PCN Pharmacist in Lincolnshire

Grow your impact across primary care. What if your next role gave you the opportunity to make a real difference to people's health every day? At Lincolnshire Co-op, our pharmacies are trusted healthcare destinations, providing expert advice, clinical care and support to local communities.

As a PCN Pharmacist, you'll work within an evolving Primary Care Network, supporting medicines optimisation, improving prescribing safety and helping deliver joined-up care across General Practice and Community Pharmacy. Develop your clinical practice and make a difference. No two days are the same. You could be carrying out structured medication reviews for patients with long-term conditions, responding to prescribing queries, supporting clinical audits or working with GP practice teams to improve the safe and effective use of medicines.

You'll use your clinical knowledge and professional judgement to provide personalised, patient-centred care, helping people get the best possible outcomes from their medicines. Working alongside GPs, community pharmacists and other healthcare professionals, you'll build valuable relationships, broaden your clinical experience and contribute to improving healthcare across our communities. This is an opportunity to develop your expertise, grow your confidence and play an important role in shaping the future of primary care.

Main duties of the job:

• Support better outcomes through medicines optimisation.
• Prioritise patient care by supporting patients with one or multiple medical conditions where medicines optimisation is required.
• Undertake clinical medication reviews, review monitoring needs and produce recommendations for senior clinical pharmacists, nurses and/or GPs on prescribing and ongoing care.
• Work closely with GPs, community pharmacy teams and other healthcare professionals, answering medicines-related queries and supporting safe, effective prescribing.
• Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in areas directed by GPs, feeding back results and implementing changes with the practice team.
• Manage the repeat prescribing re-authorisation process by reviewing patient requests, monitoring review dates and flagging those needing further clinical review.
• Support signposting and referrals to community pharmacy and other healthcare professionals where appropriate.
• Help practices achieve Quality and Outcomes Framework indicators and support the development of services with medicinal components.
• Use the Electronic Prescription Service tracker correctly to support claims and manage processes effectively.
• Train and support primary healthcare teams on therapeutics and medicines optimisation.

About us: From a single store in 1861, Lincolnshire Co-op has grown to be one of the most successful co-operatives in the UK. We're proud to be able to offer a wide range of services from across our family of businesses. From Food Stores and Pharmacies to Post Offices and Support Services, we're a growing society made up of over 220 outlets and nearly 3,000 colleagues.

We're owned by our members, the people of Lincolnshire and surrounding counties, and have been for more than 160 years! Communities are at the heart of everything we do and motivate us to deliver more than great customer service. We support them by sharing dividends with our members, investing in new and improved services, raising money for charity through our Community Champion scheme, supporting local schools and so much more!

We work together as a Society and are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is barrier-free and as inclusive as possible for everyone. If you need any adjustments, would like us to do anything differently during the interview or would like to get in touch with us about anything else, please contact our Recruitment team on (01522) 533316, or alternatively you can email careers@lincolnshire.coop.

We may choose to close our vacancies in the event that we receive a high volume of suitable applications, so we encourage all candidates to apply as soon as possible.

Person Specification

• Qualifications: Educated to degree level in a relevant qualification, registered with the GPhC and eligible to work in the UK.
• Experience: Have experience and an awareness of common acute and long-term conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice. Demonstrate understanding of the pharmacy role in governance and can implement this appropriately within the workplace. Understands and demonstrates the characteristics of a role model to members in the team and/or service. Committed to continual personal and professional development. To understand customer needs and provide excellent customer care. A flexible approach to ways of working. A proven track record of utilising their own initiative and prioritising own time. Excellent communication skills with a willingness to embrace new challenges and an ability to listen and engage effectively. Promotes diversity and equality in people management techniques and leads by example.
• Desirable: Prior experience in general practice desirable. Experience in SystmOne desirable. Knowledge of Lincolnshire Co-op and of the Co-operative business model, demonstrating values that would support our Purpose.

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.