Pcn Clinical Pharmacist in Arundel

Are you a passionate Clinical Pharmacist ready to take the next step in your career? Join our brilliant, dynamic and forward-thinking Primary Care Network and help shape the future of patient care. This is a truly rewarding opportunity to play a central role in transforming how we support our community.

You'll be working at the heart of our multidisciplinary team, helping to optimise medication, deliver personalised care, and improve outcomes for patients with long-term conditions. From structured medication reviews and medicines reconciliation to managing complex polypharmacy and supporting vulnerable groups such as elderly patients and care home residents, you'll make a meaningful difference every day.

We are proud to offer a supportive, progressive environment where your expertise will be valued and your development prioritised. You'll benefit from close collaboration with experienced our Lead Clinical Pharmacist, GPs and other Clinicians as well as access to regular training and reflective practice, and opportunities to contribute to innovative service development across the PCN.

If you're driven by quality, committed to patient-centred care, and excited by the prospect of shaping pharmacy services within a collaborative and ambitious network, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

The Clinical Pharmacist will contribute to the delivery of high-quality, accessible healthcare across the PCN by supporting medication optimisation, enhancing pharmacy operations, and helping to reduce the workload of GPs and other clinical staff. With established experience in General Practice, the post-holder will undertake a wide range of responsibilities including patient-facing activities such as structured medication reviews, medication management, addressing acute medication queries, and supporting the care of patients with long-term conditions and complex polypharmacy.

This will include a particular focus on elderly patients, care home residents, and individuals transitioning between care settings. Working closely with the Lead Clinical Pharmacist, the post-holder will support the review and improvement of pharmacy processes, conduct clinical audits, gather and analyse relevant data, and contribute to meeting Practice and PCN targets, including QOF and IIF. Their input will play a key role in enhancing clinical effectiveness and the overall quality of patient care.

Ongoing professional development will be actively supported through regular engagement with Practice Clinical Leads, collaboration with the wider Practice teams, and participation in dedicated pharmacy meetings, learning sessions, and reflective practice to foster both individual growth and team development.

About us

Bognor Coastal Alliance PCN is a vibrant and forward-thinking Primary Care Network made up of three practices, Grove House Surgery, Maywood Healthcare Centre and West Meads Surgery, serving a diverse population of 39,000 patients. We are proud to be a proactive, innovative, and caring organisation, placing patients and high-quality service delivery at the centre of everything we do.

Our approach is rooted in collaboration, compassion, and continuous improvement, both in the care we provide and in the way we support and develop our teams. We actively encourage new ideas, professional growth, and service innovation, creating a positive and empowering environment where staff are supported to thrive, and patient outcomes are continuously enhanced.

Job responsibilities

• Work to provide patient centred care through expert medicine knowledge to clinically assess and treat patients.
• Conduct structured medication reviews (SMRs), particularly for patients with complex needs, polypharmacy, frailty, or multiple long-term conditions.
• Manage and support chronic disease care, including hypertension, diabetes, COPD, asthma, and other long term conditions, in line with current guidelines.
• Focus care on high priority groups such as frail patients, those in Care Homes or Housebound, with multiple comorbidities, learning disabilities, or autism.
• Receive and resolve medicines queries from patients and colleagues.
• Deliver patient-facing and remote consultations, including medication counselling and health promotion.
• Facilitate safe transfer of care by addressing medicines-related issues post-discharge and developing effective processes between hospitals and General Practice.
• Provide clinical guidance and recommendations to Pharmacy and Practice teams to support prescribing, medication optimisation, and address public health and social care needs.
• Support and respond to medicine-related queries from clinical staff, patients, carers, and other professionals.
• Utilise SMRs to reduce medicine waste and promote self-care where appropriate.
• Ensure compliance with CQC standards and operate in accordance with national and local guidelines.
• Undertake and contribute to clinical audits for quality improvement and implement changes in practice where needed.
• Assist in developing or refining procedures to improve clinical safety and operational efficiency.
• Analyse data to identify and reduce health inequalities within the PCN population.
• Maintain up to date knowledge and comply with legal, ethical, professional, and organisational policies, procedures, and codes of conduct.
• Action MHRA alerts as required to ensure medication safety and compliance.

