PCN Clinical Pharmacist
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £40,000 to £52,000 a year |
| Hours: | Full-time |
| Location: | Bracknell, RG12 0TH |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Posting date: | 17 Oct 2026 |
| Closing date: | 31 Oct 2026 |
Summary
Main Duties and Responsibilities Patient-facing long-term condition clinics See (where appropriate) patients with single or multiple medical problems requiring medicine optimisation (e.g. hypertension, asthma) Review the ongoing need for each medicine and monitoring needs, support patients with their medicines taking, and make appropriate recommendations to GPs for medicine improvement Patient-facing clinical medication review Undertake clinical medication reviews and produce recommendations for senior clinical pharmacist, nurses and/or GPs on prescribing and monitoring Patient-facing care home medication reviews Undertake structured medication reviews and produce recommendations for the senior clinical pharmacist, nurses or GPs Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration Patient-facing domiciliary clinical medication review Undertake structured medication reviews and produce recommendations for nurses and GPs on prescribing and monitoring Attend and refer patients to multidisciplinary case conferences Management of common/minor/self-limiting ailments Manage a caseload of patients with common/minor/self-limiting ailments, working within your scope of practice and limits of competence Signpost to community pharmacy and refer to GPs or other healthcare professionals where appropriate Medicines support (patient-facing and telephone) Provide patient-facing and telephone clinics for those with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines Medicine information to practice staff and patients Answer medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff, other healthcare teams and patients, suggesting and recommending solutions Provide follow-up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes Unplanned hospital admissions Review use of medicines most commonly associated with unplanned hospital admissions and readmissions through audit and individual patient reviews Put in place changes to reduce prescribing of these medicines to high-risk patient groups Management of medicines at discharge from hospital Reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into care homes, identifying and rectifying unexplained changes Set up and manage systems to ensure continuity of medicines supply to high-risk groups of patients Signposting Ensure patients are referred to the appropriate healthcare professional for the appropriate level of care within an appropriate timeframe Repeat prescribing Produce and implement a practice repeat prescribing policy Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process, ensuring appropriate monitoring tests are in place Risk stratification Identify cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through pre-prepared practice computer searches Medicines quality improvement and safety Undertake clinical audits of prescribing, feedback results and implement changes in conjunction with the practice team Implement changes to medicines resulting from MHRA alerts, product withdrawals and other local and national guidance Guidelines, formulary and CQC Monitor practice prescribing against the local health economy's RAG list and make recommendations to GPs Assist practices in maintaining a practice formulary and audit compliance against NICE technology assessment guidance Work with the practice team to ensure compliance with CQC standards where medicines are involved Education, training and public health Provide education and training to the primary healthcare team on therapeutics and medicines optimisation Support public health campaigns and provide specialist knowledge on public health programmesInterested? We'd love to meet you for an informal visit or chat - come and see what makes The Health Triangle PCN different. Contact: Vonnie Phillips, Hiring Manager Email: vonnie.phillips@nhs.net