This Clinical Pharmacist post sits within the East Cornwall Primary Care Network, a group of seven GP practices, with the post holder primarily aligned to one designated practice. The work centres on medication review clinics, independent prescribing, treating non-complex acute illness and medicines optimisation across the network. The role spans several sites and a co-located pharmacy hub, with hybrid working and a driving licence needed to move between practices. GPhC registration is required.
What the job involves
- Run medication review clinics and home visits to optimise drug therapy and reduce polypharmacy
- Manage own clinics and treat patients with minor, uncomplicated acute illness, including independent prescribing
- Give medicines and long-term disease advice to practice staff, patients and community teams
- Support the safe running of the practice prescribing system, including repeat medication, acute prescriptions, tests and referrals
- Deliver Structured Medication Reviews and take part in care home medication review rounds
- Support practices to develop prescribing plans, formularies, guidelines and repeat prescribing policies
- Advise on risk management for controlled drugs and drugs under shared care arrangements
- Analyse e-PACT and practice prescribing data, keep drug budgets within limits and review QOF performance
- Lead PCN projects and undertake clinical audits of prescribing, feeding back results and implementing changes
- Liaise with community pharmacists on prescribing changes and savings
- Attend primary and secondary care interface meetings in specialist therapeutic areas
- Write therapeutic reports and clinical evidence summaries, and produce patient and practice information
What’s required
Qualifications
- Vocational masters degree in pharmacy, or equivalent comprehensive experience
- Completion of pre-registration training
- Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development
Registration & licences
- GPhC registration
Experience
- NHS experience in primary care, hospital or community pharmacy
- Extensive knowledge across clinical areas, including chronic disease management
- Delivery of medicines management standards and policies
- Experience of working with primary healthcare teams
- Experience of projects where own initiative and time management are used
Skills & knowledge
- Knowledge of the wider NHS
- Excellent written, oral and interpersonal communication
- Persuasive negotiation and influencing, able to instigate and manage change
- Advanced clinical reasoning
- Computer literacy, with the ability to prioritise, meet targets and work under pressure
Checks & eligibility
- Full driving licence and access to a car
Other
- Flexibility with working hours and high concentration for accurate VDU-based work
Nice to have
- Assessment, diagnosis and treatment of minor, non-complex acute illness
- Experience of advising GPs
- Experience of analysing PACT data and clinical audit
- Experience of multidisciplinary working
- Registration with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (MRPharmS)
- Postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent
- Authorisation for independent prescribing
- Completion of, or working towards, the Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway (PCPEP)
What’s offered
- Flexible, hybrid working arrangements
- Access to learning and development opportunities
- Clinical supervision
- Varied workload and opportunities for professional development
- Opportunity to develop specialist clinical interests
- Contribute to PCN-wide projects and quality improvement initiatives
- Broad primary care experience across seven practices
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