Prescribing & Medicines Optimisation

• Independently prescribe medications (if qualified as an Independent Prescriber) or work under supervision while training toward the qualification.
• Promote and ensure safe, appropriate, and evidence-based prescribing, in line with NICE guidance and local formularies.
• Support medication optimisation, including deprescribing, improving outcomes, and reducing medicines-related harm.
• Monitor and manage repeat prescribing systems and ensure the safe use of high-risk drugs (e.g., lithium, DMARDs).
• Provide expert advice on medicines management to the Practice and wider PCN, supporting safe, cost effective treatment choices.
• Act as a source of support for clinicians, offering guidance on drug dosing, interactions, side effects, and alternatives (e.g., for out-of-stock medications).
• Maintain up to date knowledge of national prescribing guidelines, particularly those issued by NICE, to inform best practice.

Multidisciplinary Working & Collaboration

• Attend Multidisciplinary meetings.
• Attend Pharmacy Hub sessions and facilitate where necessary.
• Work collaboratively with GPs, Nurses, Clinicians, Care Coordinators, Pharmacy Technicians, and other members of the MDT to support integrated, high quality patient care.
• Liaise with community pharmacies, secondary care, and other healthcare providers to ensure continuity and safety in medication related care transitions.
• Network across the PCNs multidisciplinary team to improve patient outcomes, enhance access to care, and reduce GP and Practice workload.
• Contribute to team effectiveness and performance through personal reflection and make suggestions where required.
• Schedule time with Clinical Leads for Clinical Supervision, professional and personal development.
• Provide Clinical Supervision to Pharmacy Team staff where necessary.

Pharmacy Team Support, Training and Supervision

• Support, mentor, and supervise members of the Pharmacy Team and other staff, as appropriate.
• Provide education and training to Practice and PCN teams on therapeutics, medicine optimisation, and medication safety.
• Promote the role and integration of the Pharmacy Team within the PCN, contributing to awareness and best Practice adoption across the wider team.
• Demonstrate commitment to continual service and process improvement through reflective practice and collaboration.
• Confidently collect, analyse, and present data to inform decision-making and improve clinical and operational outcomes.

Quality & Safety Management

• Alert other team members to concerns about risk, quality, and safety.
• Identify, report and take action on any safeguarding issues or quality of care concerns arising from working with patients and refer issues onwards as appropriate.
• Participate in clinical governance activities and contribute to improving health outcomes through audits, risk management and quality improvement initiatives.
• Use healthcare technologies to collect data for audits and utilise clinical audit to monitor service quality, service delivery, patient access and continuity of care.
• Help develop efficient systems, processes and protocols.
• Follow professional and organisational policies.
• Effectively manage time, workload, and resources.
• Meet all reporting requirement and deadlines per NHS Quality and Outcome Frameworks.

Person Specification

Personal Qualities Essential

• Positive and confident persona.
• Approachable and supportive towards colleagues and patients (able to empathise in difficult/ distressing situations).
• Able to use initiative and problem solve.
• Resilient and able to operate in a calm professional manner during busy and high demand periods.
• Flexible and cooperative dependant on the needs of the PCN/ Practice.
• Highly motivated and focussed.
• Willing to learn and develop.
• Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check.
• The right to work in the UK.
• Able to drive to different PCN sites.

Qualifications Essential

• Master of Pharmacy (or equivalent).
• Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Willing to complete the independent prescribing qualification.

Desirable

• Completed the CPPE pathway.
• A member or working towards a the Royal Pharmaceutical Society membership.
• Postgraduate Certificate in Pharmacy Practice.
• Hold or be working towards a GPhC Independent prescribing qualification.

Experience Essential

• Minimum of 2 years experience working as a Pharmacist.
• Minimum of 1 years experience working as a Pharmacist in General Practice.
• Obtains knowledge and experience of common acute and long term conditions.
• Experience of common acute and long-term conditions.
• Good knowledge of service development in medicines.
• Strong knowledge of dealing with complex medication reviews relevant to General Practice.

Skills Essential

• Exceptional written and oral communication skills (including polite and professional telephone manner).
• Competent IT literacy, including clinical systems such as TPP SystmOne as well as MS Office and email.
• Excellent negotiation, interpersonal and influential skills.
• Able to efficiently plan and prioritise tasks and workflow.
• Ability to apply evidence based researched into Pharmacy work and strategy.
• Self-autonomous but able to work within both Practice and Pharmacy teams.
• Able to follow but also develop policy and procedures were deemed as necessary.
• Capable to identify and resolve risk management issues in accordance with PCN and Practice standards.
• Demonstrates commitment to continual service and process improvement.
• Confident in the collection, analysis and presentation of data.

Desirable

• Possess lead and ambassadorial skills.

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.