Clinical Pharmacist

Wandsworth Primary Care Network (PCN) Services Ltd is seeking a Clinical Pharmacist (2+ years experience) to join our established pharmacy team. This is an exciting opportunity for a committed, enthusiastic and self-motivated prescribing pharmacist who is ready to take on a leadership role in medicines optimisation and contribute directly to improving health outcomes in primary care.

The ideal candidate will be:

• A patient-focused clinical pharmacist with at least 2 years' experience in an ARRS primary care role.
• Confident in working independently and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Able to demonstrate strong clinical skills, leadership and the ability to problem-solve.
• Enthusiastic about developing services, tackling health inequalities and improving patient outcomes.

If you are a motivated clinical pharmacist looking for your next challenge within a progressive and supportive PCN, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job Working closely with our GPs and Lead Clinical Pharmacist, you will:

• Provide expert medicines management support to patients and clinicians across our 6 member GP practices.
• Undertake structured medication reviews, especially for patients with complex poly-pharmacy, frailty, long-term conditions (e.g. COPD, asthma, diabetes), those in care homes, and patients with learning disabilities or autism (STOMP).
• Support safe, effective prescribing systems including repeat prescribing and antimicrobial stewardship.
• Act as a prescriber (or train to become one if not yet qualified).
• Lead on person-centred medicines optimisation and quality improvement initiatives.
• Help deliver on prescribing targets, the Network Contract DES service requirements, and QOF outcomes.
• Play a vital role in reducing GP workload while improving patient access to timely, expert medicines advice.

Represent the pharmacy team within the PCN and wider healthcare forums.

About us Wandsworth PCN is a large, forward-thinking organisation supporting six GP practices in Wandsworth/Battersea:

• Chatfield Health Care
• Falcon Road Medical Centre
• The Junction Health Centre
• The Begg John's Hills Surgery
• Bolingbroke Medical Centre
• Clapham Junction Medical Centre

We are committed to providing high-quality patient-centred care whilst delivering innovative healthcare solutions to our diverse patient population of circa 53,000 patients, encompassing areas of both affluence and deprivation between Clapham and Wandsworth Common, along the River Thames in Battersea and towards Earlsfield and Southfields.

We are proud of our innovative, multi-disciplinary team, which includes GPs, physician associates, advanced nurse practitioners, pharmacy technicians, physiotherapists and social prescribers. Together, we deliver high-quality, patient-centred care to a diverse local population, working collaboratively and supportively alongside experienced GPs and other allied health professionals within primary care.

We use EMIS Web clinical systems and have embraced the advancements of IT to ensure we work effectively and enhance service provision for our patients.

We also have access to high quality training and education opportunities provided by South West London ICB's Training Hub and Health Education England funded programmes.

Job responsibilities Job Summary:

The post holder is a Clinical Pharmacist who acts within their professional boundaries, working alongside Wandsworth PCN's team of pharmacists in general practice within the wider PCN.

You will improve patients' health outcomes and the efficiency of the primary care team by providing direct, accessible and timely medication advice and expertise including face to face contact with patients.

You will be an integral part of the general practice team, as well as part of a wider pharmacist network and multi-disciplinary team. This includes being a conduit of patient medicines information into and out of our local hospitals. You will work to optimise medication issues to improve patient care and safety and support clinical staff in the management of patients. You will also act as an ambassador for Wandsworth PCN's Pharmacy Service in forums within the PCN and beyond.

As part of your employment, you will be expected to achieve qualifications from an accredited training pathway, including independent prescribing, in order to be able to practice and prescribe safely and effectively in a primary care setting.

You will also receive supervision and mentorship directly from the lead clinical pharmacist and GP colleagues. You will also be expected to deputise for the lead clinical pharmacist when required.

You will be expected to identify and work within your professional boundaries seeking advice where appropriate.

Primary Key Responsibilities:

The following key responsibilities are based on those outlined in Annex B1 (pages 78-80) of the Network Contract DES Contract Specification 2025/26.

There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks, which will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

• 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 a prescriber, or complete training to become a prescriber, and work with and alongside general practice teams;
• 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 (through STOMP);
• Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients at Wandsworth PCN's GP member practices and to help in tackling inequalities;
• Provide leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation (including ensuring prescribers in each practice conserve antibiotics in line with local antimicrobial stewardship guidance) and quality improvement, whilst contributing to the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services;
• 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 team (including community and hospital pharmacy) to help improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage general practice workload;
• Develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across 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 (including mental health and the reduction of inappropriate anti-psychotic use in people with learning difficulties), community pharmacists and anti-coagulation;
• Be part of a professional clinical network and have access to appropriate clinical supervision;
• Act as the point of contact for all medicine related matters, establishing positive working relationships;
• Consult patients within defined levels of competence and independently prescribe acute and repeat medication;
• Receive referrals and patients directed from triage services and other clinicians;
• Receive and 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, i.e, anticoagulants, anticonvulsants and DMARDs etc;
• Deliver long-term conditions clinics and provide home visits, particularly for patients with complicated medication regimes, and prescribe accordingly;
• Provide pharmaceutical consultations to patients with long-term conditions as an integral part of the multidisciplinary team;
• Review medications for newly registered patients;
• Improve patient and carers' understanding of and confidence in medication compliance;
• Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation;
• Encourage cost-effective prescribing throughout the PCN;
• Implement and embed a robust repeat prescribing system;
• Provide advice and answer medication related queries from patients and staff;
• Organise and oversee Wandsworth PCN's medicines optimisation systems including the repeat prescribing and medication review systems;
• Improve the quality and effectiveness of prescribing through clinical audit and education to improve performance against NICE standards and clinical and prescribing guidance;
• Develop yourself and the role of the clinical pharmacist through participation in clinical supervision, training and service redesign activities;
• Ensure the safe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccines and drugs;
• Apply infection control measures within the PCN according to local and national guidelines;
• Provide knowledge and expertise on medication monitoring, implementing and embedding safer systems;
• Support clinicians with the management of patients suffering from drug and alcohol dependencies;
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