PCN Clinical Pharmacist

Banbury Alliance Primary Care Network (PCN) are delighted to offer this exciting post of Clinical Pharmacist under the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme. Based at Hightown Surgery joining the existing 4 pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

This role is fixed term to cover maternity leave. Likely start March 2026.

The successful applicant will become fully integrated within Hightown's primary health care team and also part of the wider PCN Pharmacy Team. The PCN three practices pharmacy staff work together as a cohesive group, sharing expertise and professional standards as well as supporting and advising the wider clinical team. You will be expected to undertake structured medication reviews as well as being fully involved with the day to day medication management within the practice including medicines reconciliation. You will be expected to help the practice and PCN achieve prescribing targets for QOF, IIF and the Prescribing Quality Scheme.

The appointed applicant will be a prescriber or be working towards prescriber status, taking full advantage of the CPPE training pathways (details in addendum).

We value experience in either, or both, of community and hospital pharmacy and are seeking someone with enthusiasm, initiative and a desire to work with patients. We recognise the challenges of the current working climate and of balancing family and work life. Some flexibility may be possible regarding work pattern and mix of in practice and remote working.

Main duties of the job

• Work with GP Leads and practice managers to review and implement prescribing policies and strategies for the PCN.
• Suggest and design audits relating to prescribing targets, implementation of locality policies, QOF and IIF.
• Respond to internal practice queries on prescriptions, re authorise repeats, clarify doses and products, give appropriate alternatives.
• Discuss specific patient and prescribing issues with other clinicians as necessary.
• Undertake structured medication reviews.
• Discuss medication issues with patients as needed and appropriate by telephone, internal queries from staff and queries from care homes.
• Review secondary care requests for new medication and raise queries with the relevant GP.
• Review and continue repeat medications for newly registered patients and suggest GP medication review where appropriate.
• Monitor and inform colleagues as relevant about ongoing prescribing issues.
• Maintain prescribing folder on the practice intranet, with administrative support.
• Work within the multidisciplinary team on medical management of conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and asthma.

About us Banbury Alliance is a network of three partnership practices, serving over 28,000 patients and is the smallest PCN in Oxfordshire. This gives us the advantages of excellent communication, co operative working and agile decision making.

Our catchment areas overlap in the market town of Banbury and surrounding villages. We are fortunate in having a district general hospital in the centre of our patch, with approachable consultants and opportunities for shared learning, complemented by the hospitals and tertiary care offered in Oxford. We work with local pharmacies and our PCN Lead Community Pharmacist is Chair of Thames Valley LPC.

Banbury is expanding quickly and currently undergoing an ambitious town centre development. It has excellent sporting and cultural facilities, schools and transport links and yet sits in an area of stunning, accessible countryside. Just come and look.

We are team orientated, patient focused, learning centred practices and are both excited and challenged by the opportunity to expand our multi disciplinary teams to include clinicians working across the PCN. We hope you will to.

For more information or to arrange an informal visit please contact:-

Jane Campbell - Lead Pharmacist Hightown Surgery

Jenny Falkner - Practice Manager

or

Hayley Wilkinson - PCN Support Manager and Digital Transformation Lead

Job responsibilities Job Responsibilities

Prescribing Systems and Policies:

To work with the GP Leads and practice managers to review, develop and implement prescribing policies and strategies for whole practices.

To suggest and design audits in relation to prescribing targets, implementation of locality policies, Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF) and IIF

Medication Review and Optimisation:

To respond to internal practice queries to amend prescriptions, re authorise repeats, clarify doses, clarify products, give appropriate alternatives when availability is an issue.

To discuss specific patient and prescribing issues (e.g. complicated regimes/polypharmacy, compliance difficulties, multiple adverse effects, medication reduction regimes) with other clinicians as necessary.

To undertake structured medication reviews

To discuss medication issues with patients as needed and appropriate by telephone, e.g. adverse effects/interactions, overdose/inadvertent ingestion, OTC remedies, internal queries from staff and queries from care homes.

To complete DTA (direction to administer) forms for district nurses for GPs to authorise.

To review secondary care requests for new medication (as communicated by discharge summaries, outpatient letters, etc.) and raise any queries with the relevant GP, and discuss how to respond when inappropriate prescribing requests arise.

To review and continue repeat medications for new patients who have just registered with the practice, and suggest GP medication review where appropriate.

To monitor and inform colleagues as relevant about ongoing prescribing issues, e.g. new guidelines (national and local), new products being asked for by secondary care, manufacturing and supply problems, new prescribing restrictions or contraindications, and individual and systematic errors made by colleagues.

To advise on cost effective prescribing and prescribing budget issues.

To keep the prescribing folder on the practice intranet up to date, with administrative support.

Chronic Disease Medicines Management:

According to experience and training working within the multidisciplinary team to assist with medical management of conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and asthma.

Teaching training:

Hightown Surgery is a GP training practice and teaches Oxford medical students in the autumn. Students and trainees sit in on consultations and occasionally have tutorials one to one. The Clinical Pharmacist(s) will be sometimes asked to participate in the education of learners in these settings. You may also be asked to contribute to training of our PCN pharmacy technicians, foundation pharmacists, medicines management clerks and receptionists who deal with prescriptions. More informally, we all love to learn from each other and see sharing of expertise as integral to working in our GP practices.

Confidentiality:

In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, Practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the Practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential. Information requested by individual members will be collated and authorised through formal channels.

Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Equality and Diversity:

The post holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Practice / PCN procedures and policies, and current legislation

Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues

Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights

Personal Professional Development:

The post holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, such training to include

Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development

Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work

Quality

The post holder will strive to maintain quality within the Practice and will

Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk

Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision

Contribute to the effectiveness of the teams by reflecting on own and teams activities and making suggestions/recommendations on ways to improve and enhance the teams performances

Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs

Effectively manage own time, workload and resources

Communication:
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