PCN Clinical Pharmacist in Worcester

The Clinical Pharmacist will work within Droitwich, Ombersley & The Rurals PCN to support safe, effective, and high-quality medicines management across seven GP practices serving over 57,000 patients. The role focuses on delivering expert clinical medication reviews, improving prescribing quality, and supporting patients with long-term conditions to achieve better health outcomes.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, the post-holder will lead on medicines optimisation, support dispensary functions, reconcile hospital discharge medications, advise clinicians on prescribing, and contribute to audits, safety initiatives, and evidence-based practice. They will also provide training to practice staff, liaise closely with community pharmacy and ICB colleagues, and support clinics where medicines are a key intervention (e.g., asthma).

The role requires strong clinical pharmacy knowledge, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work both independently and as part of a wider team. Candidates should be GPhC-registered with at least two years postgraduate experience and ideally working towards or holding an Independent Prescribing qualification.

Main duties of the job

• Provide expertise in clinical medicines review and address public health and social needs of patients in the Practice.
• Reduce inappropriate polypharmacy and wasteful prescribing through clinical medication review.
• Reconcile medicines following hospital discharge and work with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge.
• Contribute to reductions in medicine-related hospital admissions and readmissions by supporting patients to get the best outcomes from their medicines and identifying and addressing medicines related issues.
• Interface with community and hospital pharmacy colleagues and develop referral processes between primary care professionals including the promotion of the repeat dispensing service.
• Oversee and support the dispensary function of the Practice.
• Manage patients and health care professionals medicine queries.
• Increase quality and safety of prescribing through mechanisms such as audit and PDSA (PLAN DO STUDY ACT) cycles.
• Implement drug withdrawals and alerts e.g., MHRA, aimed at improving medicines safety.
• Work with primary care professionals and patients to implement NICE and other evidence-based guidelines.
• Support and hold clinics where medicines are the main interventions e.g., asthma clinics.
• Provide medicines information and training to Practice healthcare professionals and administrative staff.
• Review daily Pathology results for patients on known medicines.
• Act as a source of medicines information for all the practice team and patients.
• Ultimately to undertake minor ailments triage, deal with minor ailments and triage patients appropriately.
• Ensure the Practice continues to participate in, and meet the requirements of, the local DSQS (Dispensing Services Quality Scheme).
• Improve prescribing practice through educational support for all prescribers within the practice.
• Lead on where changes in evidence require changes in prescribing across the patient population.
• Liaise with colleagues in community pharmacy to align support for medicines adherence.
• Support improvements in clinical care through practice-based audit and implementing change.

Person Specification

• Completion of an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy, and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Minimum of 2 years postgraduate experience in pharmacy, as demonstrated within a practice portfolio.
• Independent Prescribing qualification or working towards Independent Prescribing qualification.
• Able to develop and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues.
• Primary care experience preferred.

Health & Safety

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the practice health & safety policy, the practice health & safety manual, and the practice infection control policy and published procedures.

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.