Job summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic and clinically driven Clinical Pharmacist to join our established Primary Care Network team. This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in improving medicines optimisation, enhancing patient care, and supporting safe and effective prescribing across our member practices.
You will join a well established medicines management team consisting of 3 experienced Clinical Pharmacists and 3 skilled Pharmacy Technicians who work collaboratively to deliver high quality, patient centred pharmaceutical care. The team promotes shared expertise, continuous learning, and a supportive environment designed to help clinicians thrive. You will benefit from peer support, shared clinical supervision, and opportunities to develop specialist interests within a friendly, forward thinking network.
South Liverpool offers an excellent place to live and work, and our PCN is committed to the career development of all staff. As training practices, we focus on nurturing clinical skills and helping colleagues work at the top of their professional scope. Whether you are already working in general practice or transitioning from another sector, we will provide a supportive and development focused environment. This role is ideal for a motivated pharmacist who thrives on directly supporting patients and wants to make a meaningful impact on the health and wellbeing of our local community all while being part of a high achieving, improvement driven team.
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Pharmacist will contribute to the delivery of high-quality medicines optimisation and play an active role in supporting safe, effective prescribing across the PCN. Key responsibilities include conducting expert clinical medication reviews, supporting long-term condition management, and contributing to personalised care plans. You will help deliver core PCN services such as Structured Medication Reviews, medicines reconciliation, weight management service, vaccination programmes and quality improvement initiatives.
Working closely with GPs and the wider multidisciplinary team, you will help optimise prescribing, reduce medication related harm, and improve patient outcomes. You will also support the implementation of national and local guidance, assist with the management of repeat prescribing processes, and help ensure safe systems for high risk and complex medicines.
The role offers opportunities to further develop clinical skills, including independent prescribing, alongside ongoing CPD and access to peer support.
The post holder may be required to travel between practices, care homes, and occasionally patient homes as part of their duties.
About us
Childwall and Wavertree Network is a Primary Care Network made up of eight established GP practices: Valley Medical Centre, Rutherford Medical Centre, Penny Lane Surgery, Greenbank Road Surgery, Greenbank Drive Surgery, Lance Lane Medical Centre, Beacon Health at Mossley Hill Surgery, and Storrsdale Medical Centre. We provide high quality, compassionate care for a diverse population of around 48,000 patients in South Liverpool.
Our mission is to deliver innovative, patient centred services and to create an environment where staff and patients thrive. We work collaboratively across sectors to improve access, reduce health inequalities, and ensure care is inclusive and forward thinking.
Our multidisciplinary team includes GPs, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Clinical Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Practice Nurses, Nurse Associates, Social Prescribers, Health and Wellbeing Coaches, Mental Health Practitioners, First Contact Physiotherapists and Physician Associates. We also support three aligned care homes: Oak Springs Care Home, Stapley Residential and Nursing Home, and Prince Alfred Residential Care Home.
As a recognised unified learning environment, we are committed to staff development for all roles and fostering a fair, supportive workplace where contributions are valued and excellent patient care is central to everything we do.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Patient facing Medicines Optimisation and Structured Medication Reviews
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using their expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas.
- Take responsibility 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 (in particular frailty, COPD and asthma) and people with learning disabilities or autism (through STOMP Stop Over Medication Programme).
- Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients and to help in tackling inequalities.
- Support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care through structured medical reviews.
Collaborative working
- Undertake a leadership role in supporting further integration of general practice with the wider healthcare teams (including community and hospital pharmacy) to help improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage general practice workload.
- Work with the primary care network team to carry out vaccination programmes
- Contribute to the Enhanced Health in Care Homes Service, including participation in Multidisciplinary Team Meetings (MDTs) and visits in aligned care homes
- Develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across PCNs and the wider health and social care system.
Medicines quality improvement and safety
- Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in areas directed by the GPs, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the relevant practice team
- Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance
- Provide leadership on person centred medicines optimisation (including ensuring prescribers in the practice conserve antibiotics in line with local antimicrobial stewardship guidance) and quality improvement, whilst contributing to the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.
- Work with the general practice teams to ensure the practices are compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved
Implementation of local and national guidelines
- Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical research with medicines, liaison with specialist pharmacists (including mental health and reduction of inappropriate antipsychotic use in people with learning difficulties), liaison with community pharmacists and anticoagulation
Professional development
- Either be enrolled in or have qualified from an accredited training pathway that equips the clinical pharmacists to be able to practice and prescribe safely and effectively in a primary care setting (currently the CPPE Clinical Pharmacist training pathways)
- Be a prescriber, or enrolled in training to become a prescriber
- Undertake continual personal and professional development, taking an active part in reviewing and developing the role and responsibilities, and provide evidence of learning activity as required.
- Adhere to organisational policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance, equality, diversity and inclusion training and health and safety.
- Access a minimum of one supervision session per month by a senior clinical pharmacist or GP clinical supervisor
Research and evaluation
- Critically evaluate and review literature
- Identify where there is a gap in the evidence base to support practice
- Generate evidence suitable for presentations at practice and local level
- Apply research evidence base into the workplace
Miscellaneous
- Establish strong working relationships with GPs and practice teams and work collaboratively with other staff of the multi-disciplinary team, supporting each other, respecting each others views and meeting regularly as a team.
- Demonstrate a flexible attitude and be prepared to carry out other duties as may be reasonably required from time to time within the general character of the post or the level of responsibility of the role, ensuring that work is delivered in a timely and effective manner.
