PCN Clinical Pharmacist
Purbeck Primary Care Network
Swanage, BH19 1HB · WAREHAM, BH20 4PGView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
Negotiable
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
1 November 2026
13 days leftJob description
The Purbeck PCN Pharmacy Team includes Clinical Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and a Care Co-ordinator, working alongside General Practice and the ...
Please see the Job Description for the full details.
To be part of a multi-skilled primary care team in a patient facing
role. Providing patient centred medical services based on patient needs with a
focus on continuity of care. Including: Patient facing / telephone Structured Medication Reviews.
To be part of a multi-skilled primary care team in a patient facing
role providing patient centred medical services based on patient needs with a
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 co-morbidities and people with
learning disabilities or autism
Review the on-going need for each
medication, ensuring monitoring needs are performed and use the opportunity
to support patients achieve better health outcomes through shared
decision-making conversations
Support patients to take their medications
to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care
Make appropriate recommendations to
prescribers
Promote safe disposal of medicines and recycling of inhaler
Patient facing consultation Long-term Condition clinics
Help to set up pharmacist-run long term
condition clinics particularly for patients with complicated medication
regimes. This could include, but is not limited to:
of blood pressure control where clinically appropriate.
Optimisation of lipids using nationally
recognised pathways
Optimisation of diabetic control
Optimisation of medicines for Chronic Kidney
disease
HRT or contraception reviews / advice
Patient facing consultation Care Home Medication Reviews
Undertake clinical medication reviews,
formulate a medicines optimisation plan jointly with the patient/ carer and
facilitate its implementation by working with other professionals, services
and agencies as necessary
Support patients to wean from medications
including opioids, gabapentinoids and antidepressants in line with national
guidance.
Work with care home staff
to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration.
Medicines information
Answers relevant medicine-related
enquiries from GPs, other practice staff, other healthcare teams (e.g.
community pharmacy) and patients. These are known as tasks and letters and
must be actioned during each shift, prioritising urgent requests and ensuring
routine requests are processed in a timely way.
Suggest and recommend solutions using clinical knowledge and
trusted pharmaceutical sources
Medicine Reconciliation
Carry out medication
reviews and reconciliation for all new patients.
PCN is made up of 6 member practices and works closely with the wider
locality to improve and enhance patient care.
Purbeck PCN is committed to delivering an integrated neighbourhood team
approach within the community and works to improve patient access to local
services, by working with many sectors including the voluntary sector, mental
health services, Help & Care, and Dorset Mind.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with individuals from all agencies and at all levels including service users, carers, and professionals.
- Demonstrated ability in having excellent communication and organisational skills.
- Self-motivated and able to work with limited direction.
- Ability and commitment to engage with and empower service users and carers.
- Excellent written and oral presentation skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work methodically and accurately.
- Demonstrated ability to support colleagues and check own or colleagues work as appropriate.
- Ability to work independently without direct supervision.
- Subject to the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act, able to travel using own vehicle.
- Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English, adequate to enable the post holder to carry out the role effectively.
Desirable: - Demonstrated ability in training.
Experience
Essential
- Can plan, manage, monitor, advise and review medication for patients in core areas, including long term conditions.
- An appreciation of NHS agenda, national policies and government targets.
- Basic IT skills, normally obtained through practice or practical training.
Desirable
- Primary Care experience.
- Recent experience of developing and implementing pharmaceutical care initiatives.
- Relevant theoretical and practical knowledge of Primary Care Networks and General Practice.
- An understanding of the current PCN DES specifications.
- Awareness of GP budget management and funding systems to enable GP clinical pharmacist services to assist delivery of PCN and NHS priorities and requirements for financial balance and quality.
- Awareness of systems to support management of patients in a primary care setting, delivering pharmaceutical input and support in the context of pathways of care and the business of the organisations.
- Evidence of involvement in education and training of other professionals.
- A wide range of IT skills especially Microsoft 365 software and specifically Excel.
- Experience of working with clinical management systems, especially SystmOne.
Qualifications
Essential
- Pharmacy Degree
- Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education primary care Pharmacy
- Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) registration
- Education Pathway (PCPEP) qualification or working towards/ willing to enrol
Desirable: - Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society; - Postgraduate diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent experience; - Registered non-medical prescriber
How to apply
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Provenance
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First seen
16 October 2026
Last checked
19 October 2026
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