Job summary
The PCN Clinical Pharmacist will support and develop pharmacy services across the Primary Care Network, delivering high-quality medicines optimisation, supporting long-term condition management, reducing GP workload, and ensuring compliance with CQC, NICE, MHRA, QOF, and PCN DES requirements

Main duties of the job

• Conduct Structured Medication Reviews for high-risk, frail, and multi-morbid patients
• Lead pharmacist-run clinics, including diabetes, hypertension, respiratory, heart failure.
• Provide face to face, telephone, and video consultations
• Manage minor ailment triage and respond to urgent medication requests
• Promote adherence, lifestyle support, and self-care
• Review monitoring requirements, ensure timely blood tests, and safe prescribing
• Identify and safeguard patients requiring closer follow-up or enhanced monitoring
• Deliver cost-effective, evidence-based prescribing in line with national and local guidelines
• Support QOF, PCN DES, and CQC compliance
• Lead medicines optimisation searches e.g., Ardens and act on findings
• Review repeat prescribing systems and contribute to safe-prescribing workflows
• Supervise and appraise pharmacy technicians
• Support and supervise student placements
• Attend MDT meetings, present case studies, and contribute to shared clinical decisions
• Participate in significant event reviews and clinical governance
• Lead quality improvement projects, prescribing audits, and reporting
• Collaborate with PCN and practice managers, clinicians, and external partners
• Monitor performance against prescribing objectives and regulatory standards

About us
Victoria Primary Care Network (VPCN) provides care for approximately 50,000 patients across Victoria Medical Practice, Downlands Medical Centre and Vita Healthcare Practices.

The PCN pharmacy team comprises three pharmacists and four pharmacy technicians.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and forward-thinking Clinical Pharmacist to join our team, providing pharmacy support across the PCN, overseeing the pharmacy technician team, and reporting to the PCN Clinical director. This is an evolving role with significant scope for development and flexibility, including managing chronic conditions in areas of interest.

Benefits of Working for Victoria PCN

• 6 weeks Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
• Competitive salary with pay progression linked to training & performance
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Protected and structured CPD & study time
• Development pathways in chronic disease management (e.g. diabetes, CV disease, respiratory, frailty)
• Access to PCN-wide learning, Regular in-house teaching, clinical supervision and shared learning sessions, peer support and shadowing
• Employee Assistance Programme and wellbeing support

Job responsibilities
Full job description available upon request - main duties of the PCN Clinical Pharmacist are detailed above.

Person Specification
Personal Qualities
Essential

• Polite and confident
• Flexible and cooperative
• Motivated, forward thinker
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Ability to work under pressure / in stressful situations
• Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Effectively utilises resources
• Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort

Other requirements
Essential

• Flexibility to work outside of core office hours
• Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
• Occupational Health Clearance

Qualifications
Essential

• GPhC-registered pharmacist
• Independent Prescriber

Desirable

• Completion of the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway.

Experience
Essential

• Experience of chronic disease management
• Experience of prescribing and undertaking medication reviews
• Medicines optimisation and patient-facing clinics

Desirable

• Previous experience working in primary care/GP practice or within a PCN setting.
• Experience with CQC audits and inspections

Clinical Knowledge & Skills
Essential

• History taking and clinical decision making skills
• Management of Patient care
• Understands the importance of evidence based practice
• Broad knowledge of clinical governance
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding when to refer to GPs
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies
• Understands the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
• Conduct SMRs, polypharmacy management - Reconcile medicines post-discharge
• Knowledge of CQC, MHRA, NICE, QOF, PCN DES

Desirable

• Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
• Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
• Experience mentoring students or trainees
• Knowledge of local formulary development and medicines optimisation strategies
• Competent with EMIS and /or Docman

Skills
Essential

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Strong IT skills
• Clear, polite telephone manner
• Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Good interpersonal skills
• Problem solving & analytical skills
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure

Desirable

• Experience with audit and able to lead audit programmes
• Experience with clinical risk management

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.