PCN Clinical Pharmacist

The Methodist Church in Britain; Swanage; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

CPPE programme support

Supervision by GP supervisor

Personal development plan

Job summary

The Purbeck PCN pharmacy team is recruiting a part-time clinical pharmacist to work with general practice and the network's clinical teams. The post centres on structured medication reviews for patients with long-term conditions and complex polypharmacy, plus medicines queries from practices and community pharmacy.

GPhC registration is required, along with CPPE primary care pathway or willingness to enrol on it.

Qualifications

• GPhC registration is required.
• CPPE primary care education pathway qualification, or willingness to enrol.
• Pharmacy degree and relevant registration.

Responsibilities

• Clinical medication reviews for patients with chronic disease and complex polypharmacy.
• Care home reviews with joint optimisation plans.
• Home visits for housebound patients and telephone consultations.
• Support long-term condition clinics (BP, lipids, diabetes, CKD, HRT/contraception).
• Answer medicines enquiries and manage medicines reconciliation.
• Liaise with GP practices, hospital and community pharmacy.

Skills

Communicating effectively

Organisational skills

Written and oral presentation

Self-motivated

Independent work

Engaging with service users

Education

Pharmacy degree

Postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy

Tools

SystmOne

Microsoft 365

Excel

Job description

The Purbeck PCN pharmacy team is recruiting a part-time clinical pharmacist to work with general practice and the network's clinical teams. The post centres on structured medication reviews for patients with long-term conditions and complex polypharmacy, plus medicines queries from practices and community pharmacy. The role includes care home reviews and home visits for housebound patients, with flexible hours to meet service demand. GPhC registration is required, along with the CPPE primary care pharmacy course or willingness to enrol on it.

What the job involves

• Clinical medication reviews for patients with chronic disease and complex polypharmacy, including older people, care home residents and people with learning disabilities or autism
• Care home medication reviews with a joint optimisation plan, including supporting withdrawal from opioids, gabapentinoids and antidepressants
• Home visits for housebound patients
• Helping to set up and run pharmacist-led long-term condition clinics, covering blood pressure, lipids, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and HRT or contraception
• Answering medicines enquiries from GPs, practice staff, other healthcare teams and patients, actioning tasks and letters each shift
• Medicines reconciliation for new patients and for patients whose care returns to primary care
• Antimicrobial stewardship, Month of Birth recall and blood monitoring of high-risk drugs and DOACs across the PCN
• Liaising with GP practices, hospital and community pharmacy, social services, care homes and care agencies
• Face-to-face and telephone consultations, counselling patients and carers on medicines and barriers to taking them, using shared decision-making
• Leading medicines optimisation projects and supporting national prescribing policy, QOF and the PCN DES pharmacy quality scheme
• Supporting GPs with repeat prescribing and reauthorisation
• Providing clinical supervision to pharmacy technicians and developing standard operating procedures with GPs and technicians

Qualifications

• Pharmacy degree
• CPPE primary care pharmacy education pathway (PCPEP) qualification, or willingness to enrol

Registration & licences

• GPhC registration

Experience

• Planning, managing, monitoring and reviewing medication for patients with long-term conditions in core areas
• Appreciation of the NHS agenda, national policies and government targets
• Basic IT skills, normally gained through practice or practical training

Skills & knowledge

• Communicating effectively with service users, carers and professionals at all levels
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Excellent written and oral presentation
• Working methodically and accurately
• Self-motivated, working independently with limited direction
• Engaging and empowering service users and carers

Other

• Supporting colleagues and checking own and colleagues' work as appropriate
• Adequate written and spoken English to carry out the role effectively
• Able to travel using own vehicle, subject to the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act

Nice to have

• Primary care experience, including knowledge of PCNs, general practice and current PCN DES specifications
• Recent experience of developing and implementing pharmaceutical care initiatives
• Awareness of GP budget management and funding systems
• Experience of training and educating other professionals
• Wide IT skills, including Microsoft 365 and Excel, and experience of SystmOne
• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent experience
• Registered non-medical prescriber

What’s offered

• Fully supported 18-month CPPE primary care pharmacy programme, with study-day time allocated
• Regular supervision sessions with a designated GP supervisor
• Personal development plan agreed with line manager, with attendance at relevant courses