PCN Senior Clinical Pharmacist

Lakeside Healthcare Group; Oundle; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organisation in the United Kingdom is seeking a dedicated Senior Clinical Pharmacist to enhance patient care in a primary healthcare setting. This role involves optimizing medication use, managing chronic disease, and participating in patient triaging. The ideal candidate will lead the pharmacy team while ensuring safe prescribing practices. This position offers a supportive environment that values autonomy and innovation in patient care delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience in patient care within primary healthcare settings.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to mentor a team.
• Expertise in medicines management and prescribing safety.

Responsibilities

• Participate in patient triaging and structured medication reviews.
• Oversee repeat prescription authorisation and acute prescription requests.
• Manage areas of chronic disease and perform medicines reconciliation.

Skills

Medication Safety Reviews

Structured Medication Reviews

Medication Queries

Chronic Disease Management

Medicines Reconciliation

Leadership

Job description

Are you passionate about improving patient care and making a real impact in primary healthcare? We are looking for a dedicated and forward-thinking Senior Clinical Pharmacist to join our general practice team. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of patient care, helping to optimise medicines use, support long-term condition management, and improve the safety and effectiveness of prescribing across a diverse patient population, whilst supporting the mentorship and development of a growing pharmacy team. Youll work as part of a supportive, multi-disciplinary team in a role that offers variety, autonomy, and the chance to lead on clinical initiatives. Whether reviewing medication for older adults, advising on treatment pathways, or reducing hospital readmissions, your expertise will be central to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care. If youre looking to take the next step in your career and want to be part of an innovative and evolving healthcare environment, wed love to hear from you. The Senior PCN Clinical Pharmacist will participate in patient triaging, conduct structured medication reviews, oversee the repeat prescription authorisation process, manage acute prescription requests, perform medicines reconciliation during care transfers, and lead the implementation of systems to enhance prescribing safety within the PCN. The Senior PCN Clinical Pharmacist will also be responsible for managing one or more areas of chronic disease.

• Medication Safety Reviews
• Structured Medication Reviews
• Medication Queries
• Acute Prescription Requests
• Chronic Disease Management
• Management of common/minor/self-limiting ailments
• Medicine information to practice staff and patients
• Unplanned hospital admissions
• Medicines Reconciliation
• Service development
• Medicines Safety/Quality alerts and auditing
• Implementation of local and national guidelines and formulary recommendations
• Leadership and Management

In addition to these clinical duties, the Senior PCN Clinical Pharmacist will be expected to mentor and develop a pharmacy team with varying levels of experience to support the strategic objectives for medicines management within Rockingham Forest PCN and Lakeside Healthcare.

About LAKESIDE HEALTHCARE

LAKESIDE HEALTHCARE is changing the face of primary care provision in England. We are bold, adventurous and ambitious and determined to thrive in uncertain times. We are the largest true partnership in the NHS and operate from various sites across the East Midlands. We serve the healthcare needs of over 170,000 patients across Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire & Cambridgeshire. Values Caring & Respect:Simply put we genuinely care about people: working together for our patients and our teams, our patients come first in everything we do. Teamwork & Quality:In all areas 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.

About Rockingham Forest PCN

Rockingham Forest PCNis a large, forward-thinking Primary Care Network compromising 3 practices across Corby, Kettering and Oundle.