Clinical Pharmacist

Job summary

Are you a proactive Independent Prescriber looking to transform patient care at the heart of our community with face to face consultations? We are seeking a dedicated Clinical Pharmacist to lead medicines optimisation and provide expert clinical oversight across our network.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities

• Complex Clinical Reviews: Conduct comprehensive, person centered medication reviews for patients with chronic diseases and complex polypharmacy. You will be the clinical lead for our most vulnerable populations, including the elderly and those residing in care homes.
• Specialist Liaison & High-Risk Monitoring: Take a central role in managing shared care protocols. You will collaborate closely with other healthcare professionals to monitor and reduce the inappropriate use of high risk medicines, ensuring patient safety is paramount.
• System Integration: Act as a bridge between general practice and the wider healthcare ecosystem.
• Workload & Outcomes Management: Proactively manage GP workload by leading on medicines related queries and self care initiatives, focusing on reducing medicine waste and improving long term patient outcomes.

What You Will Bring

• Expertise: A deep understanding of medicines optimisation and the ability to apply clinical evidence to real world, multi morbid patient scenarios.
• Collaborative Spirit: The ability to work across multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) to integrate services and provide "joined up" healthcare.
• Patient Focus: A commitment to the "shared decision making" model, empowering patients to take an active role in their own health.

About us

PCN Direct is an organisation that has been set up by highly experienced clinical pharmacists with a vast network of contacts across the UK.

We specialise in supplying Face to face Clinical Pharmacists to PCNs. We help to train and support pharmacists throughout their time in primary care, which can include CPPE Primary Care Pathway, IP Course and general career development.

We offer a competitive salary based on experience. We are a supportive and friendly leadership team. We believe in appropriate peer support along with training and development to get maximum job satisfaction.

Job responsibilities

• Clinically assessing and treating patients face to face, using expert knowledge of medicines, for specific disease areas.
• Providing specialist expertise in the use of medicines and medicine information (i.e. side effects, dosage) across the practice.
• Providing medication reviews, and health education advice, to patients at the designated practices by face to face, telephone or notes based review, as agreed with the practice.
• Providing leadership on person centred medicines optimisation and quality improvement.
• Processing specialist treatment letters.
• Processing hospital medication discharge letters.
• Acting as a key contact in the practices, for all medication related queries.
• Supporting improvements in clinical care, through practice based audits and implementing change.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• MPharm Degree
• GPhC Registration
• Independent prescribing qualification

Experience Essential

• Experience of working within General Practice

Desirable

• Experience with System One

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

PCN Direct LTD

Address

College Health

Dell Road

Grays

Essex

RM17 5JY

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