Clinical Pharmacist - Tunbridge Primary Care Network

Clinical Pharmacist - Tunbridge Wells Primary Care Network

Are you an enthusiastic pharmacist looking to move in to ordevelop your existing career within primary care?

Looking to have direct impactand decision making on patient care?

Then join West Kent Primary Care andbecome a vital member of our Tunbridge Wells Primary Care Network team as a PCNClinical Pharmacist. We are looking to expand our existing well establishedclinic pharmacy team of 8 clinical pharmacists and 5 pharmacy technicians, byrecruiting a further clinical pharmacist who are passionate about developing their skills in General Practice.

This role offers a distinctive opportunity to work as an independent practitioner and join a dynamic and committed primary care team,delivering high quality, friendly patient services to our community. You willfoster a culture of excellence and knowledge sharing to ensure the highestlevel of care for our patients. If you do not have experience in this area ofcare but you can demonstrate a robust clinical background, we will support your learning.

Tunbridge Wells PCN comprises of 8 practices covering 85,500 patients. Our pharmacists are given base practices to work from. Our PCN team as a collective are proactive and innovative withservices being delivered by not only our large clinical pharmacy team but alsoby first contact paramedics, first contact physiotherapists, Mental Health Navigators, Care Co-ordinators, a dedicated pharmacy team for our local carehomes and more.

Interviews planned for Friday 13 February 2026

The pharmacists will develop, enable, and support a cultureof multidisciplinary care with a focus around developing PCN services in linewith national and local specifications. Working directly with various practiceteams; this role will directly link to colleagues in community and acute settings ensuring patient health and outcomes are met in a collaborative and innovative environment. The Pharmacist will support evening and weekendextended access clinics working on a rota the other PCN staff.

Our current setup is one remote evening per week and one in six Saturday morning on siteclinics

The role will require a commitment to register on the CPPE pathway and Independent Prescribers Course (if these havent previously been completed), which we will fully support you in by providing you with time to attend training sessions plus a GP clinical supervisor and peer support.

You will collaborate closely with GPs and other Healthcare Professionals, conducting patient consultationsboth via telephone and face to face, assisting with care plans for long termcondition management (including hypertension, cardiovascular disease, asthma,diabetes and more), updating records, ensuring patient safety and managing patients within the appropriate care setting plus undertaking audits to ensure patient medication safety.

We reserve the right to close the advert before the closing date. Early applications are encouraged.

West Kent Primary Care will act as employer for this role. We are a collaborative and ambitious GP Federation working with GP practices across Sevenoaks, Weald, Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells, Malling, and Maidstone to improve General Practice provision in the area. West Kent Primary Care are a supportive and friendly organisation whose aim is to provide high quality, seamless health care that enables people to lead healthier lives, whilst feeling supported and cared for.

What we can offer:

• Favourable terms and conditions
• NHS Annual Leave entitlement
• NEST and NHS Pension
• Enhanced Maternity and Adoption Leave
• Paid sick leave
• Training, support, and development in your career
• Flexible working arrangements
• Recognition via Employee of the Month scheme
• Wellbeing support and Employee Assistance Programme
• A comprehensive induction into the company followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role

* Due to the geographical location, it would be beneficial to have a full driving license as travel will be required to practices across the PCN area.

• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to manage medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing.
• Perform face-to-face medication reviews of patients with polypharmacy, especially for those with frailty and/or with multiple co-morbidities and prescribe alternative medications.
• Undertake face-to-face reviews of patients with specific long-term conditions that fall within their competency (such as asthma reviews).
• Carry out Improved Access and Extended Hours sessions, including some weekend work.
• Provide leadership on quality improvement and clinical audit, as well as managing aspects of medicines safety and antibiotic stewardship.
• Contribute to practice financial stability through optimisation of medicines related targets in QOF delivery.

• University Degree in Pharmacy Sciences
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Registered Prescriber

• Experience in providing clinical advice and…