Primary Care Network Senior Clinical Pharmacist

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

An opportunity for a Senior Clinical Pharmacist to join a primary care network, delivering high-quality pharmacy services within a team-oriented setting. The role focuses on patient management, support for clinicians, and medicines optimisation, requiring a strong background in clinical pharmacy and leadership skills.

Benefits

Occupational sickness pay

Counselling services

Cycle to Work Scheme

Private healthcare (Benenden Healthcare)

Career development and mentorship

Qualifications

• At least 5 years post-qualification experience.
• In-depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge.
• Understanding of GPs and primary care practices.

Responsibilities

• Manage patients with co-morbidities in chronic disease management.
• Support practice staff with prescription and medication queries.
• Lead on medicines optimisation and quality improvement.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Leadership

Negotiation

Education

Postgraduate diploma level or equivalent in specialist knowledge

Job description

Primary Care Network Senior Clinical Pharmacist

The post holder will be employed by Greenwich Health, the GP Federation. The post holder will work with Riverview Health PCN, a grouping of 5 practices. Riverview has a team of clinical pharmacists working to deliver practice support as well as PCN-level work, meaning individual pharmacists are part of a wider team.

The postholder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary, patient-facing team.

Proactively manage patients with co-morbidities.

Provide support to general practice staff regarding prescription and medication queries. Support the repeat prescriptions system, handle acute prescription requests, and conduct medicines reconciliation during transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, providing clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of patients in GP practices.

Provide leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement, and manage aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will preferably be an independent prescriber (not essential) and have experience working in primary care. They will need to be able to:

• Hold patient-facing reviews and provide medicine support
• Manage medicines at hospital discharge
• Hold long-term conditions clinics
• Be a centre of medicines information for practice staff
• Support and adhere to repeat prescribing processes
• Support medicines safety and follow local/national guidelines

About us

Greenwich Health is the GP Federation for the Greenwich Borough with a not-for-profit ethos. We reinvest surplus into staff development, organizational growth, and supporting GP Practices to be sustainable. We are committed to quality care and building resilience for General Practice, delivering services at scale to the Greenwich population.

Why work for Greenwich Health?

• We are a local organization owned by our GP practices, caring about Greenwich and making a difference.
• We offer competitive pay and benefits including occupational sickness pay, counselling services, EV Salary Sacrifice Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme, and private healthcare (Benenden Healthcare).
• We have a track record of career development and partnerships with local healthcare providers, including shared posts with hospital trusts and GP practices.
• You will receive ongoing support and mentorship.
• Our culture promotes openness and togetherness, resulting in high staff retention.

Job responsibilities

Job Title: Primary Care Network Senior Clinical Pharmacist

Responsible to: GP Practice Leads, Clinical Supervisor, Greenwich Health Federation

Pay range: £44,000-£51,000 (equivalent to Agenda for Change Band 8a)

Location: Greenwich

Hours of work: 40 hours

Key Relationships: The GP Federation, The PCN, Local practices, Providers

Greenwich Health is committed to providing quality care and building resilience in General Practice, delivering services at scale to the Greenwich population.

Job Summary

The post holder will be employed by Greenwich Health, the GP Federation in Greenwich. Greenwich has 6 PCNs with list sizes of 30,000-80,000 patients. The post holder will work for one of these PCNs, a grouping of 6 practices, working across two member practices with a combined list of 10,000 patients.

The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary, patient-facing team, managing patients with co-morbidities in chronic disease management.

They will support practice staff with prescription and medication queries, assist with repeat prescriptions, acute requests, and medicines reconciliation, providing clinical advice and addressing patient social and health care needs.

The role includes clinical leadership on medicines optimisation, quality improvement, and management of some aspects of the QOF and enhanced services. It is key to improving care quality and operational efficiency, requiring motivation and passion for excellent service delivery.

Individual Responsibilities

The post holder is expected to:

• Adhere to policies, procedures, and legislation, including professional body requirements
• Maintain personal and professional standards and achieve role objectives
• Attend mandatory training and participate in performance reviews
• Hold professional indemnity insurance suitable for the work
• Have authority to make prescribing changes, possibly via GP signature or written agreement

Working Relationships

Engage with:

• Patients and carers
• GPs, nurses, practice staff, pharmacists
• Prescribing leads, CCG pharmacists, secondary care pharmacists, community nurses, and other health professionals

The post holder should work flexibly across the PCN, supporting team development and upholding high-quality service standards.

Health & Safety

Support health, safety, and security in accordance with practice policies, including risk management, infection control, and hazard reporting.

Equality and Diversity

Respect patient and colleague rights, privacy, dignity, and individual circumstances, acting non-judgmentally and inclusively.

Personal/Professional Development

Participate in training, annual reviews, and ongoing learning, including development supported by Soar Beyond and the SMART platform, focusing on areas like Diabetes management.

Quality and Governance

Maintain quality standards, identify risks, and manage performance and workload effectively.

Confidentiality

Respect patient confidentiality and data protection policies throughout all activities.

Clinical Activities

Undertake medication reviews, manage medicines at discharge, support long-term condition clinics, and ensure medicines optimisation. Provide patient clinics, a helpline, and support for unplanned hospital admissions and repeat prescribing. Analyze medicines data, interpret policies, and manage the implementation of guidance.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Postgraduate diploma level or equivalent in specialist knowledge

Experience

• At least 5 years post-qualification experience
• In-depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge, understanding evidence-based healthcare principles
• Understanding of GPs and primary care practices

Professional Registration

• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Working towards or member of the Faculty of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Other

• Ability to communicate complex information clearly
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing, and negotiating skills
• Accountability for professional expertise and service provision

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This role requires a DBS check due to the sensitive nature of the work and legal requirements.