Job summaryClinical Pharmacist - Leamington PCN South Warwickshire GP Federation Salary: 47,000 - 55,000 (Dependant on Experience)Job type: 37.5 Hours (Full-Time) - Monday to Friday (9am-5pm)Location: The successful candidate will be required to travel between/or
based at Leamington PCN.Due to the geography and nature of
the role a clean UK driving license and full use of car is essential.
Job summary
Leamington PCN arelooking
to recruit Clinical Pharmacists who are passionate for delivering a quality
service to their patients. The Clinical Pharmacist role supports to improve patients
health outcomes and of the efficiency of the primary care team by providing
direct, accessible and timely medicines expertise, including face to face.
Clinical Pharmacist proactively transfer workload relating to medicines
optimisation issues to improve patients care safety and free up clinical staff
to spend more time on clinical care.
Main duties of the jobMain duties of the jobThe post holder will help patients to get the best from their medicines by switching medications to agreed and approved protocols, improving repeat prescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.
To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using extensive experience and in-depth knowledge to be directly responsible for care and prescribing of defined cohort(s) of patientsTo deliver and develop pharmacy led medicines optimisation working with general practice and the wider multidisciplinary team, ensuring practice remains up to dateTo lead and promote, support and facilitate medicines optimisation for specialist area in the wider medicines agenda ensuring best value, reduced harm and improved outcomes.
To lead and deliver evaluation and audit of service delivery for specialist area in order to ensure a high-quality service and to further develop provision.
To work to the principles of Medicines Optimisation and relevant up to date national guidelines and evidence base.
About usOverview of our organisation SWGP Federation is made up of GP practices from areas including Warwick,
Leamington, Stratford-upon-Avon, and Kenilworth. We work together to deliver
enhanced services for the 300,000 patients we cover, as well as improving
working practices for our staff. We are proud to offer high levels of patient
care across South Warwickshire. Our purpose is to grow, support and enable
Primary Care in South Warwickshire by offering additional services and enabling
individual practices to focus more time on delivering patient care. o 25 days annual leave + bank holidays o NHS Pension o Health & Wellbeing support o Vivup Employee Assistance Programme o Bike2work Scheme o Access to the Blue Light card TheLeamington PCNconsists
of the following practices.
Lisle Court Brunswick Street, Leamington, CV31
2ESSpa
Medical Centre - 81 Radford Road, Leamington Spa CV31
1NECroft Medical Centre - Calder Walk, Royal Leamington Spa,
Leamington Spa CV31 1SAWarwick Gates Family Health Centre - Cressida Close,
Heathcote, Warwick CV34 6DZWhitnash Medical Centre - 110 Coppice Road, Leamington Spa
CV31 2LTWaterside Medical
Centre - Court Street, Leamington Spa CV31
2BBCubbington Road Surgery - 115 Cubbington Road, Leamington Spa
CV32 7ATClarendon Lodge Medical Centre - 16 Clarendon Street,
Leamington Spa CV32 5SSSherbourne Medical
Centre - 40 Oxford Street, Leamington Spa
CV32 4RADetailsDate posted03 November 2026Pay schemeOtherSalary
47,000 to 55,000 a year
ContractPermanentWorking pattern
Full-time
Reference numberB0062-26-0022Job locationsGainsborough Hall Russell Street Leamington SpaWarwickshire CV32 5QBUnited KingdomJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesDuties and Responsibilities: Provide proactive leadership on medicines and prescribing systems to the PCN
multidisciplinary team, patients and their carers. Develop and deliver patient facing services and clinics which improve patients outcomes,
reflect the needs of the PCN population and shift workload from other disciplines. Deliver direct patient consultations and prescribing as part of the practice and cluster
multidisciplinary team approaches acute illness. Improve patient and carer understanding of, confidence in and compliance with their
medicines. Provide pharmaceutical consultations and home visits to patients with long term conditions
as an integral part of the multidisciplinary team. Field medicines and prescribing queries from patients and staff Organize and oversee the PCNS medicines optimisation system including the repeat
prescribing and medication review systems. Deliver high quality medication review and develop bespoke medicines treatment plans for
patients (particularly the elderly, complex patients, and those at high risk of admission) Improve the safety and quality of prescribing following hospital admissions and attendance Improve the quality and effectiveness of prescribing through clinical audit and education to
improve performance against NICE standards, prescribing guidance, and other clinical
standards. Develop yourself and the role through participation in clinical supervision, training, and
service redesign activities Provide a clear and active link with community pharmacists and other stakeholders in the
medicines supply chain to improve patient experience and manage issue Deliver training, monitoring and guidance to other clinicians and staff on medicines issues Contribute to the achievement and maintenance of good to outstanding CQC registration
status.
