mosaic Primary Care Network is recruiting a clinical pharmacist to provide medicines expertise within three GP practices serving around 60,000 patients.

You will work with practice teams, conduct clinical medication reviews, and develop prescribing skills toward independent prescribing through the 18-month pathway.

Qualifications

• Enrolled on, or qualified from, an approved 18-month clinical pharmacist training pathway or equivalent.
• GPhC registered or eligible for registration.

Responsibilities

• Clinically assess and treat patients using medicines expertise within a multidisciplinary team.
• Act as a prescriber, or train to prescribe after the 18-month pathway, with the practice team.
• Lead medicines optimisation and undertake clinical medication reviews, including polypharmacy and frailty.

Skills

Organisational skills

IT skills

Tools

EMIS

Docman

Accurx

Job description

A clinical pharmacist post within the Mosaic Primary Care Network, which spans three practices serving around 60,000 patients. The role centres on medicines expertise for patients with long-term conditions, complex polypharmacy and clinical medication reviews, working alongside general practice teams. Posts are full-time at Bramblys Grange Medical Practice and part-time at Odiham and Old Basing Health Centres, with monthly clinical supervision built in. Candidates must be GPhC registered and enrolled on, or qualified from, an 18-month pathway leading to prescribing.

What the job involves

• Clinically assess and treat patients using medicines expertise within a multidisciplinary team
• Act as a prescriber, or train to prescribe after the 18-month pathway, working with the practice team
• Manage chronic disease care and carry out clinical medication reviews, including complex polypharmacy, frailty, care home residents and people with learning disabilities or autism (STOMP)
• Lead on person-centred medicines optimisation, including antibiotic stewardship, quality improvement, QOF and enhanced services
• Support patients through structured medication reviews to get the best from their medicines and reduce waste
• Lead integration of general practice with wider healthcare teams, including community and hospital pharmacy
• Take a central role in shared care protocols, medicines-related clinical research and liaison with specialist, community and anticoagulation services
• Address public health, social care needs and inequalities through specialist medicines expertise
• Build relationships with pharmacy professionals across the PCN and the wider health and social care system
• Complete medicines optimisation workloads referred by other clinical staff
• Undertake clinical audits agreed with the Prescribing Lead
• Receive clinical supervision and take part in a professional clinical network

Qualifications

• Enrolled on, or qualified from, an approved 18-month clinical pharmacist training pathway or equivalent

Registration & licences

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Experience

• Experience of working in primary care
• Experience of working in a GP practice

Skills & knowledge

• Strong organisational skills
• Strong IT skills

Nice to have

• Experience with EMIS
• Experience with Docman
• Experience with Accurx
• Independent prescribing qualification
• Additional specialty qualifications
• CPPE Primary Care Pathway

What’s offered

• NHS Pension
• Employee Discount Scheme
• Study days
• Support from an education lead
• Support from a lead pharmacist