PCN Senior Clinical Pharmacist

The closing date is 15 May 2026. The post holder is an experienced prescribing pharmacist, who acts within their professional boundaries, to provide a support network to the wider pharmacy team. The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role. The post holder will take lead responsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the practice and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy, especially for older people, people in residential care homes and those with multiple co-morbidities.

The post holder will provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services. The post holder will provide supervision, mentorship and line management to appointed clinical pharmacy technicians. The post holder will provide support and mentorship to newly appointed clinical pharmacists. Lead on the prescribing domains of the QOF Framework, PCN DES requirements and prescribing elements of local commissioned services.

Main duties of the job

• Primary Care Focus Management of Common/Minor/Self-limiting ailments
• Repeat Prescribing Service Development
• Medicines Quality Improvement Programmes
• Care Quality Commission and other regulatory bodies
• Implementation of local and national guidelines
• Supervision and mentorship
• Education and Training

About us

Preston Park Community Primary Care Network is an NHS collaboration between 5 GP Practices - Beaconsfield Medical Practice, The Haven Practice, Preston Park Surgery, Stanford Medical Centre and Warmdene Surgery. We serve approximately 57,000 patients and aim to support and connect with our local community.

Job responsibilities

• The post holder will provide primary support to general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries and actioning prescriptions.
• The post holder will ensure that the practice integrates with community and hospital pharmacy to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage workload.
• Manage clinics and own caseload within scope of practice for long term disease management e.g. hypertension, diabetes, asthma.
• Conduct clinical medication reviews for patients with complex polypharmacy, especially those with frailty and the elderly, people in care homes, those with multiple comorbidities and people with learning disabilities.
• Proactively engage with patients whose care has been transferred back to primary care.
• As an independent prescriber, be responsible for adjusting medications and arranging monitoring when needed.
• Refer patients, attend and contribute to multidisciplinary case conferences.
• Managing caseload of patients with common/minor/self-limiting ailments while working within scope of practice and limits of competence.
• Provide face to face and telephone clinics for patients to answer queries and concerns they may have regarding their medication.
• Provide leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation and quality improvement.
• Provide support to the pharmacy technicians to ensure medicines reconciliation from clinical letters are completed accurately and in a timely manner.
• Work with PCN pharmacy technicians to action ICB medicines management incentive schemes.
• Ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required as per the repeat prescribing policy.
• Responsible for reviewing and amending the repeat prescribing policy and ensuring practice adherence.
• Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components.
• Identify and provide leadership on areas of prescribing requiring improvement.
• Work with the general practice team to ensure the practice is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved.
• Provide education and training to primary healthcare team on therapeutics and medicines optimisation.

Person Specification

• Minimum of 5 years experience as a pharmacist, demonstrated within a practice portfolio.
• Minimum of 2 years working at 8a level or equivalent.
• Working within a primary care setting for a minimum of 2 years.
• Recognises priorities when problem-solving and identifies deviations from normal pattern.
• Self-motivation and excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare.

Qualifications

• Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent.
• Independent prescriber.
• Completed the CPPE PCPEP pathway.

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.