Job description
Job responsibilitiesDuties and Responsibilities: Provide proactive leadership on medicines and prescribing systems to the PCN
multidisciplinary team, patients and their carers. Develop and deliver patient facing services and clinics which improve patients outcomes,
reflect the needs of the PCN population and shift workload from other disciplines. Deliver direct patient consultations and prescribing as part of the practice and cluster
multidisciplinary team approaches acute illness. Improve patient and carer understanding of, confidence in and compliance with their
medicines. Provide pharmaceutical consultations and home visits to patients with long term conditions
as an integral part of the multidisciplinary team. Field medicines and prescribing queries from patients and staff Organize and oversee the PCNS medicines optimisation system including the repeat
prescribing and medication review systems. Deliver high quality medication review and develop bespoke medicines treatment plans for
patients (particularly the elderly, complex patients, and those at high risk of admission) Improve the safety and quality of prescribing following hospital admissions and attendance Improve the quality and effectiveness of prescribing through clinical audit and education to
improve performance against NICE standards, prescribing guidance, and other clinical
standards. Develop yourself and the role through participation in clinical supervision, training, and
service redesign activities Provide a clear and active link with community pharmacists and other stakeholders in the
medicines supply chain to improve patient experience and manage issue Deliver training, monitoring and guidance to other clinicians and staff on medicines issues Contribute to the achievement and maintenance of good to outstanding CQC registration
status. Person Specification
Qualifications
EssentialMember of GPHC
Experience
EssentialEvidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development. Extensive knowledge of medicines optimisation through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training. Member of GPHC. Understanding of the current national policies those impacting on medicines optimisation services. Considers most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery; can take actions which support and promote this agenda. Sound knowledge of medicines legislation and the vision for the development of clinical pharmacists within primary care. Experience of a patient focused role and consultation skills to apply knowledge in a format patients/carer can understand. Demonstrates understanding of legal, governance and ethical frameworks within which pharmacists and primary/secondary.
DesirableGPHC Independent Prescribing Qualification. Good understanding of primary care.
Person Specification
Qualifications
EssentialMember of GPHC
Experience
EssentialEvidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development. Extensive knowledge of medicines optimisation through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training. Member of GPHC. Understanding of the current national policies those impacting on medicines optimisation services. Considers most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery; can take actions which support and promote this agenda. Sound knowledge of medicines legislation and the vision for the development of clinical pharmacists within primary care. Experience of a patient focused role and consultation skills to apply knowledge in a format patients/carer can understand. Demonstrates understanding of legal, governance and ethical frameworks within which pharmacists and primary/secondary.
DesirableGPHC Independent Prescribing Qualification. Good understanding of primary care.
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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 CheckThis 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 detailsEmployer nameSouth Warwickshire GP FederationAddressGainsborough Hall Russell Street Leamington SpaWarwickshire CV32 5QBUnited KingdomEmployer's websiteEmployer detailsEmployer nameSouth Warwickshire GP FederationAddressGainsborough Hall Russell Street Leamington SpaWarwickshire CV32 5QBUnited KingdomEmployer's website
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