- Contribute to the wider aims and objectives of the PCN to improve and support primary care.
Benefits
- Competitive salary package
- Support for professional development and training
- Flexible working options to accommodate work-life balance
- Access to a network of healthcare professionals within the PCN
- Access to NHS Pension
Job description
Job responsibilities
Patient facing Medicines Optimisation and Structured Medication Reviews
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using their expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas.
- Take responsibility 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 (in particular frailty, COPD and asthma) and people with learning disabilities or autism (through STOMP Stop Over Medication Programme).
- Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients and to help in tackling inequalities.
- Support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care through structured medical reviews.
Collaborative working
- Undertake a leadership role in supporting further integration of general practice with the wider healthcare teams (including community and hospital pharmacy) to help improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage general practice workload.
- Work with the primary care network team to carry out vaccination programmes
- Contribute to the Enhanced Health in Care Homes Service, including participation in Multidisciplinary Team Meetings (MDTs) and visits in aligned care homes
- Develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across PCNs and the wider health and social care system.
Medicines quality improvement and safety
- Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in areas directed by the GPs, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the relevant practice team
- Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance
- Provide leadership on person centred medicines optimisation (including ensuring prescribers in the practice conserve antibiotics in line with local antimicrobial stewardship guidance) and quality improvement, whilst contributing to the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.
- Work with the general practice teams to ensure the practices are compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved
Implementation of local and national guidelines
- Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical research with medicines, liaison with specialist pharmacists (including mental health and reduction of inappropriate antipsychotic use in people with learning difficulties), liaison with community pharmacists and anticoagulation
Professional development
- Either be enrolled in or have qualified from an accredited training pathway that equips the clinical pharmacists to be able to practice and prescribe safely and effectively in a primary care setting (currently the CPPE Clinical Pharmacist training pathways)
- Be a prescriber, or enrolled in training to become a prescriber
- Undertake continual personal and professional development, taking an active part in reviewing and developing the role and responsibilities, and provide evidence of learning activity as required.
- Adhere to organisational policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance, equality, diversity and inclusion training and health and safety.
- Access a minimum of one supervision session per month by a senior clinical pharmacist or GP clinical supervisor
Research and evaluation
- Critically evaluate and review literature
- Identify where there is a gap in the evidence base to support practice
- Generate evidence suitable for presentations at practice and local level
- Apply research evidence base into the workplace
Miscellaneous
- Establish strong working relationships with GPs and practice teams and work collaboratively with other staff of the multi-disciplinary team, supporting each other, respecting each others views and meeting regularly as a team.
- Demonstrate a flexible attitude and be prepared to carry out other duties as may be reasonably required from time to time within the general character of the post or the level of responsibility of the role, ensuring that work is delivered in a timely and effective manner.
- Contribute to the wider aims and objectives of the PCN to improve and support primary care.
Benefits
- Competitive salary package
- Support for professional development and training
- Flexible working options to accommodate work-life balance
- Access to a network of healthcare professionals within the PCN
- Access to NHS Pension
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current General Pharmaceutical Council Registration
- Either be enrolled in or have qualified from an accredited training pathway that equips the clinical pharmacists to be able to practice and prescribe safely and effectively in a primary care setting or willing to enrol on a course (currently the CPPE Clinical Pharmacist training pathways)
Desirable
- Independent Prescriber
- Professional membership in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and/or Primary Care Pharmacy Association
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of two years experience as a pharmacist, demonstrated within a practice portfolio
- Experience and an awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-terms conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice
- Able to plan, manage, monitor and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions
- Knowledge of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
- Confident with IT systems such as Microsoft 365 products to communicate and create plans and reports
- Demonstrable commitment to professional development
Desirable
- Demonstrable experience in leading quality improvement audits and initiatives
- Experience collaborating across GP, community and hospital pharmacy teams
- Experience using the patient medical record system EMIS
- Able to overcome barriers and motivate patients to comply with the recommendations
- Understanding of the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on communities
- Experience of research in primary care
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Flexible approach to working hours (to cover rota between 08:00 20:00)
- Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis, including to visit care homes and people in their own homes
Desirable
- Ability to organise, plan and prioritise on own initiative, including when under pressure and meeting deadlines
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current General Pharmaceutical Council Registration
- Either be enrolled in or have qualified from an accredited training pathway that equips the clinical pharmacists to be able to practice and prescribe safely and effectively in a primary care setting or willing to enrol on a course (currently the CPPE Clinical Pharmacist training pathways)
Desirable
- Independent Prescriber
- Professional membership in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and/or Primary Care Pharmacy Association
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of two years experience as a pharmacist, demonstrated within a practice portfolio
- Experience and an awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-terms conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice
- Able to plan, manage, monitor and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions
- Knowledge of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
- Confident with IT systems such as Microsoft 365 products to communicate and create plans and reports
- Demonstrable commitment to professional development
Desirable
- Demonstrable experience in leading quality improvement audits and initiatives
- Experience collaborating across GP, community and hospital pharmacy teams
- Experience using the patient medical record system EMIS
- Able to overcome barriers and motivate patients to comply with the recommendations
- Understanding of the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on communities
- Experience of research in primary care
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Flexible approach to working hours (to cover rota between 08:00 20:00)
- Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis, including to visit care homes and people in their own homes
Desirable
- Ability to organise, plan and prioritise on own initiative, including when under pressure and meeting deadlines
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).
