South Southwark Primary Care Network Senior Clinical Pharmacist

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking a Senior Clinical Pharmacist to join a dedicated team in South Southwark. This role involves providing clinical leadership, managing staff, and engaging in quality improvement initiatives to enhance patient care within a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years post qualification experience.
• In-depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge.
• Understanding of primary care prescribing and medication management.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct line management of clinical pharmacists.
• Lead training and development for pharmacy staff.
• Support long-term condition management including medication reviews.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Clinical knowledge

Negotiation skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm)

Independent Prescriber (minimum 2 years experience)

Specialist knowledge through postgraduate diploma level

Job description

Job summary

We are seeking highly motivated and experienced Senior Clinical Pharmacists to join our well-established and successful team of thirteen pharmacists and two pharmacy technicians. You will work across our network, providing dedicated support to general practice and our local population. The post holder will work with the Lead Pharmacist to provide support, direction and supervision to the appointed clinical pharmacists working across general practice and clinical leadership on medicines management and quality improvement initiatives.

The successful candidate will be supported through shadowing, robust clinical supervision arrangements and work alongside other clinicians as part of a multi-disciplinary team in patient and non- patient facing roles. The post holder will be supported with ongoing clinical learning and professional development.

Our South Southwark PCN is made up of eighteen GP practices in four neighbourhoods - Camberwell, Peckham, Nunhead and Dulwich, serving approximately 154,000 patients, supported by their GP Federation, Improving Health (IHL).

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting role which will contribute to the reshaping of neighbourhood care for our populations, directed and supported by the South Southwark Primary Care Network (PCN). The post holder will work within their clinical competencies as part of a multi-disciplinary team to:

Provide direct line management of appointed clinical pharmacist(s)

Monthly one-to one meeting with appointed clinical pharmacist(s)

Planning and implementation of new staff inductions with Education and Training Lead

Provide supervision as Designated Practitioner(DP) and Designated Prescribing Practitioner (DPP) for foundation trainee pharmacist(s)

Working with Education and Training Lead to deliver training

Responsible for training

Support long-term condition management within the practice including medication reviews.

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

Provide support on prescription/medication queries and processes.

Facilitate better working with community and hospital pharmacy.

Other general tasks as required.

You will contribute to ongoing service developments, providing data and progress updates, and sharing insights into how the PCN could better support and care for its population.

About us

Our South Southwark PCN is made up of eighteen GP practices in four neighbourhoods - Camberwell, Peckham, Nunhead and Dulwich, serving approximately 154,000 patients, supported by their GP Federation, Improving Health (IHL).

The NHS Long Term Plan describes the prominent role Primary Care Networks play in delivering proactive, personalised, and more integrated health and social care for their local populations. This will require collaborative working between organisations including GP practices, acute and community health, social care organisations and the voluntary and community sector. We are a large PCN with over 60 staff in post to date and expanding over the coming year. We are committed to supporting and developing our staff, knowing this is crucial to our success. We have robust systems in place, including clinical supervision and peer support, and will continue to build on this as we expand our PCN team.

Details Date posted

07 July 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£53,000 to £58,000 a year Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

B0262-25-0004

Job locations

Cornerstone Studios

1 Addington Square

London

SE5 7JZ

Job description Job responsibilities

Please see attached full Job Description:

The post holder has a responsibility to adhere to all IHL policies, procedures and relevant legislation including the requirements of any professional bodies; maintain satisfactory personal performances and professional standards and to achieve agreed objectives for their role; attend mandatory training as identified by IHL and contribute to their own development.

This is a summary of job description and should not be regarded as an inflexible specification. Priorities may change in line with service needs and new duties introduced after consultation with the post holder.

Job description Job responsibilities

Please see attached full Job Description:

The post holder has a responsibility to adhere to all IHL policies, procedures and relevant legislation including the requirements of any professional bodies; maintain satisfactory personal performances and professional standards and to achieve agreed objectives for their role; attend mandatory training as identified by IHL and contribute to their own development.

This is a summary of job description and should not be regarded as an inflexible specification. Priorities may change in line with service needs and new duties introduced after consultation with the post holder.

Person Specification Experience Essential

• Minimum of 5 years post qualification experience
• In-depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence- based healthcare.
• An understanding of general practice and challenges they currently face.
• An understanding of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients)
• Good IT skills
• Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information.
• Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate.
• Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions.
• Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision

Desirable

• Knowledge, awareness and experience of brief intervention and referral pathways (including community pharmacy) that provide opportunistic advice and support for preventable illness and/or long-term conditions receptive to lifestyle/pharmacological support.
• Experience of supervising junior pharmacists and trainee pharmacists

Qualifications Essential

• Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent)
• Independent Prescriber (minimum 2 years experience)
• Specialist knowledge acquired through postgraduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience.
• CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway

Person Specification Experience Essential

• Minimum of 5 years post qualification experience
• In-depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence- based healthcare.
• An understanding of general practice and challenges they currently face.
• An understanding of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients)
• Good IT skills
• Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information.
• Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate.
• Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions.
• Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision

Desirable

• Knowledge, awareness and experience of brief intervention and referral pathways (including community pharmacy) that provide opportunistic advice and support for preventable illness and/or long-term conditions receptive to lifestyle/pharmacological support.
• Experience of supervising junior pharmacists and trainee pharmacists

Qualifications Essential

• Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent)
• Independent Prescriber (minimum 2 years experience)
• Specialist knowledge acquired through postgraduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience.
• CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway

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

Improving Health Limited

Address

Cornerstone Studios

1 Addington Square

London

SE5 7JZ

Employer's website

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

Employer details Employer name

Improving Health Limited

Address

Cornerstone Studios

1 Addington Square

London

SE5 7JZ

Employer's website

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