PCN Clinical Pharmacist

Go back Nuneaton & Bedworth Primary Care Network

The closing date is 25 January 2026

We are a large PCN of 11 practices and over 103,000 patients. This is an opportunity to join our dynamic team of 12 pharmacists and 3 technicians. The role will be practice‑based, so we would not consider applications from individuals looking for a remote position.

This is a really exciting opportunity to join our PCN as an organisation that employs the majority of our Pharmacists and Technicians directly, which enables us to contribute to and support their learning and development under the leadership of an experienced Lead Clinical Pharmacist.

• To participate in the provision of a Clinical Pharmacy Service to our member GP practices;
• Provision of routine clinical medicines reviews;
• To review and reduce where possible inappropriate poly‑pharmacy and wasteful prescribing through timely and effective clinical medication reviews;
• Reconcile patients medicines following hospital discharge and work with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge;
• Interface with community and hospital pharmacy colleagues and develop referral processes between primary care professionals, including the promotion of the repeat dispensing service;
• Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates;
• Manage patients and healthcare professionals medicine queries;
• Work with primary care professionals and patients to implement NICE and other evidence‑based guidelines;
• Run clinics where appropriate to meet the needs of the Primary Care Network;
• Contribute to multi‑morbidty reviews and multidisciplinary reviews;
• Provide medicines information and training to Primary Care Network healthcare professionals and admin staff;
• Act as a source of medicines information for all of the practice team and patients (e.g. around doses, side effects, adverse events, possible alternatives e.g. around out of stocks).

We are a large and diverse PCN covering Nuneaton and Bedworth in North Warwickshire, and currently have in excess of 60 ARRS staff working across our locality incorporating Care Coordinators, Social Prescribers, Health & Wellbeing Coaches, Mental Health Practitioners, First Contact Physiotherapists, Dietitians, Physician Associates and Nurse Associates alongside our Clinical Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians.

We have a dynamic Senior Management Team supported by an established Digital and Transformation Team. This has allowed us to implement a number of initiatives including a telephone triage appointment system (Rapid Health), a service to support patients experiencing poor sleep (Sleep Station), pathways for patients struggling to manage long‑term pain conditions (Pure Health & Wellbeing), monthly Pain Cafes and menopause drop‑in clinics, and a 12‑week programme run in conjunction with Sky Blues in the community to support patients with their Health and Wellbeing.

We have an established and respected team of Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians working across our 11 practices, all at different places in their career journey – from recently qualified to experienced prescribers. The team is led by an experienced Lead PCN Clinical Pharmacist who is part of our Senior Management Team. We are an organisation that values their employees and are keen to support staff training and development.

The majority of our Pharmacists only work across 2 member practices.

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