Job summary
Our Practice is looking to find a perfect fit for our current team - a Clinical Pharmacist who wants to work in a high achieving Practice with a superb local reputation. We expect the candidate to be forward thinking, a great team player, have excellent communication skills, and openness to working collaboratively with other colleagues in the Primary Care Network whilst retaining the essence of the Practice.

We welcome Practice visits to meet our team.

Please note: We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a sufficient number of applications. We therefore encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.

Main duties of the job

• Patient-facing role
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Chronic disease management
• Clinical medication reviews
• Medicines support
• Support with prescription and medication queries
• Clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement
• Manage some aspects of Quality and Outcomes Framework and Enhanced Services

About us
We are a friendly, supportive team, based in Whalley with a branch site at Sabden, both situated in the beautiful Ribble Valley. We have 5 Partners, 5 Salaried GPs, ANP, a team of Practice Nurses and HCAs, and a large Reception and Admin team. We are a dispensing Practice and have an onsite dispensary at both sites - to give all of our patients a good quality experience at the surgery. We also have a Housebound Nursing Team of nursing professionals who work with our GPs to provide care to our care home and housebound patients.

We have a PCN team who work with our patients, including a Pharmacist, Pharmacy Techs, Care Co-ordinators, GP Assistants, and a Physio. We have a highly productive working relationship with the Practices within our PCN.

The team work well together, making the surgery a harmonious place to work. A healthy work/life balance is encouraged resulting in a content and productive team, and a positive atmosphere.

Job responsibilities
The job description and person specification for this vacancy are available in the supporting documents section.

Qualifications
Essential

• The job description and person specification for this vacancy are available in the supporting documents section

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).

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.