PCN Clinical Pharmacist

Maypole Health Centre, Dr. Michael's Practice

The closing date is 26 January 2026

The Practice-based Clinical Pharmacist will improve the quality and safety of care offered to patients of Maypole Health Centre and Cranes Park Road Surgery.

The successful candidate will work 2 to 3 days per week between the two surgeries with days and working hours for negotiation.

They will have regular contact with patients and will reduce the workload of GP prescribers in the practice. They will also support the management of patients with long‑term conditions.

Specifically, the Practice-based PCN Clinical Pharmacist will develop and manage medicines optimisation services within primary care. They will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to manage medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing. They will perform face‑to‑face medication reviews of patients with polypharmacy; especially for those with frailty and/or with multiple co‑morbidities. They will undertake face‑to‑face reviews of patients with specific long‑term conditions that fall within their competency.

They will provide leadership on quality improvement and clinical audit, as well as managing aspects of medicines safety and antibiotic stewardship. They will contribute to practice financial stability through optimisation of medicines related targets in QOF.

The key aims for the clinical pharmacist are:

• Reduce the medicines related workload on doctors
• Increase safety and quality of prescribed medicines
• Provide support on medicines related issues to the whole practice team
• Be a point of contact for patients regarding medicines queries

They should support the following clinical work:

• Clinical Medication Review
• Chronic Disease Management (for example, managing hypertension/Type 2 Diabetes/Asthma/COPD patients, polypharmacy review)
• Medicines reconciliation on transfer between care providers

They should also support the following practice development work:

• Focusing on QOF Domains, improving disease registers
• Prescribing Safety, Clinical audit, Local Enhanced Services support
• Lead on prescription management (systems and processes, ensuring monitoring is being done, support clerical staff)

Maypole Health Centre and Cranes Park Road Surgery are a friendly, supportive and enthusiastic team, committed to providing high quality health care, whilst maintaining resilience within our team and achieving a successful work‑life balance.

The post is for a PCN Clinical Pharmacist, however you will be employed by Maypole Health Centre and Cranes Park Road Surgery. The post is a contract for 1 year and depending on funding, will continue.

For the full Job Description, see the attached JD & Person Specification.

Responsibilities underpinning the role

To develop and facilitate a good working relationship with community pharmacists and other local providers of healthcare.

To plan and organise own workload, including audit and project work, and training sessions for members of the practice team, patients, and carers.

To maintain registration as a pharmacist and comply with appropriate professional codes.

As appropriate to the post, to maintain and develop professional competence and expertise, keep up to date with medical/therapeutic evidence and opinion, and local and national service, legislation and policy developments, agree objectives and a personal development plan and participate in the appraisal process.

To attend local, regional and national meetings of relevance as agreed with the post holder’s line manager.

To undertake any other duties commensurate with the post holder’s grade as agreed with the post holder’s line manager.

All employees should understand that it is their personal responsibility to comply with all organisational and statutory requirements (e.g. health and safety, equal treatment and diversity, confidentiality and clinical governance).

• Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
• Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification

• Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
• Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification

• Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
• Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification

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.

Maypole Health Centre, Dr. Michael's Practice