Clinical PCN Pharmacist

Job summary

Due to expansion and career progression within our team, we have an exciting opportunity for a further Clinical Pharmacist to join our organisation.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic pharmacist to work in Nottingham City South PCN.

Completion of CPPE pathway and independent prescribing are desirable, but not essential. 2 years experience of pharmacy within the healthcare setting or equivalent is desirable, but not essential.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a partially patient facing role. The post holder will take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management, clinical medication reviews, supporting the general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries. They will potentially provide support for the repeat prescriptions system, deal with acute prescription requests, medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice, while providing clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.

About us

Nottingham City General Practice Alliance is a GP federation that operates to support, connect, and represent General Practices in Nottingham city. We are the lead employer for Primary Care Network (PCN) staff, employing on behalf of our member PCNs. We are close to employing over 100 ARRS (Additional Role Re-imbursement Scheme) roles.

We currently employ over 50 Clinical Pharmacists across the city, and our goal is to ensure that all staff are supported to grow and thrive. We have been nationally recognised for our models of supervision, and have recently appeared on the Specialist Pharmacist Service Webinar to share our experiences.

To find out more about our team listen to our Head of PCN workforce, Ankish Patel - The Business of Healthcare Podcast with Tara Humphrey: #229 Creating the culture & leading by experience with Ankish Patel on Apple Podcasts