Primary Care Network Senior Clinical Pharmacist

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Corby; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Clinical Pharmacist to support practices in North Northamptonshire. This role requires clinical expertise and leadership skills to develop pharmacy services within primary care, ensuring high-quality patient care and managing chronic disease effectively.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Completion of an undergraduate degree in pharmacy required.
• Minimum 2 years experience in various clinical settings needed.
• Demonstrated commitment to leadership and development.

Responsibilities

• Work in a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role.
• Support general practice staff with prescription queries.
• Take responsibility for chronic disease management.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical pharmacy services

Patient care

Education

MPharm or Equivalent

Registered with GPhC

Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent experience

Job description

Primary Care Network Senior Clinical Pharmacist

Band 8a

Main area Pharmacist Grade Band 8a Contract Fixed term: 2 years (Secondment cover) Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week Job ref 270-TF797-CORP-A

Site Primary Care Networks across Northamptonshire Town Northamptonshire Salary £53,755 - £60,504 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 13/06/2025 23:59

Are you looking for the next step in your career? A role which allows you to demonstrate your clinical experience and help develop and deliver high quality pharmacy services within primary care.

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust on behalf of 3Sixty Care Partnership, and its member practices, are excited to announce that they are seeking to recruit Senior Clinical Pharmacists across networks of GP practices in North Northamptonshire and expand the existing team.

The 3Sixty Care Partnership is a unique joint venture between a federation of 27 GP practices in Kettering, Corby, Wellingborough and East Northants and Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. We aim to bring health and care professionals together to provide community based prevention programmes and joined up health and care treatment and support for our patients where they live.

3Sixty are working together with the five newly formedPrimary Care Networks(PCNs)to support them to deliver joined-up services which we believe will lead to better quality care, better patient satisfaction and better outcomes.

We are very excited to offer opportunities for Senior Clinical Pharmacists at 8a level to work within our existing team of pharmacy professionals and to be involved in the development of new models of care. These roles will work with the existing team supporting practices in Wellingborough, East Northants, Kettering and Corby.

Main duties of the job

The role involve working in a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role as well as providing primary support to general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries. As a senior pharmacist within the team, the chosen candidates will use leadership skills to support the development of the existing team and clinical service. Also, the successful candidates will take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the practice and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy.

Interested applicants will need to have completion of an undergraduate degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council, as well as a minimum of 2 years’ experience as a pharmacist, working across clinical settings. Applicants will also need to demonstrate a commitment to leadership, learning and development and an ability to adapt to different working environments.

Working for our organisation

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.

Person specification

Experience

• Experience of providing clinical pharmacy services e.g. hospital, community, primary care or skills for analysing complex patient/medicines information
• Understanding of project management and clinical audit
• Evidence of continual professional development
• Experience of teaching or training staff
• Managerial experience, including line management
• Experience of primary care including general practice
• Completion of relevant CPPE Primary Care Pathways
• Understanding of relevant IT systems e.g. ePACT, EMIS, SystmOne

Qualifications

• MPharm or Equivalent
• Registered with GPhC
• Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent experience (e.g. CPPE pathway)
• Leadership Qualifications

By completing an application you are giving authorisation for the transfer of your data. In submitting an application form, you authorise us to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Including factual reference, occupational health clearance and statutory and mandatory training records and full service history.

You must ensure that your application, including supporting statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.

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Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.

We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.

All roles are subject to the home office immigration rules and therefore eligibility must meet certain requirements for any sponsorship to be considered. Please visit the government website for more information regarding eligibility,

At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours and part time hours. Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register with the DBS Automatic Update Service upon receipt of their DBS certificate and must update yearly , the annual fee will be reimbursed subject to Trust policy. For further information please visit: DBS Update Service: applicant guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note if a DBS is applicable for the position then a charge will be deducted from your first salary or upfront cost if a staff bank position.

Please note that all new starters to the trustare subject to a probationary period.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Mohammed Koli Job title Primary Care Network Pharmacy Team Manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07857655498