Primary Care Network Clinical Pharmacist (WN)

Integrated Care System; Castleford; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a qualified Clinical Pharmacist to join their multi-disciplinary team. This role involves clinical medicines management and patient care across six GP practices. Ideal candidates will possess a Master's degree in pharmacy, GPhC registration, and experience in primary care settings. This is an excellent opportunity for dedicated professionals eager to contribute to better health outcomes in the community.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in pharmacy or equivalent required.
• Registration with the GPhC and evidence of Continued Professional Development.
• Experience in primary care settings is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Conduct structured medication reviews and manage long-term conditions.
• Provide clinical expertise in a multi-disciplinary team for patient care.
• Manage prescription authorizations and ensure safe prescribing systems.

Skills

Communication

Decision Making

Problem Solving

Relationship Building

Education

Master's degree in pharmacy

Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy

Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

Primary Care Network Clinical Pharmacist (WN)

Are you an enthusiastic and forwards thinking qualified Clinical Pharmacist?

If so this is anexciting opportunity for you to join our existing pharmacy team, working with general practices across our PCN footprint,with support from our existing clinical teams to deliver excellent patient care. You will be partof our growing multi-disciplinary additional roles team, who all work togetherto support our GP practices and their patients.The rolescurrently include Care Coordinators, Clinical Pharmacists, PharmacyTechnicians, Paramedics, Health and Wellbeing Coaches, Social Prescribing LinkWorker, Outreach Nurses and Mental Health Practitioner.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work within their clinical competencies as part of amulti-disciplinary team to provide expertise in clinical medicines management,provide face-to-face structured medication reviews, manage long termconditions, management of medicines on transfer of care and systems for saferprescribing, manage repeat prescription authorisations and reauthorisation,acute prescription request, while addressing both the public health and socialcare needs of patients in the GP practice(s) that make up the PCN.

The base for this role will be at Henry Moore Clinic, but working with all six practices within the PCN.

About us

Wakefield North Primary Care Network (PCN) are developing our services tosupport our six general practices and patients in our PCN across the Easternside of Wakefield District, serving a population of approximately 48,700. Our practicesare;

• Henry Moore Clinic
• Riverside Medical Centre
• Station Lane Medical Centre
• Newland Surgery.

Our PCN iscommitted to improving the care provided to our patients, reducing healthinequalities and raising the standards and quality of our generalpractices.

Job responsibilities

For a full Job Description and Person Specification for this role, please see the document attached. Please note that interviews for this vacancy will take place on the 4th August 2025.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Master's degree in pharmacy or equivalent
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development
• Independent Prescriber or willing to work towards
• Completion of the Primary care pharmacy education (CPPE) pathway or willing to work towards
• Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent)

Experience

• Evidence of working autonomously or as part of a team
• Experience of communicating with other healthcare professionals and the general public
• Experience of prioritising workload.
• Experience of using own initiative to solve problems
• Evidence of personal leadership to improve the quality of care
• Demonstrated ability to prioritise own workload and that of others
• Experience working in a primary care setting / PCN
• Understanding and knowledge of healthcare provision in GP practices, QOF, and PCN DES
• An appreciation of the new NHS landscape including the relationships between individual practices, PCNs and the commissioners
• Use of SystmOne

Skills and Aptitude

• Adaptable and quick to make relationships with new teams
• Flexible and cooperative
• Ability to identify risk and escalate appropriately
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Evidence of working autonomously or as part of a team
• Confident in own professional judgment and excellent decision-making skills
• Demonstrate ability to develop and maintain good working relations across multidisciplinary teams
• Able to interpret complex clinical information and data on medicines to deliver face-to-face clinical care including managing a caseload

Other

• Full driving license with access to a car

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.

£42,991 to £49,977 a yearDepending on experience