PCN Senior Clinical Pharmacist

Job summary

Are you passionate about improving patient care and making a real impact in primary healthcare?

We are looking for a dedicated and forward-thinking Senior Clinical Pharmacist to join our general practice team. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of patient care, helping to optimise medicines use, support long-term condition management, and improve the safety and effectiveness of prescribing across a diverse patient population, whilst supporting the mentorship and development of a growing pharmacy team.

Youll work as part of a supportive, multi-disciplinary team in a role that offers variety, autonomy, and the chance to lead on clinical initiatives. Whether reviewing medication for older adults, advising on treatment pathways, or reducing hospital readmissions, your expertise will be central to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care.

If youre looking to take the next step in your career and want to be part of an innovative and evolving healthcare environment, wed love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

The Senior PCN Clinical Pharmacist will participate in patient triaging, conduct structured medication reviews, oversee the repeat prescription authorisation process, manage acute prescription requests, perform medicines reconciliation during care transfers, and lead the implementation of systems to enhance prescribing safety within the PCN. The Senior PCN Clinical Pharmacist will also be responsible for managing one or more areas of chronic disease.

Key areas of responsibilities include:

• Medication Safety Reviews
• Structured Medication Reviews
• Medication Queries
• Acute Prescription Requests
• Chronic Disease Management
• Management of common/minor/self-limiting ailments
• Medicine information to practice staff and patients
• Unplanned hospital admissions
• Medicines Reconciliation
• Service development
• Medicines Safety/Quality alerts and auditing
• Implementation of local and national guidelines and formulary recommendations
• Leadership and Management

In addition to these clinical duties, the Senior PCN Clinical Pharmacist will be expected to mentor and develop a pharmacy team with varying levels of experience to support the strategic objectives for medicines management within Rockingham Forest PCN and Lakeside Healthcare.

About us

LAKESIDE HEALTHCARE is changing the face of primary care provision in England. We are bold, adventurous and ambitious and determined to thrive in uncertain times. We are the largest true partnership in the NHS and operate from various sites across the East Midlands. We serve the healthcare needs of over 170,000 patients across Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire & Cambridgeshire. Joining our team presents an opportunity to be part of a large organisation that is changing the way primary care is delivered today.

Living and breathing our values at Lakeside Healthcare

Caring & Respect: Simply put we genuinely care about people: working together for our patients and our teams, our patients come first in everything we do. We strive to ensure we connect and respond to all needs with compassion, care and respect to improve the lives and wellbeing of the communities we serve.

Teamwork & Quality: In all areas of our business we network, collaborate and learn from our Patients, Stakeholders and each another to ensure we are always striving to improve, making the right and best decisions to provide the best service.

About the Practice/Department/Team

Rockingham Forest PCN is a large, forward-thinking Primary Care Network compromising 3 practices across Corby, Kettering and Oundle.

This role is based across the Lakeside surgeries in Corby, Kettering and Oundle.

Employer details

Employer name

Lakeside Healthcare Group

Address

Cottingham Road

Corby

Northamptonshire

NN17 2UR

Employer's website

https://www.lakesidehealthcaregroup.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Lakeside Healthcare Group

Address

Cottingham Road

Corby

Northamptonshire

NN17 2UR

Employer's website

https://www.lakesidehealthcaregroup.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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