Pharmacist Assistant ofertas em United States

Job Summary

Central North Leeds PCN are looking for a highly motivated and aspirational clinical pharmacist to join our established team of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

This role is critical in supporting the delivery of the PCN Contract DES specifications and will help lead improvements to maximise safe, evidenced-based best practice to improve the quality of patient care.

Applications welcome from pharmacists with patient-facing experience from any sector. Newly qualified pharmacists or pharmacists looking for a new direction are encouraged to apply. An interest in working in general practice is essential. As a PCN clinical pharmacist you will receive fully accredited training from CPPE and will be provided with appropriate supervision from a GP clinical supervisor and from senior pharmacists.

We Are Most Interested In Candidates With:

• Up-to-date clinical knowledge who understand the nature of primary care prescribing, medication review, and strategies for improving prescribing
• A commitment to addressing health inequalities and proactively reaching people from all communities
• The ability to recognise their personal limitations and boundaries, to understand those of their colleagues, and refer to other colleagues when necessary
• The ability to thrive when working in a devolved, flexible, autonomous environment
  
  

See Advert Overview Document for more information.

Main duties of the job

• Work within your clinical competencies with a high level of support and supervision from the PCN Clinical Pharmacists.
• The role will be structured to provide person-centred expertise in clinical medicines management, medicine optimisation, safer prescribing and quality improvement, whilst contributing to the PCN DES contract, quality and outcomes framework and local enhanced services.
• Undertake a patient facing role in managing long-term conditions; working directly with patients to assess and treat conditions, as well as promote self-care
• Perform medication reviews
• You will require flexibility to develop in line with the national service specification in the GP contract and NHS Long Term Plan and in respond to the evolving needs of PCNs
• You will be a forward-thinking, flexible, innovative and enthusiastic about working collaboratively across the team and keen to deliver the ethos of the network
• Deal with management of medicines on transfer of care: discharge letters, treatment advice notes and medicines reconciliation
  
  

Support to develop, includes enrolment on the Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway from CPPE and becoming an independent prescriber. You will have line-management from the Senior Clinical Pharmacist, and a GP clinical supervisor. Peer support will be provided by pharmacy colleagues within the PCN and across Leeds.

See Advert Overview Document for more information.

About Us

We are a well-established and innovative PCN of 5 general practices with a long history of working together and working with a range of local providers, including across primary care, community services, social care and the voluntary sector, to offer more personalised, coordinated health and social care to around 80,000 people.

The PCN works hand-in-hand with general practice staff and employs a wide variety of roles outside of the pharmacy team, namely; social and well being prescribers, paramedics, occupational therapists, health and wellbeing coaches, nurse associates, health care assistants and a phlebotomist. The PCN team work closely with each other and meet monthly as part of a multi-disciplinary team to discuss complex patients. There is a strong emphasis on learning and development of PCN staff and as such the PCN have created a supportive environment for staff to flourish.

Details

Date posted

20 June 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience Negotiable and equivalent to AfC band 6-7 (£38,682- £54,710)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

A5065-25-0101

Job locations

Shadwell Medical Centre

137 Shadwell Lane

Leeds

LS17 8AE

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose

To support a Primary Care Network (PCN) within Leeds in all aspects of medicines optimisation.

The Post Holder Will Work Within Their Clinical Competencies As Part Of a Multi-disciplinary Team To Provide Expertise In Clinical Medicines Optimisation Across The PCN. This Will Include Medication Reviews With Direct Patient Contact And May Include Contributing To:

• Management of long-term conditions
• Management of medicines on transfer of care
• Reviewing systems for safer prescribing
• Contributing to repeat prescription authorisations and reauthorisation.
• Addressing both the public health and social care needs of patients
• Contributing to achievement of PCN DES contract, QOF and locally commissioned quality improvement schemes.
• Undertaking clinical audit
• Developing, promoting and implementing the high quality, evidence based and cost effective use of medicines in primary care in a way that maximises the benefits of medicines to patients and service users and which minimises risks (clinical, legal and financial).
  
  

The specifics of the role will be worked up between the post-holder and the PCN.

The post holder will be supported by existing pharmacy professionals employed within the PCN and a GP clinical supervisor. They will also engage with other pharmacy colleagues in Leeds for peer support.

The post holder will be required to enrol on the Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway from CPPE, following which will be required to enrol on a prescribing course.

In addition to these functions the post holder is expected to:

In agreement with their line manager carries out such other duties as may be reasonably expected in accordance with the grade of the post.

