PCN Clinical Pharmacist

Overview

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The closing date is 22 February 2026

Join Our Team as a PCN Clinical Pharmacist

Are you a motivated Clinical Pharmacist looking to make a meaningful impact in primary care?

Do you thrive in collaborative environments where your expertise is valued and your ideas shape the future of patient care?

North East Derbyshire Primary Care Network Ltd is seeking a passionate and proactive Clinical Pharmacist to join our dynamic team to cover maternity. You will work across four forward-thinking GP practices delivering high-quality, patient-centred care.

Whether you re already in a PCN role or transitioning from community or hospital pharmacy, we would love to hear from you.

• GPhC-registered pharmacist.
• Has gained or working towards the CPPE Pathway qualification (required for funding purposes).
• Experience in primary care or a strong desire to learn.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• A forward-thinker who s ready to challenge the status quo.

What You ll Do (Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further supporting info)

• Conduct structured medication reviews and optimise prescribing for long-term conditions.
• Consult with patients to manage their long-term conditions.
• Promote safer prescribing practices and reduce medication-related harm.
• Use digital tools and audits to enhance clinical outcomes.
• Provide expert advice to patients and colleagues.
• Contribute to the evolution of pharmacy services in primary care.
• Work collaboratively across all practices to ensure consistent standards, shared learning, and seamless service delivery.

NED PCN is an organisational group of four proactive GP practices in North East Derbyshire. The Practices are Barlborough Medical Practice, Killamarsh Medical Practice, The Springs Medical Partnership and The Valleys Medical Partnership.

NED PCN is a relatively small PCN with just over 40,000 patients. We feel that this makes us big enough to develop a successful team but small enough to be an approachable, friendly place to be.

The NHS Long Term Plan describes the prominent role Primary Care Networks play in delivering proactive, personalised and more integrated health and social care for their local populations. This will require collaborative working between organisations including GP practices, acute and community health, social care organisations and the voluntary and community sector.

Core practices opening hours of 8:00am - 6:30pm Monday to Friday each week.

If you would be interested in having a confidential informal discussion about this opportunity or for further details, please contact:

Miss Sarah Buckley, PCN Manager or Mrs Donna Lymer ddicb

* Please note that this job posting may close earlier than the advertised date.

* Please note that we kindly request no contact from recruitment consultants or agencies regarding this job advert.

There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks. This will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

• a. Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using their expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas
• b. Be responsible for the care management of patients with chronic diseases and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy, especially the elderly, people in care homes, those with multiple comorbidities (in particular frailty, COPD and asthma) and people with learning disabilities or autism (through STOMP the Stop Over Medication Programme)
• c. Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients at the PCN s practice(s) and to help in tackling inequalities
• d. Provide leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation (including ensuring prescribers in the organisation conserve antibiotics in line with local antimicrobial stewardship guidance) and quality improvement, while contributing to the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services
• e. Through structured medication reviews, support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care
• f. Have a leadership role in supporting further integration of general practice with the wider healthcare teams (including community and hospital pharmacy) to help improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage general practice workload
• g. Develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across PCNs and the wider health and social care system
• h. Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical research with medicines, liaison with specialist pharmacists (including mental health and reduction of inappropriate antipsychotic use in people with learning difficulties), liaison with…