Clinical Pharmacist / Independent Prescriber (ARRS) - Somerset PCN

Symphony Healthcare Services Limited

The closing date is 30 April 2025

Job summary

Symphony Healthcare Services is currently recruiting for a Clinical Pharmacist / Independent Prescriber to join the team within the South Somerset West (SSW) Primary Care Network (PCN) - which covers Buttercross Health Centre in Somerton (base), Hamdon Medical Centre in Stoke Sub Hamdon, Martock Surgery, South Petherton Medical Centre and Crewkerne Health Centre.

You will provide Pharmacy services to the SSW PCN, which will include supporting, promoting and implementing high quality, evidence-based, cost-effective and safe use of medicines.

This role also includes patient medication reviews, helping the practice achieve prescribing targets and supporting the implementation of national and local guidance in order to improve patient care.

This post is ARRS funded and the salary for this post will be between £53,523 and £58,465 per annum (pro rata for part time hours).

Starting salaries will be offered based on experience.

The hours available for this post are up to full time (37.5 per week) but part time hours will be considered, along with job share requests.

Working pattern / days will be discussed at interview stage.

Main duties of the job

As a Symphony Clinical Pharmacist, you will:

Provide sessional clinical support to the surgeries within the South Somerset West PCN as an independent pharmacist prescriber, seeing patients and leading on medicines optimisation.
Support the surgery to improve medicines reconciliation on discharge, formulary compliance, repeat prescribing management and medication reviews.
Support Symphony and Somerset ICB plans to reduce medicines waste in primary care.
Interpret and provide complex medicines information to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.
To provide information, advice and guidance on the safe, rational, effective and economical use of medicines.

About us

Symphony Healthcare Services (SHS) was established in 2016 as part of the award-winning Symphony Programme Vanguard, developing new models of care. We now support 16 practices across Somerset providing care for over 100,000 patients.

Symphony has developed a model where each practice is encouraged to operate autonomously, but as a subsidiary of NHS Somerset Foundation Trust (SFT), and with the backing and economies of scale from a central support team (particularly for HR, finance, corporate and strategic management matters).

Providing NHS services is at the heart of what we do. Our vision is to ensure that primary care is sustainable for patients and practices in Somerset, and we aim to be a national exemplar for primary care provision. We work closely with our practice teams to support, develop and transform patient care and working practices with innovation and technology at the heart of what we do.

Symphony welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and underrepresented groups. When undertaking recruitment and selection for our services, Symphony are committed to equality of opportunity for all.

Symphony offers a NHS or NEST Pension, a fantastic range of employee benefits and salary sacrifice schemes (see attached poster), along with flexible working from day of employment and an agile approach to home / office-based working (where applicable).

We look forward to hearing from you and receiving your application.

Date posted

16 April 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£53,523 to £58,465 a year Starting salary will be based on previous experience.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

E0215-SSWPCNPH-042025

Job locations

Buttercross Health Centre

Behind Berry

Somerton

Somerset

TA11 7PB

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached JD for full duties and tasks associated with this role.

Please read this document in full before applying.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached JD for full duties and tasks associated with this role.

Please read this document in full before applying.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

GPhC registration as a pharmacist
Certificate or MSc/Diploma Pharmacy Practice (or equivalent experience)
Independent prescribing qualification
Completion (or exemption) of CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education pathway

Experience

Essential

At least 2 years of primary care experience
Clinical Pharmacy experience
Clinical audit experience
Knowledge and understanding of Primary Care

Desirable

Previously experience of working within integrated healthcare organisations or teams
EMIS - knowledge of system

Personal Qualities

Essential

Ability to work effectively as part of a team
Ability to work alone without direct supervision when required
Good time management and organisational skills, ability to prioritise effectively
Ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining attention to detail and accuracy
Ability to communicate effectively with members of the public and other healthcare professionals
Ability to train other members of staff
Ability to use Microsoft Office applications e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook
Excellent Communication and influencing skills
Professional appearance & demeanour
Adaptable to change flexible in accepting new procedures and policies
Ability to demonstrate initiative: proactive and self-motivated
Progressive and continuing professional development
Enthusiastic
Assertive
Hold current UK driving licence and be able to drive between practices (as required)

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

GPhC registration as a pharmacist
Certificate or MSc/Diploma Pharmacy Practice (or equivalent experience)
Independent prescribing qualification
Completion (or exemption) of CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education pathway

Experience

Essential

At least 2 years of primary care experience
Clinical Pharmacy experience
Clinical audit experience
Knowledge and understanding of Primary Care

Desirable

Previously experience of working within integrated healthcare organisations or teams
EMIS - knowledge of system

Personal Qualities

Essential

Ability to work effectively as part of a team
Ability to work alone without direct supervision when required
Good time management and organisational skills, ability to prioritise effectively
Ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining attention to detail and accuracy
Ability to communicate effectively with members of the public and other healthcare professionals
Ability to train other members of staff
Ability to use Microsoft Office applications e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook
Excellent Communication and influencing skills
Professional appearance & demeanour
Adaptable to change flexible in accepting new procedures and policies
Ability to demonstrate initiative: proactive and self-motivated
Progressive and continuing professional development
Enthusiastic
Assertive
Hold current UK driving licence and be able to drive between practices (as required)

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.