Please see Clinical Pharmacist Job Description Document for full list of Key Responsibilities.

Job Description

Job responsibilities

The Post Holder Will Work Within Their Clinical Competencies As Part Of a Multi-disciplinary Team To Provide Expertise In Clinical Medicines Optimisation Across The PCN. This Will Include Medication Reviews With Direct Patient Contact And May Include Contributing To:

• Management of long-term conditions
• Management of medicines on transfer of care
• Reviewing systems for safer prescribing
• Contributing to repeat prescription authorisations and reauthorisation.
• Addressing both the public health and social care needs of patients
• Contributing to achievement of PCN DES contract, QOF and locally commissioned quality improvement schemes.
• Undertaking clinical audit
• Developing, promoting and implementing the high quality, evidence based and cost effective use of medicines in primary care in a way that maximises the benefits of medicines to patients and service users and which minimises risks (clinical, legal and financial).
  
  

The specifics of the role will be worked up between the post-holder and the PCN.

The post holder will be supported by existing pharmacy professionals employed within the PCN and a GP clinical supervisor. They will also engage with other pharmacy colleagues in Leeds for peer support.

The post holder will be required to enrol on the Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway from CPPE, following which will be required to enrol on a prescribing course.

In addition to these functions the post holder is expected to:

In agreement with their line manager carries out such other duties as may be reasonably expected in accordance with the grade of the post.

Please see Clinical Pharmacist Job Description Document for full list of Key Responsibilities.

Person Specification

Personal qualities & attributes

Essential

• Commitment to reducing health inequalities and proactively working to reach people from all communities
• Demonstrates use of appropriate communication to gain the co-operation of relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and peer colleagues, and other professionals, other NHS/private organisations, e.g. CCGs)
• Is able to recognise personal limitations and refer to more appropriate colleague(s) when necessary
• Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships and to promote collaborative practice with all colleagues
• Demonstrates personal accountability, emotional resilience and works well under pressure
• Ability to organise, plan and prioritise on own initiative, including when under pressure and meeting deadlines
• High level of written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work flexibly and enthusiastically within a team or on own initiative
• Knowledge of and ability to work to policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance, and health and safety
  
  

Desirable

• Ability to identify risk and assess/manage risk when working with individuals
• Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision
• Able to provide leadership and to finish work tasks
  
  

Qualifications

Essential

• Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Professional knowledge acquired through vocational masters degree in pharmacy (4 years) or equivalent + 1 year pre-registration training
• Demonstrates and understanding of, and conforms to, relevant standards of practice.
• Follows professional and organisational policies/procedures relating to performance management
• Awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-terms conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice
  
  

Desirable

• Membership Primary Care Pharmacy Association (PCPA)
• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
  
  

Experience

Essential

• Knowledge of IT systems, including ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet to create simple plans and reports
• Able to gain acceptance for recommendations and influence/motivate/persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations/agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers
  
  

Desirable

• Demonstrates ability to integrate general practice with community and hospital pharmacy teams and community groups
• Experience of partnership/collaborative working and of building relationships across a variety of organisations
• Post registration experience
• Experience of communicating and engaging effectively with internal and external agencies/ stakeholders
• In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare
• Understanding of the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on communities
• An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing. Analyse and interpret complex prescribing information and present information in a clear way
• Able to plan, manage, monitor and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions
• Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information. Interpret data to draw conclusions
• Able to identify and resolve risk management issues according to policy/protocol.
• Understand the principles of research governance
  
  

Essential

Other requirements

• Meets DBS reference standards and has a clear criminal record, in line with the law on spent convictions
• Adaptable
• Evidence of being a great team-player
• Self-Motivation
• Safeguarding and other mandatory training
• Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis, including to visit people in their own homes
  
  

Desirable

• Immunisation status
  
  

Person Specification

Personal qualities & attributes

Essential

• Meets DBS reference standards and has a clear criminal record, in line with the law on spent convictions
• Adaptable
• Evidence of being a great team-player
• Self-Motivation
• Safeguarding and other mandatory training
• Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis, including to visit people in their own homes
  
  

Desirable

• Immunisation status
  
  

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

Central North Leeds Primary Care Network Ltd

Address

Shadwell Medical Centre

137 Shadwell Lane

Leeds

LS17 8AE

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Central North Leeds Primary Care Network Ltd

Address

Shadwell Medical Centre

137 Shadwell Lane

Leeds

LS17 8AE

Employer's website

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

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