PCN Clinical Pharmacist

NHS; Winchester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare organization as a clinical pharmacist, providing essential medication reviews and patient care in a supportive environment. This role offers opportunities for professional development with a comprehensive induction and mentorship. You'll work within a multidisciplinary team to enhance patient outcomes while enjoying a hybrid working model.

Qualifications

• Primary care experience is essential.
• Knowledge of the NHS landscape and MDT working is needed.
• CPD evidence required.

Responsibilities

• Clinically assess and treat patients using medicines expertise.
• Review long-term conditions and conduct clinical medication reviews.
• Ensure compliance with medicines safety and public health initiatives.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Education

GPhC registration

Postgraduate diploma or equivalent

Independent Prescriber qualification

Tools

EMIS

Job description

Due to service development, we are looking to recruit two clinical pharmacists to join our well-established, experienced, and friendly pharmacy team. Our team currently consists of 7 pharmacists (including a clinical pharmacy manager, a cross-sector senior pharmacist, 3 lead clinical pharmacists, and 2 clinical pharmacists), 2 pharmacy technicians, 2 trainee pharmacists, and a pharmacy care coordinator.

The pharmacists will play an important role in our service provision, complementing our pharmacy technicians and other members of the PCN multidisciplinary team.

We are passionate about creating a supportive and nurturing environment to help pharmacy professionals grow and develop. Successful candidates will receive a bespoke induction plan, shadowing time, and regular support. Our team has multiple senior pharmacists with education and training experience, and all staff have regular 1-2-1s with their line manager and GP clinical supervisor. We also provide support through protected learning time, away days, clinical mentoring sessions/peer review, and regular team meetings.

This is a hybrid role based primarily within our new PCN space, which includes a remote consultation hub, and across our three member practices. While there may be opportunities to work from home on occasion, the role is not fully remote.

Main duties of the job

1. Work as part of the multidisciplinary general practice team to clinically assess and treat patients using their expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas.
2. Take responsibility 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, and those with multiple co-morbidities as set out in the Primary Care Network Contract Direct Enhanced Service (DES).
3. Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines, addressing public health and social care needs, and tackling inequalities.
4. Provide leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation and quality improvement, contributing to the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services. Support patients through structured medication reviews (SMRs) to optimise medication use, reduce waste, and promote self-care.
5. Support further integration of general practice with wider healthcare teams to improve patient outcomes, access to healthcare, and manage workload.
6. Interview dates will be during the weeks commencing 14.07.2025 and 21.07.2025.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications.

About us

See our Winchester City PCN website for more information about our organisation and pharmacy team.

Job responsibilities

• Long term condition clinics: Review patients with medical problems requiring medicines optimisation, such as COPD, asthma, depression, and frailty. Review ongoing needs, monitoring, and support medication management, liaising with GPs.
• Clinical medication review: Conduct reviews with patients, initiate changes, and liaise with GPs, including those on the Serious Mental Health Register.

Care home medication reviews: Conduct reviews, liaise with GPs, and work with care home staff to improve medication safety and compliance with EHCH standards.

Domiciliary clinical medication review: Review patients in their homes, liaise with GPs, and attend MDT case conferences.

Management of common/minor/self-limiting ailments: Manage presentations within scope, signpost to community pharmacy, and refer to other healthcare professionals as appropriate.

Telephone medicines support: Provide a helpline for patient queries.

Medicine information: Respond to enquiries from GPs, staff, and patients, suggest solutions, and follow up on medication changes.

Management of medicines at discharge: Reconcile medicines post-discharge, ensure continuity, and work with patients and pharmacists.

Repeat prescribing: Review requests, monitor medicines, and ensure appropriate testing.

Prescribing and quality improvement schemes: Support schemes like QOF, QIPP, and promote best practices, reporting activity and outcomes.

Service development: Contribute to new service planning and implementation involving medicinal components.

Shared care agreements: Manage protocols and liaise with specialists.

Information management: Analyze medicines data, build EMIS reports, and identify review patients.

Medicines safety: Implement changes from MHRA alerts and guidance.

CQC: Ensure medicines-related standards are met.

Public health: Support campaigns, address social and health needs, and tackle inequalities.

General duties: Perform tasks within the scope of the role, adapt to workload, and ensure timely delivery.

Leadership & Professional Responsibilities

• Work independently within organisational priorities.
• Participate in meetings, deputise for senior staff.
• Provide education and training on therapeutics and medicines optimisation.
• Maintain GPhC registration, CPD, and revalidation.
• Act professionally, adhering to GPhC standards.

Person Specification

Experience

• Primary care experience.
• Knowledge of healthcare provision, QOF, and enhanced services.
• Understanding NHS landscape, MDT working, and clinical IT (EMIS).

Qualifications

• GPhC registration.
• Specialist knowledge via postgraduate diploma or equivalent.
• Enrolled or qualified in an approved training pathway.
• Independent Prescriber or working towards.
• CPD evidence.

Skills & Personal Qualities

• Interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills.
• Organisational, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
• Resilience, confidentiality, and risk management.
• Flexible, reliable, self-motivated, and respectful of diversity.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Transport and travel ability across the locality.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This role requires a DBS check due to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1975.

Salary & Contract

£45,987 to £51,763 per year, depending on experience and qualifications, with additional for IP. Permanent contract. Full-time, part-time, flexible, and remote working options available.