PCN Clinical Pharmacist

Lakeside Healthcare Group; Yaxley; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Lakeside Healthcare is seeking a dedicated Clinical Pharmacist to join a multidisciplinary team across the Primary Care Network in Yaxley and surrounding practices. You will contribute to a forward-thinking organisation within the PCN framework and support service development and safe prescribing across sites.

The role involves structured medication reviews, patient-facing support, and leading quality improvement initiatives while ensuring continuity of care and adherence to NICE guidance.

Qualifications

• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Evidence of CPD and ongoing professional development.
• Completion of CPPE pathway, or working towards completion.
• Independent prescriber status or progress toward it.
• Postgraduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise in clinical medicines management and safe prescribing.
• Conduct structured medication reviews for polypharmacy patients.
• Offer patient-facing support to improve adherence and outcomes.
• Lead clinical audits and quality improvement initiatives.
• Develop and implement new services with medicinal components.
• Educate staff and monitor outcomes related to medications.
• Monitor local and national guidelines and formulary adherence.

Skills

CPD

CPPE pathway

Registration with GPhC

Education

Postgraduate diploma or equivalent training

Independent prescriber or working towards

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

We areseeking a dedicated and professional Clinical Pharmacist to join our multidisciplinaryteam.

This is aunique opportunity to contribute to a forward-thinking organisation within thePrimary Care Network (PCN) framework. The PCN has already established excellentcollaboration in delivering pharmacy provision to the many aspects of the DESwithin its locality. The post holder will help underpin and grow the team tomove to working in line with the ever-evolving requirements of PCNs.

Our currentteam is complemented by clinical pharmacists and pharmacy technicians workingacross all sites. This role is a replacement within the team to continue togrow on the support and accessibility of our PCN and its patient population.

Please note that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants will be required to demonstrate their right to work in the UK at interview.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities:

1. Clinical Medicines Management

   Provide expertise in clinical medicines management, including medication reviews and ensuring safe prescribing practices, especially during care transitions.

2. Medication Reviews

   Conduct remote or face-to-face structured medication reviews for patients, particularly those with polypharmacy, long-term conditions, or in care homes

3. Support for Patients

   Offer patient-facing support, addressing medication queries and optimizing medication use to improve adherence and outcomes

   Reconcile and manage medicines post-hospital discharge, ensuring continuity of care and addressing unexplained changes

4. Quality Improvement

   Lead clinical audits and contribute to quality improvement initiatives, including adherence to local and national prescribing guidelines.

5. Service Development

   Provide pharmaceutical advice for creating and implementing new services with medicinal components

   Review and improve the safety of medicines associated with unplanned hospital admissions and high-risk groups

6. Education and Guidance

   Provide medication-related information to practice staff, healthcare teams, and patients, suggesting solutions and monitoring outcomes.

7. Policy Implementation

   Monitor compliance with local and national guidelines, assisting with practice formulary updates and adherence to NICE guidance.

About us

LAKESIDE HEALTHCARE is changing the face of primarycare provision in England. We are bold, adventurous and ambitious anddetermined to thrive in uncertain times. We are the largest true partnershipin the NHS and operate from various sites across the East Midlands. We servethe healthcare needs of over 170,000 patients across Northamptonshire,Lincolnshire & Cambridgeshire. Joining our team presents an opportunity tobe part of a large organisation that is changing the way primary care isdelivered today.

Living and breathing our values atLakeside Healthcare

Caring & Respect: Simply putwe genuinely care about people: working together for our patients and ourteams, our patients come first in everything we do. We strive to ensure weconnect and respond to all needs with compassion, care and respect to improvethe lives and wellbeing of the communities we serve.

Teamwork & Quality: In allareas of our business we network, collaborate and learn from our Patients,Stakeholders and each another to ensure we are always striving to improve,making the right and best decisions to provide the best service.

South Peterborough PCN is a large, forward-thinking PrimaryCare Network compromising of 4 practices Yaxley, New Queen Street &Stanground, Old Fletton and Wansford.

This role is based across the PCN.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will work within their clinical competenceas part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in clinical medicinesmanagement. This involves providing face to face structured medication reviews,managing long term conditions, ensuring safe prescribing at the transfer ofcare, implementing systems for safer prescribing, repeat prescriptionreauthorisation and dealing with acute prescription requests.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registration as a Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Evidence of CPD
• Completion of CPPE pathway, or working towards completion
• Independent prescriber or working towards
• Specialist knowledge acquired through postgraduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience.

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience.
• Experience of 1 year working in general practice.
• Experience of using SystmOne.
• Experience of working across multiple sectors of Pharmacy (Community Pharmacy, Hospital Pharmacy, CCGs, Industry).

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.