Job summary
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a real difference in patient care? Join our supportive and growing Pharmacy Team as a PCN Clinical Pharmacist! This is your chance to work in a collaborative environment, contribute to improving healthcare delivery, and develop your career within a well-established practice. If you're motivated, passionate, and ready to take the next step in your professional journey, we would love to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
The post holder will manage chronic disease areas within the practice, conducting clinical medication reviews, particularly for patients with complex polypharmacy. They will support general practice staff with prescription and medication queries, assist with repeat prescribing, handle acute prescription requests, and perform medicines reconciliation for patients post-hospital discharge.
They will provide expert advice on medicines to patients and the multidisciplinary teams. Responsibilities include leading medicines optimisation, quality improvement, and overseeing aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services across all sites. The post holder will also facilitate integration with community and hospital pharmacies to enhance patient care.
This role is key in improving care quality and operational efficiency, requiring motivation and passion to deliver excellent services. The post holder will be supported to develop into a non-medical prescriber as needed. They will work independently and as part of the Pharmacy Team, recognising the roles of colleagues and other stakeholders, including patients, senior and peer colleagues, and professionals from other organisations (e.g., CCGs). The post holder must acknowledge their limitations and refer to others when necessary.
About us
Aspiro Healthcare Derby is a dynamic forward thinking training practice with a proud history of developing our clinical / non-clinical teams, with a diverse Multi-Disciplinary Team in a very busy and challenging environment, serving a population of 40,000 patients across 5 sites.
The role requires flexibility and the ability to travel between our sites.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Long term condition medication reviews
- Care home medication reviews
- Management of common/minor/self-limiting ailments
- Supporting medication queries and information to both practice staff and
patients
- Medicines reconciliation following discharge from hospital
- Delivering local enhanced services
- Repeat prescribing
- Clinical audits
- Medication queries form clinicians
- Participate in regular supervision sessions and appraisals with your
line manager.
- Action MHRA alerts
- Provide guidance on managing out of stock medication queries
- Attend training and development activities as identified and participate
in meetings as required.
- Maintain a good working knowledge of Health and Safety procedures and
fire precautions.
- Work flexibly to meet the needs of our patients.
- To undertake any other duties appropriate to the grade and purpose of
the job as may be agreed by the post holder or their line manager
- Be instrumental in the prescribing and monitoring of high-risk
medications and shared-care drugs
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Long term condition medication reviews
- Care home medication reviews
- Management of common/minor/self-limiting ailments
- Supporting medication queries and information to both practice staff and
patients
- Medicines reconciliation following discharge from hospital
- Delivering local enhanced services
- Repeat prescribing
- Clinical audits
- Medication queries form clinicians
- Participate in regular supervision sessions and appraisals with your
line manager.
- Action MHRA alerts
- Provide guidance on managing out of stock medication queries
- Attend training and development activities as identified and participate
in meetings as required.
- Maintain a good working knowledge of Health and Safety procedures and
fire precautions.
- Work flexibly to meet the needs of our patients.
- To undertake any other duties appropriate to the grade and purpose of
the job as may be agreed by the post holder or their line manager
- Be instrumental in the prescribing and monitoring of high-risk
medications and shared-care drugs
Person Specification
Knowledge / Skills
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Good written and verbal communication as well as adequate presentation skills
- Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate.
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence- based healthcare.
Desirable
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills.
- Good IT skills
- Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
- Work effectively independently and as a team member.
- Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision.
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients).
- Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions.
- An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practices. An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing.
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent)
Desirable
- Specialist knowledge acquired through postgraduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience
- Independent prescriber or working towards /intent of gaining independent prescribing qualification
- Completed or undertaking the CPPE general practice clinical pharmacist training pathway
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience.
Other
Essential
- Full Driving Licence
- In date CRB
- Safeguarding adult and children level three
Desirable
- Self-Motivation
- Adaptable
- Recent Information Governance training
- Immunisation status
- Basic life support training
Professional Registration
Essential
- General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- A member of or working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Person Specification
Knowledge / Skills
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Good written and verbal communication as well as adequate presentation skills
- Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate.
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence- based healthcare.
Desirable
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills.
- Good IT skills
- Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
- Work effectively independently and as a team member.
- Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision.
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients).
- Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions.
- An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practices. An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing.
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent)
Desirable
- Specialist knowledge acquired through postgraduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience
- Independent prescriber or working towards /intent of gaining independent prescribing qualification
- Completed or undertaking the CPPE general practice clinical pharmacist training pathway
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience.
Other
Essential
- Full Driving Licence
- In date CRB
- Safeguarding adult and children level three
Desirable
- Self-Motivation
- Adaptable
- Recent Information Governance training
- Immunisation status
- Basic life support training
Professional Registration
Essential
- General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- A member of or working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
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).
Additional information
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).
