Pharmacist; Primary Care - Amman Tawe Partnership; Gwaun Cae Gurwen

Pharmacist (Primary Care) - Amman Tawe Partnership (Gwaun Cae Gurwen)

To provide high-quality, patient-centred clinical pharmacy services across Amman Tawe Partnership, supporting safe, effective and optimised prescribing. The post holder will work as part of a friendly and supportive multidisciplinary team, contributing to excellent patient care, medicines optimisation, workforce education, and quality improvement across primary care.

Provide expert clinical pharmacy to improve medicines optimisation, patient safety and prescribing quality. Undertake medicines reconciliation following hospital discharge/outpatient correspondence and manage repeat prescribing systems. Respond to medication queries from patients, clinicians, community pharmacies and secondary care.

Complete structured annual medication reviews, prioritising patients with polypharmacy, frailty, long-term conditions and high-risk medicines. Support shared decision-making, adherence and deprescribing where appropriate.

Provide anticoagulation support including DOAC/NOAC initiation/monitoring/annual reviews, and INR dosing/warfarin management in line with local protocols. Support safe use and monitoring of high-risk medicines.

Manage shared care agreements, ensuring monitoring and interface communication with secondary care. Deliver medicines optimisation for care home and complex frailty patients, reducing inappropriate polypharmacy and medicines-related harm in collaboration with the MDT.

Lead and contribute to QI and Prescribing Management Scheme (PMS) projects, audits and service evaluations, using prescribing data to improve outcomes.

Support the practice as a training environment by contributing to education and supervision of GP trainees, medical students and PA students.

Maintain accurate clinical records, comply with governance requirements, participate in audit/service development, and maintain GPhC registration and CPD.

At Amman Tawe Partnership, we are dedicated to providing high-quality, accessible, and multidisciplinary healthcare. Serving the communities across the Amman, Swansea, and Crosshands/Tumble Valleys, our seven-site practice is committed to keeping healthcare close to home for our patients.

Our diverse team includes GPs, Advanced Practitioners, Minor Ailments Nurses, Pharmacists, and Physician Associates, all working collaboratively to deliver comprehensive care. We take pride in our friendly, supportive environment, where excellent teamwork and strong staff support are at the heart of everything we do.

Provide expert medicines management support within GP practices

Undertake medication reconciliation following hospital discharge and outpatient correspondence

Support safe, effective and cost-efficient prescribing in line with NICE, AWMSG and Health Board guidance

Manage and support repeat prescribing systems

Respond to prescribing and medication queries from patients, clinicians, community pharmacies and secondary care

Clinical Medication Reviews

Undertake structured medication reviews (SMRs) and annual medication reviews

Focus on patients with:

Polypharmacy

Frailty

Long-term conditions

Support shared decision-making, deprescribing where appropriate, and improved adherence

Anticoagulation & High-Risk Medicines

Manage patients prescribed DOACs / NOACs, including:

Monitoring

Annual reviews

Provide INR dosing and warfarin management in line with local protocols

Support safe use of high-risk medicines (e.g. opioids, lithium, methotrexate)

Shared Care & Interface Working

Manage and support shared care agreements

Review and action medication‑related hospital correspondence

Act as an interface between primary care, secondary care and community pharmacy

Care Home, Frailty & Complex Care

Support medicines optimisation for care home residents

Undertake frailty‑focused medication reviews

Reduce inappropriate polypharmacy and medicines‑related harm

Work closely with GPs, care home staff and MDT colleagues

Quality Improvement & Prescribing Projects

Contribute to and lead Quality Improvement (QI) projects

Deliver Prescribing Management Scheme (PMS) projects, audits and service evaluations

Use prescribing…