PCN Senior Clinical Pharmacist

Primary Healthcare Darlington; Darlington; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Primary Healthcare Darlington is seeking a PCN Senior Clinical Pharmacist to enhance patient care and medication management across Darlington. This role will involve working collaboratively with GPs and pharmacy technicians to optimize medication practices, support health inequalities, and improve health outcomes for local communities. Applicants should be independent prescribers familiar with primary care environments.

Benefits

Wellbeing resources access

Free counselling services

Professional development time and training

Annual community volunteering opportunities

Qualifications

• Up-to-date clinical knowledge in primary care prescribing.
• Degree in Pharmacy and registration with GPhC required.
• Completion of primary care training recognized.

Responsibilities

• Support daily processes for the transfer of care between hospitals and GPs.
• Conduct clinical medication reviews for complex polypharmacy cases.
• Manage medication queries and provide leadership on medicines optimisation.

Skills

Clinical knowledge in primary care

Addressing health inequalities

Medication review strategies

Independent prescribing

Complex polypharmacy management

Education

Degree in Pharmacy

Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council

Completed CPPE pathway or primary care training pathway

Job description

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Job Summary

24th July 2025.

Due to an expansion of the team and services Primary Healthcare Darlington are looking for a highly motivated and aspirational clinical pharmacist to join our established team of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

Job Summary

The interview date for this post will be Thursday,24th July 2025.

Due to an expansion of the team and services Primary Healthcare Darlington are looking for a highly motivated and aspirational clinical pharmacist to join our established team of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

This role is critical in supporting the delivery of the PCN Contract DES specifications and will help lead improvements to maximise safe, evidenced-based best practice to improve the quality of patient care across Darlington and surrounding communities.

We Are Most Interested In Candidates With:

• Up-to-date clinical knowledge who understand the nature of primary care prescribing, medication review, and strategies for improving prescribing
• A commitment to addressing health inequalities and proactively reaching people from all communities
• The ability to recognise their personal limitations and boundaries, to understand those of their colleagues, and refer to other colleagues when necessary
• The ability to thrive when working in a devolved, flexible, autonomous environment
• In this position, you will be employed by Primary Healthcare Darlington on behalf of Darlington PCN in a role funded through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) and the General Practice Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service (2024/25) (the DES). As part of your role, you will work closely with the PCN andthe General Practices across Darlington
  
  

Main duties of the job

The senior clinical pharmacist will support the Lead Pharmacist & Pharmacy Technicians in the PCN Pharmacy Hub team to work with the PCN and GP practices to deliver a programme of medicines optimisation including managing hospital discharge medication changes, secondary care implemented medicines and practice medication queries. The post holder will be responsible for encouraging the development of better understanding of the principles of medicines optimisation for the population of Darlington. Moving between a select number of practices within the PCN, the role will have a remote element to it- conducting consultations via telephone including medication reconciliation post discharge, chronic disease management, repeat prescription management and structured medication reviews. This will also include the management and review of patients with polypharmacy.

About Us

Primary Healthcare Darlington was established in 2014 as the local GP Federation consisting of 11 GP Practices covering an ever-increasing population of 108,000+ registered patients in Darlington, County Durham. We have close links with Darlington Borough Council and local NHS Foundation Trusts and have the full support and backing of North East and North Cumbria ICB. We also work closely with and provide support to the Darlington Primary Care Network.

Working from dedicated premises close to Darlington Memorial Hospital we provide NHS, Public Health and Private Medical Services. This role is will involve working from home as part of your working week.

We are an award-winning company who places the wellbeing of our staff at the heart of everything we do. We have a wellbeing lead who offers staff access to multiple wellbeing resources, and as a company we offer staff access to free counselling services, protected time to develop professionally, access to high-quality training and development, free tea and coffee and chilled, filtered water and much more. We also offer staff an opportunity to volunteer for 4 days annually in the local community. In the past year staff have supported Groundwork, Age UK, Dogs Trust and many more community projects.

We are on the doorstep of some of the most beautiful and historic sites in the region.

Details

Date posted

25 June 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£47,000 to £52,000 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Home or remote working

Reference number

U0016-25-0003

Job locations

Forsyth House

20 Woodland Road

Darlington

County Durham

DL3 7PL

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Be an independent prescriber

Contribute to the delivery of effective daily processes for the transfer of care between hospitals and GPs including effective signposting, recommendation of medication changes and communication accordingly.

Support colleagues and patients with medication queries and monitoring.

To support, mentor & line manage junior pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

Undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy.

Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines, while helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients.

Using audit and action planning, help to tackle inequalities.

Provide leadership on person-centered medicines optimisation (including ensuring prescribers in the PCN practices conserve antibiotics in line with local antimicrobial stewardship guidance) and quality improvement.

Use structured medication reviews to support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care.

Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components (e.g. advice on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets).

Work with general practice teams to ensure that practices are compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved.

Develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across Primary Care Networks and the wider health and social care system.

Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, liaison with specialist pharmacists, liaison with community pharmacists and anticoagulation services.

Provide clinical support for Pharmacy Technicians within the PCN Pharmacy Hub and the Enhanced Health in Care Home team.

Assist with care home medication requests, medication advice, covert administration advice from the Enhanced Health in Care Home Team.

The above list of duties is not exhaustive and may be subject to change as deemed necessary

Aims/Goals of post

Reduced GP workload

Reduced medication costs by formulary prescribing cost-effective alternatives

Improved medication outcomes for patients

Improved patient safety and medication optimisation

Improved efficiency of medication changes

Effective management of shared care drugs

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Be an independent prescriber

Contribute to the delivery of effective daily processes for the transfer of care between hospitals and GPs including effective signposting, recommendation of medication changes and communication accordingly.

Support colleagues and patients with medication queries and monitoring.

To support, mentor & line manage junior pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

Undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy.

Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines, while helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients.

Using audit and action planning, help to tackle inequalities.

Provide leadership on person-centered medicines optimisation (including ensuring prescribers in the PCN practices conserve antibiotics in line with local antimicrobial stewardship guidance) and quality improvement.

Use structured medication reviews to support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care.

Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components (e.g. advice on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets).

Work with general practice teams to ensure that practices are compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved.

Develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across Primary Care Networks and the wider health and social care system.

Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, liaison with specialist pharmacists, liaison with community pharmacists and anticoagulation services.

Provide clinical support for Pharmacy Technicians within the PCN Pharmacy Hub and the Enhanced Health in Care Home team.

Assist with care home medication requests, medication advice, covert administration advice from the Enhanced Health in Care Home Team.

The above list of duties is not exhaustive and may be subject to change as deemed necessary

Aims/Goals of post

Reduced GP workload

Reduced medication costs by formulary prescribing cost-effective alternatives

Improved medication outcomes for patients

Improved patient safety and medication optimisation

Improved efficiency of medication changes

Effective management of shared care drugs

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in Pharmacy
• Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
• Completed CPPE pathway or other primary care training pathway
  
  

Experience

Essential

• please see person spec attached
  
  

Person Specification

Essential

• please see person spec attached
  
  

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Healthcare Darlington

Address

Forsyth House

20 Woodland Road

Darlington

County Durham

DL3 7PL

Employer's website

https://primaryhealthcaredarlington.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Healthcare Darlington

Address

Forsyth House

20 Woodland Road

Darlington

County Durham

DL3 7PL

Employer's website

https://primaryhealthcaredarlington.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

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