Practice Based Pharmacist

NHS; Warwick; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A health service provider is seeking a pharmacist to work across GP practices, optimizing medicines use and improving patient outcomes. Responsibilities include conducting medication reviews, providing clinical advice, and managing chronic disease care within a multi-disciplinary team. The role requires a master's degree in pharmacy, GPhC registration, and a minimum of 2 years of experience. This position supports professional development and offers mentorship within the team.

Qualifications

• Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Master's degree in pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent.
• Minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience.

Responsibilities

• Undertake structured medication reviews and develop person-centred care plans.
• Run clinics where medicines are the main intervention.
• Provide clinical advice and expertise to GPs and nurses.

Skills

Excellent communication

Analytical skills

IT skills

Teamwork

Leadership

Education

Master's degree in pharmacy (MPharm)

General Pharmaceutical Council registration

Minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience

Job description

Overview

You will work across our GP practices to optimise medicines use, improve patient safety and outcomes, and provide accessible clinical services for our local population. This role is integral to delivering the Network Contract DES and to supporting practices with medicines-related activity.

Responsibilities

• Undertake structured medication reviews (including for care home residents) and develop person-centred care plans.
• Run clinics where medicines are the main intervention (e.g. long-term conditions).
• Review prescribing against local and national priorities and collaborate with practice teams on improvement actions.
• Review and act on pathology results; monitor patients with complex long-term conditions to ensure therapy is optimised.
• Provide clinical advice and expertise to GPs, nurses and the wider MDT; liaise across care interfaces (secondary care, mental health, community pharmacy).
• Deliver NHS Health Checks following completion of appropriate training.
• Contribute to the planning and delivery of Network Contract DES services within the PCN.
• Occasional evening or weekend sessions may be required to meet service needs.

You will be supported by a GP clinical supervisor, fellow clinical pharmacists and the wider PCN team. You will also have access to mentorship and professional development via the SWFT Pharmacy team, alongside structured learning (e.g. CPPE).

Main duties

The post holder is a pharmacist, who acts within their professional boundaries, supporting and working alongside a team of pharmacists in general practice. In this role they will be supported by a senior clinical pharmacist who will develop, manage and mentor them.

The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role. They will take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the practice and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy.

The post holder will provide primary support to general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries. They will help support the repeat prescription system, deal with acute prescription requests, and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of patient in the GP practice(s).

The post holder will take on a general practice workload, including the initial assessment of common presentations and recognize signs of serious illness, differential diagnosis and independent management of minor ailments. To follow up patients and investigations, particularly blood tests.

The post holder will demonstrate the effectiveness of the practice\'s medicines optimization and prescribing within the PCN through audit and data analysis.

About us

We are South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust (SWFT). We are an outstanding Trust rated by the CQC and are recruiting to support improving services and patient care. We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond.

Our values are: Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: we encourage applicants to complete a short survey.

Skills and knowledge: Masters degree in pharmacy, GPhC registration, experience in general practice, independent prescribing qualification or progression towards it, and CPPE pathway for primary care pharmacists, among others.

Qualifications and experience

Essential

• Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
• Master\'s degree in pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent
• Minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience

Desirable

• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Independent prescriber and CPPE Primary Care pathway

Knowledge, Skills and Personal Qualities: excellent communication, analytical, IT skills, teamwork, and leadership attributes described in the original description.

Additional information

Disclose and Barring Service checks required. This post is subject to UK visa and registration requirements. Travel between practice sites may be required. This role involves handling body fluids in clinical practice.