Clinical Pharmacist

We are looking for a Clinical Pharmacist to work at Cambridge street Surgery for 2 days to replace our outgoing Pharmacist.

The successful candidate will work within their clinical competence to deliver structured medication reviews, support long term condition management, and contribute to quality improvement initiatives across the network. This role offers scope for professional development, including independent prescribing (if not already qualified), and the opportunity to develop a specialist clinical interest aligned with PCN priorities.

Cambridge street surgery is part of Central Health Partnership PCN with over 58,000 patients.

The PCN has an established leadership team and currently employs Social Prescribers, Clinical Pharmacists, First Contact Physiotherapists, ARR GP's, Paramedics, Care Coordinators, Digital Transformation Lead and a centralised administration team.

PCN Clinical Pharmacist Job Description Cambridge Street Surgery Lead Employer for Central Health Partnership PCN

Responsible to:
Practice Manager and Practice Partner's

Accountable to: PCN Pharmacy Team Leader; PCN Lead Clinical Pharmacist; PCN GP Pharmacy Leads

Location:

Cambridge Street Surgery Salary: £26.00 per hour

Job Summary

The clinical pharmacist works within professional boundaries as part of a multidisciplinary team in general practice and the PCN. Supported by the lead PCN clinical pharmacist, they lead on medicines optimisation and safety, undertake structured medication reviews (SMRs) for complex patients (e.g., elderly, multimorbidity, polypharmacy), handle prescription/medication queries, support repeat prescribing and medicines reconciliation, and implement safer prescribing systems. They provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation, QI (including AMR), and support QOF, Enhanced Services and local incentive schemes.

The role includes integration with community and hospital pharmacy to improve outcomes and efficiency. Post holder will be supported to train as an independent prescriber.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Patient-facing structured medication reviews:
  Undertake SMRs and make prescribing/optimisation recommendations to GPs.
• Care homes:
  Perform SMRs; advise care home staff on safe ordering/administration; contribute to ward rounds and MDTs.
• Domiciliary SMRs:
  Conduct home-based reviews; refer/attend multidisciplinary case conferences as needed.
• Long-term condition clinics:
  See patients (e.g., COPD, asthma) where medicines optimisation is required; review need/monitoring; support adherence; recommend improvements.
• Common/minor ailments:
  Manage within scope; signpost to community pharmacy; refer to GPs/other clinicians appropriately.
• Patient-facing medicines support:
  Run clinics for medicine-related questions and concerns.
• Telephone support:
  Provide a helpline for medicine queries and follow-up.
• Medicines information:
  Answer enquiries from GPs, practice staff, other teams, and patients; propose solutions; arrange follow-up.
• Unplanned admissions:
  Audit high-risk medicines linked to admissions; implement changes to reduce harm in high-risk groups.
• Discharge reconciliation:
  Reconcile medicines after hospital/intermediate care/care home transfers; resolve discrepancies; ensure continuity of supply, especially for high‑risk groups and those using compliance aids.
• Signposting:
  Refer patients to appropriate professionals/services within appropriate time frames (e.g., pathology, acute issues, LTC reviews).
• Repeat prescribing:
  Develop and implement repeat prescribing policy; review requests and medicines at review dates; ensure monitoring is in place.
• Risk stratification:
  Use searches to identify patients at risk of medicine‑related harm and act on findings.
• Service development:
  Provide pharmaceutical input into new services, pathways, and patient information.
• Information management:
  Analyse and present medicines data to inform decisions.
• Medicines QI:
  Conduct prescribing audits, feedback results, and implement changes with the practice team.
• Medicines safety:
  Implement MHRA alerts, product withdrawals, and local/national guidance promptly.
• Guidelines and formulary:
  Monitor prescribing against local RAG list; recommend appropriate settings for prescribing (e.g., red/amber); help maintain a practice formulary; audit compliance with NICE technology appraisals; share key prescribing updates.
• Education and training:
  Educate the primary care team on therapeutics and optimisation; support public health campaigns and provide specialist knowledge on available programmes.
• CQC:
  Support compliance with CQC standards where medicines are involved.
• Work effectively within the practice and across the PCN, recognising others roles and limitations and seeking senior/GP input when needed.
• Build strong links with community and hospital pharmacy, ICs colleagues, and wider stakeholders to ensure consistent, patient‑centred care.
• Engage with patients, GPs, nurses, pharmacy technicians, allied health…