PCN Clinical Pharmacist

Join Our Team as a PCN Clinical Pharmacist. Are you a motivated Clinical Pharmacist looking to make a meaningful impact in primary care? Do you thrive in collaborative environments where your expertise is valued and your ideas shape the future of patient care? North East Derbyshire Primary Care Network Ltd is seeking a passionate and proactive Clinical Pharmacist to join our dynamic team. You will work across four forward‑thinking GP practices delivering high‑quality, patient‑centred care. Whether you’re already in a PCN role or transitioning from community or hospital pharmacy, we would love to hear from you.

What We Are Looking For

• GPhC‑registered pharmacist.
• Has gained or working towards the CPPE Pathway qualification (required for funding purposes).
• Experience in primary care or a strong desire to learn.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• A forward‑thinker who is ready to challenge the status quo.

Main Duties of the Job

• Conduct structured medication reviews and optimise prescribing for long‑term conditions.
• Consult with patients to manage their long‑term conditions.
• Promote safer prescribing practices and reduce medication‑related harm.
• Use digital tools and audits to enhance clinical outcomes.
• Provide expert advice to patients and colleagues.
• Contribute to the evolution of pharmacy services in primary care.
• Work collaboratively across all practices to ensure consistent standards, shared learning, and seamless service delivery.

Job Responsibilities

• Work as part of a multi‑disciplinary team in a patient‑facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using their expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas.
• Be responsible for the care management of patients with chronic diseases and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy, especially the elderly, people in care homes, those with multiple co‑morbidities (in particular frailty, COPD and asthma) and people with learning disabilities or autism.
• Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines while helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients at the PCN’s practice(s) and to help in tackling inequalities.
• Provide leadership on person‑centred medicines optimisation and quality improvement.
• Through structured medication reviews, support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self‑care.
• Have a leadership role in supporting further integration of general practice with the wider healthcare teams.
• Develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across PCNs and the wider health and social care system.
• Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical research with medicines, liaison with specialist pharmacists, and community pharmacists.
• Be part of a professional clinical network and have access to appropriate clinical supervision.
• Act as the PCN point of contact for all medicine‑related matters, establishing positive working relationships.
• Liaise with the practices and standardise the medicines management process across the PCN.
• Consult patients within defined levels of competence and independently prescribe acute and repeat medication.
• Receive referrals and directed patients from triage services and other clinicians.
• Resolve medicines queries from patients and other staff.
• Provide medication review services for patients in the practice and during domiciliary visits to the local nursing home.
• Manage a caseload of complex patients.
• Manage a therapeutic drug monitoring system and the recall of patients taking high‑risk drugs.
• Deliver long‑term conditions clinics, particularly for patients with complicated medication regimes.
• Provide pharmaceutical consultations to patients with long‑term conditions as an integral part of the multi‑disciplinary team.
• Review medications for newly registered patients.
• Improve patient and carer understanding of confidence in and compliance with their medication.
• Encourage cost‑effective prescribing throughout the PCN.
• Liaise with practices and implement a robust repeat prescribing system.
• Provide advice and answer medication‑related queries from patients and staff.
• Organise and oversee the PCN’s medicines optimisation systems.
• Improve the quality and effectiveness of prescribing through clinical audit and education.
• Provide subject matter expertise on medication monitoring.
• Signpost patients to the correct healthcare professional.
• Review the latest guidance ensuring the organisation conforms to NICE, CQC etc.
• Provide targeted support and proactive reviews for vulnerable, complex patients.
• Provide proactive leadership on medicines and prescribing systems.
• Support the delivery of enhanced services and other service requirements.
• Participate in the management of patient complaints and identify necessary learning.
• Undertake all mandatory training and induction programmes.
• Contribute to and embrace the spectrum of clinical governance.
• Attend a formal appraisal with your manager at least every 12 months.
• Contribute to public health campaigns through advice or direct care.
• Maintain a clean, tidy, effective working area at all times.

Additional Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of QOF, incentive schemes, QIPP and other quality or cost‑effectiveness initiatives.
• Agree and review prescribing formularies and protocols.
• Improve the data quality of medicines records.
• Deliver training, mentoring and guidance to other clinicians and staff.
• Provide proactive support to the Pharmacy Technician team.
• Work in partnership with pharmacists and clinicians in secondary care.
• Provide leadership and support to prescription administrative/dispensary staff.
• Develop a specialist area of interest.
• Work with community pharmacists, hospital pharmacists and other stakeholders.
• Support virtual and remote models of consultation.
• Undertake any tasks consistent with the level of the post.

Person Specification

• Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively.
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiation skills.
• Knowledge of IT systems and ability to use word processing skills.
• Clear, polite telephone manner.
• Effective time management.
• Demonstrate personal accountability and emotional resilience.
• Ability to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues.
• Good clinical system IT knowledge.

Personal Qualities

• Ability to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures.
• Ability to use own initiative, discretion and sensitivity.
• Able to get along with people from all backgrounds and communities.
• Flexible and cooperative.
• Ability to identify risk and assess/manage risk.
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations.
• Able to provide leadership and to finish work tasks.
• Problem solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.

Experience

• An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practice.
• Minimum of two years working as a pharmacist.
• Experience in managing pharmacy services in primary care.
• In‑depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge.

Other Requirements

• Occupational health clearance.
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD).
• Access to own transport with business insurance.
• Competent with using Microsoft Office software.
• Highly organised and flexible.
• Resilient and motivated.

Qualifications

• GPhC registered pharmacist.
• Has qualified from or working towards an approved training pathway.
• Minor ailments certification.
• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
• Working towards faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
• MUR and repeat dispensing certification.

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.

Address

C/O Springs Health Centre, Recreation Close

Job Locations

C/O Springs Health Centre, Recreation Close

Working Conditions

Full‑time, Part‑time, Job share, Flexible working.