Job Description

Clinical Pharmacist

The closing date is 14 January 2026

Job summary

As part of our expandingPharmacy Team, you will play a vital role in supporting both patients and practices. The Pharmacy Team is embedded within our broaderAdditional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) workforce, which includes a diverse range of professionals working together to enhance patient outcomes. This multidisciplinary approach ensures that our practices are well-supported and that our communities benefit from coordinated, accessible, and compassionate healthcare.

Main duties of the job

To provide excellent patient care, to improve resilience within our member practices, and to support practice teams with expert clinical knowledge of medications. This will be achieved by face-to-face and telephone appointments, project work around differing long-term conditions as well as CVD prevention, and building positive relationships with key stakeholders.

About us

Pontefract and Knottingley Primary Care Network (PCN) comprises four established GP practices:

Ashgrove Medical Centre, Friarwood Medical Centre, Northgate Medical Centre, and Stuart Road Medical Centre

. Collectively, we provide high-quality healthcare services to approximately

49,000 registered patients

across the Pontefract and Knottingley district.

Our PCN is committed to delivering integrated, patient-centered care by fostering collaboration across practices and within the wider healthcare system.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Patient-facing long-term conditions clinics -Review the ongoing need for each medicine, a review of monitoring needs and an opportunity to support patients with their medicines taking ensuring they get the best use of their medicines (i.e. medicines optimisation). Make appropriate recommendations to clinicians for medicine improvement.Request and interpret appropriate monitoring for long-term conditions. Patient-facing clinical medication review-Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients autonomously. Patient-facing care home medication reviews Patient-facing medicines support Telephone medicines support Providing expert medication information to practice staff and patients Signposting Repeat prescribing Risk stratification Service development Information management Medicines quality improvement Medicines safety Implementation of local and national guidelines and formulary recommendations Education and Training Care Quality Commission Projects

Person Specification

Other

Essential

Self-Motivated Adaptable Full Driving Licence Access to vehicle and business insurance DBS (enhanced)

Qualifications

Essential

Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm)

Desirable

Independent prescriber with primary care experience

Experience

Essential

Skills, knowledge and experience Excellent Clinical Knowledge of long-term conditions and common Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills. Excellent written and verbal communication skills Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients/ other professionals) Good IT skills. Competent in prioritisation. Good problem solver. Able to work under time pressure and meet deadlines. Work effectively independently and as a team member. Strong understanding of the importance of confidentiality.Primary Care Experience SystmOne User Project Management Leadership Experience

Desirable

Primary Care Experience SystmOne User Project Management Leadership Experience
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 41,379.00-49,977.00 per year

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: A0430-25-0062