Job summary
Are you an enthusiastic and forwards thinking qualified Clinical Pharmacist?
If so this is an
exciting opportunity for you to join our existing pharmacy team, working with general practices across our PCN footprint,
with support from our existing clinical teams to deliver excellent patient care. You will be part
of our growing multi-disciplinary additional roles team, who all work together
to support our GP practices and their patients.The roles
currently include Care Coordinators, Clinical Pharmacists, Pharmacy
Technicians, Paramedics, Health and Wellbeing Coaches, Social Prescribing Link
Worker, Outreach Nurses and Mental Health Practitioner.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work within their clinical competencies as part of a
multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in clinical medicines management,
provide face-to-face structured medication reviews, manage long term
conditions, management of medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer
prescribing, manage repeat prescription authorisations and reauthorisation,
acute prescription request, while addressing both the public health and social
care needs of patients in the GP practice(s) that make up the PCN.
The base for this role will be at Henry Moore Clinic, but working with all six practices within the PCN.
About us
Wakefield North Primary Care Network (PCN) are developing our services to
support our six general practices and patients in our PCN across the Eastern
side of Wakefield District, serving a population of approximately 48,700. Our practices
are;
- Henry Moore Clinic
- Riverside Medical Centre
- Tieve Tara Medical Centre
- Station Lane Medical Centre
- St Thomas Road Surgery
- Newland Surgery.
Our PCN is
committed to improving the care provided to our patients, reducing health
inequalities and raising the standards and quality of our general
practices.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a full Job Description and Person Specification for this role, please see the document attached. Please note that interviews for this vacancy will take place on the 4th August 2025.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a full Job Description and Person Specification for this role, please see the document attached. Please note that interviews for this vacancy will take place on the 4th August 2025.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's degree in pharmacy or equivalent
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development
- Independent Prescriber or willing to work towards
- Completion of the Primary care pharmacy education (CPPE) pathway or willing to work towards
Desirable
- Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent)
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of working autonomously or as part of a team
- Medicines management
- Experience of communicating with other healthcare professionals and the general public
- Experience of prioritising workload.
- Experience of using own initiative to solve problems
- Evidence of personal leadership to improve the quality of care
- Demonstrated ability to prioritise own workload and that of others
Desirable
- Policy / procedure development General Practice repeat prescribing systems
- Experience working in a primary care setting / PCN
- Understanding and knowledge of healthcare provision in GP practices, QOF, and PCN DES
- An appreciation of the new NHS landscape including the relationships between individual practices, PCNs and the commissioners
- Use of SystmOne
Skills and Aptitude
Essential
- Excellent time management skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Adaptable and quick to make relationships with new teams
- Flexible and cooperative
- Ability to identify risk and escalate appropriately
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Evidence of working autonomously or as part of a team
- Confident in own professional judgment and excellent decision-making skills
- Demonstrate ability to develop and maintain good working relations across multidisciplinary teams
Desirable
- Able to interpret complex clinical information and data on medicines to deliver face-to-face clinical care including managing a caseload
Other
Essential
- Full driving license with access to a car
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's degree in pharmacy or equivalent
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development
- Independent Prescriber or willing to work towards
- Completion of the Primary care pharmacy education (CPPE) pathway or willing to work towards
Desirable
- Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent)
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of working autonomously or as part of a team
- Medicines management
- Experience of communicating with other healthcare professionals and the general public
- Experience of prioritising workload.
- Experience of using own initiative to solve problems
- Evidence of personal leadership to improve the quality of care
- Demonstrated ability to prioritise own workload and that of others
Desirable
- Policy / procedure development General Practice repeat prescribing systems
- Experience working in a primary care setting / PCN
- Understanding and knowledge of healthcare provision in GP practices, QOF, and PCN DES
- An appreciation of the new NHS landscape including the relationships between individual practices, PCNs and the commissioners
- Use of SystmOne
Skills and Aptitude
Essential
- Excellent time management skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Adaptable and quick to make relationships with new teams
- Flexible and cooperative
- Ability to identify risk and escalate appropriately
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Evidence of working autonomously or as part of a team
- Confident in own professional judgment and excellent decision-making skills
- Demonstrate ability to develop and maintain good working relations across multidisciplinary teams
Desirable
- Able to interpret complex clinical information and data on medicines to deliver face-to-face clinical care including managing a caseload
Other
Essential
- Full driving license with access to a car
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
