Senior Clinical Pharmacist (Advanced Practitioner)

NHS; Bristol; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Bristol is seeking a Senior Clinical Pharmacist (Advanced Practitioner) to enhance clinical pharmacy services. This role involves patient care management, clinical leadership, and collaboration with healthcare teams to optimize medication use. The position offers a competitive salary and flexible working arrangements, making it an excellent opportunity for professional growth in a primary care setting.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus statutory holidays

NHS Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience.
• Demonstrate understanding of the pharmacy role in governance.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and mentoring to pharmacy staff.
• Conduct clinical medication reviews with patients.
• Manage the clinical pharmacy service for the PCN.

Skills

Clinical Supervision

Patient Care Management

Medication Reviews

Education

Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm)

Independent prescribing qualification

Job description

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• This is an exciting new opportunity for a Advanced Clinical Pharmacist (ACP) to develop their career in a primary care setting. Connexus Primary Care Network supports over 50,000 patients registered with five GP Practices in South-East Bristol.
  
  

Job Summary

• This is an exciting new opportunity for a Advanced Clinical Pharmacist (ACP) to develop their career in a primary care setting. Connexus Primary Care Network supports over 50,000 patients registered with five GP Practices in South-East Bristol.
  
  

Main duties of the job

To further develop and enhance the clinical pharmacy service to the patients of the Connexus Primary Care Network (PCN). To provide clinical leadership, supervision and mentoring to Clinical Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and Clerks working for the PCN. To provide General Management (Clinical and non-clinical) of the PCN Pharmacy Hub located at Brooklea Health Centre.

About Us

Connexus Primary Care Network comprises five General Practices serving over 50,000 patients in South East Bristol. The PCN currently employs Clinical Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacy Clerks, who work closely with Practice employed Pharmacists, GP's and medicines management leads to ensure the provision of high quality clinical services.

We offer a competitive salary, 25 days annual leave plus statutory holidays, and the opportunity to join the NHS Pension Scheme

Date posted

25 April 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience £50,000 - £60,000 depending on experience (Pro Rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

A1833-25-0005

Job locations

Brooklea Health Centre

Wick Road

Bristol

BS4 4HU

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Support the PCN and Practices to achieve maximum performance through the Investment and Impact Fund (or equivalent) and QOF including ensuring good working relationships with Community Pharmacy, and supporting Practices to achieve targets for prescribing practice.

Provide High Quality Patient Facing Services, Including Cover For The Members Of The Pharmacy Team Annual Leave, Study Leave Or Planned Sick Leave:

• Long-term condition reviews - Take responsibility for the care management of patients with chronic diseases where medicine optimisation is required. E.g., COPD, asthma.
• Patient facing clinical medication reviews - Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and make appropriate recommendations for the clinical team on prescribing and monitoring. Through structured medical reviews the post holder will support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care.
• Opportunity to develop specialist areas of prescribing expertise in line with PCN clinical priorities
  
  

Ensure that systems are in place for effective care home medication reviews support the Pharmacy Team to undertake clinical medication reviews with patients. Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration.

Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst addressing both the public health and social care needs of patients to proactively tackle inequalities in health resource usage and outcomes in the Connexus PCN area, .

Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical research with medicines, liaison with specialist and community pharmacists.

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Support the PCN and Practices to achieve maximum performance through the Investment and Impact Fund (or equivalent) and QOF including ensuring good working relationships with Community Pharmacy, and supporting Practices to achieve targets for prescribing practice.

Provide High Quality Patient Facing Services, Including Cover For The Members Of The Pharmacy Team Annual Leave, Study Leave Or Planned Sick Leave:

• Long-term condition reviews - Take responsibility for the care management of patients with chronic diseases where medicine optimisation is required. E.g., COPD, asthma.
• Patient facing clinical medication reviews - Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and make appropriate recommendations for the clinical team on prescribing and monitoring. Through structured medical reviews the post holder will support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care.
• Opportunity to develop specialist areas of prescribing expertise in line with PCN clinical priorities
  
  

Ensure that systems are in place for effective care home medication reviews support the Pharmacy Team to undertake clinical medication reviews with patients. Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration.

Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst addressing both the public health and social care needs of patients to proactively tackle inequalities in health resource usage and outcomes in the Connexus PCN area, .

Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical research with medicines, liaison with specialist and community pharmacists.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Demonstrate understanding of the pharmacy role in governance and is able to implement this appropriately within the workplace
• Demonstrate understanding of, and contribute to, the PCN vision for the improvement of services for our patients, and the effective use of resources to manage workloads in primary care
• Demonstrate ability to improve quality within limitations of service
• Demonstrate ability to motivate self and others to achieve goals
• Demonstrate understanding of the implications of national priorities for the team and service
• Demonstrate understanding of the process for effective resource utilisation
• Demonstrate ability to identify and resolve risk management issues according to policy/protocol
• Follow professional and organisational policies/procedures relating to performance management
• Demonstrate the ability to extend boundaries of service delivery within the team
• Experience of providing clinical supervision to pharmacy colleagues
• Experience of delivering educational events for a general clinical audience
• Ability to critically evaluate and review literature
• Ability to generate evidence suitable for presentation at local level
• Understanding of principles of research governance and ability to work as a member of the research team
• Awareness of health inequalities in the Connexus area and the role of primary care in addressing them
• Understanding of data protection, information governance and confidentiality requirements in primary care
  
  

Other

Essential

• Flexibility to work occasional evenings or Saturdays in support of Primary Care Contract requirements
• Ability to travel between the five member Practices
  
  

Qualifications

Essential

• Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
• Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent)
• Hold an independent prescribing qualification
• Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience.
  
  

Desirable

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Experience

Essential

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Desirable

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Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• See Attachment.
  
  

Desirable

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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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Connexus PCN

Address

Brooklea Health Centre

Wick Road

Bristol

BS4 4HU

Employer's website

https://www.nightingalevalleypractice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Connexus PCN

Address

Brooklea Health Centre

Wick Road

Bristol

BS4 4HU

Employer's website

https://www.nightingalevalleypractice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

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