Job summaryTo provide expert clinical pharmacy support to care homes within the PCN, ensuring residents receive safe, appropriate, and cost-effective medication therapy in line with national and local guidance.
The post holder is a Clinical Pharmacist who acts within their professional boundaries, working alongside a team of pharmacists in general practice within the wider PCN.
They will improve patients health outcomes and the efficiency of the primary care team by providing direct, accessible and timely medicines and expertise including face to face contact with patients.
The post holder will be an integral part of the general practice team, as well as part of a wider pharmacist network and multi-disciplinary team. They will work to optimise medication issues to improve patient care and safety, and support clinical staff in the management of patients.
As part of their employment, the post holder will achieve qualifications from an accredited training pathway, including independent prescribing, equipping the Clinical Pharmacist to be able to practise and prescribe safely and effectively in a primary care setting.
Main duties and responsibilities- Lead medicines optimisation initiatives in care homes
- Conduct face-to-face and virtual structured medication reviews
- Provide prescribing advice and support to GPs and care teams
- Reconcile medicines post-hospital discharge or admission
- Train care home staff on medication safety and best practices
- Participate in quality improvement projects
- Ensure compliance with CQC, NICE, and NHS standards
- Supervise pharmacy technicians or junior pharmacists where applicable
About usAcclaim Primary Care Network (PCN) is a GP led organisation established in 2023. It has four member practices, with a combined list size in excess of 40,000 patients. The PCN provide enhanced services to patients across all four GP Practices, for example, weekly Care Home ward rounds, same day access clinics and Home Visits for acutely ill patients.
We are committed to providing a supportive and inclusive working environment.
Person specificationQualificationsEssential- The Clinical Pharmacist is enrolled in, or has qualified from, an approved 18-month training pathway or equivalent that equips them to:
- a.Be able to practice and prescribe safely and effectively in a primary care setting (for example, the CPPE clinical pharmacist training pathways)
- b.Although optional for organisations other than a PCN, it is thought advisable that they are able to deliver the key responsibilities outlined in section B1 of the Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service 2024-25 specification.
Desirable- Hold or be working towards an GPhC independent prescribing qualification
- Minor ailments certification
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Working towards faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Medicines management qualification
- MUR and repeat dispensing certification
ExperienceEssential- An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practice.
- An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
- Experience and an awareness of common acute and chronic conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice
- An appreciation of the new NHS landscape, including the relationships between individual practices PCNs and the commissioners
Desirable- Minimum of two years working as a pharmacist demonstrated within a practice portfolio
- Experience in managing pharmacy services in primary care
- In-depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare
- Understanding of the mentorship process
- Broad knowledge of general practice and/or working in care homes.
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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 RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.Applicants must have current UK professional registration. 