Pharmacist - Medicines Optimisation Lead (Part-Time)

The Methodist Church in Britain; Royal Leamington Spa; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 40,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

Health and wellbeing support

Bike2Work scheme

Vivup employee assistance programme

Access to Blue Light card

25 days annual leave

Job summary

The Methodist Church in Britain is seeking a part-time Clinical Pharmacist to join the Warwickshire East Primary Care Network. The role focuses on medicines optimisation across five GP surgeries, including prescribing reviews, clinics, and leadership on medicines systems across the PCN.

You will conduct clinical assessments, deliver patient-facing services, and contribute to audits and NICE-aligned improvements.

Qualifications

• Evidence of post-qualifying and continuing professional development

Responsibilities

• Switch medicines to agreed protocols and improve repeat prescribing
• Clinically assess and treat a defined patient cohort
• Deliver and develop pharmacy-led medicines optimisation with general practice and the wider team
• Lead, support and facilitate medicines optimisation in the specialist area
• Lead and deliver evaluation and audit of service delivery
• Organise and oversee the PCN medicines optimisation system, including repeat prescribing and medication review
• Develop and deliver patient-facing services and clinics that shift workload from other disciplines
• Deliver consultations, home visits and bespoke treatment plans for patients with long-term conditions, the elderly and those at high risk
• Improve prescribing safety after hospital admission and through clinical audit and education against NICE standards
• Provide leadership on medicines and prescribing systems to the PCN team, patients and carers
• Deliver training, monitoring and guidance to clinicians and staff on medicines issues
• Field medicines and prescribing queries and link with community pharmacists and the medicines supply chain

Skills

Medicines optimisation

Clinical prescribing

Consultation skills

Policy knowledge

Governance & ethics

Education

GPhC registration

Job description

The Methodist Church in Britain is seeking a part-time Clinical Pharmacist to join the Warwickshire East Primary Care Network. The role focuses on medicines optimisation across five GP surgeries, including prescribing reviews, clinics, and leadership on medicines systems across the PCN.

You will conduct clinical assessments, deliver patient-facing services, and contribute to audits and NICE-aligned improvements.