About this role
Job summary
Were looking for a dynamic and proactive Clinical Pharmacist to join our expanding team. Youll play a key role in medicines optimisation, structured clinical medication reviews, and improving prescribing safety across our network.
Working closely with GPs, nurses, and fellow pharmacists, youll contribute to enhanced patient outcomes, reduce health inequalities, and provide specialist medicines advice within a supportive and forward-thinking environment.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities
Conduct structured clinical medication reviews (including care homes and complex polypharmacy cases) Provide patient-facing support via clinics and telephone consultations Perform medicines reconciliation following hospital discharge or care transitions Advise on and implement medicines safety initiatives and QI projects Contribute to PCN prescribing audits, MHRA alerts, formulary reviews, and national guidance implementation Support education and training of the primary care team Help improve population health and reduce inequalities through medicines optimisation strategies
About us
Why Work for us
At Westongrove, we are proud to offer a supportive, inclusive, and forward-thinking working environment across our three well-integrated GP sites. Whether you're clinical or non-clinical staff, you'll be joining a friendly, collaborative team committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care.
Our mission is to be a dedicated, diverse, and compassionate healthcare team, working hard to make a meaningful difference to the health and wellbeing of our community.
We offer:
A positive, team-focused culture across all three sites Flexible working arrangements to suit your lifestyle Opportunities for professional development and career progression Access to the NHS pension scheme 25 days of annual leave (plus bank holidays) An annual Wellbeing Day for all staff Employee discount schemes The chance to make a real difference in your community
Job description Job responsibilities
The main duties and responsibilities to be undertaken by the post holder may include any or the entire following list. Duties may be varied from time to time under the direction of the partners and senior management team and will be dependent on current and evolving practice workload and staffing levels.
See (where appropriate) patients with single or multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation is required (e.g. COPD, asthma). Review the on-going 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 Senior Pharmacists or GPs for medicines optimisation or actions as appropriate and commensurate with individual level of skill and competenceUndertake structured clinical medication reviews with patients, including Care homes and make appropriate recommendations to Senior Pharmacists or GPs for medicines optimisation or actions as appropriate and commensurate with individual level of skill and competence. Work with care home staff to improve the safety of medicines ordering and administrationProvide patient facing clinics for those with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines as appropriate and commensurate with individual level of skill and competenceProvide a telephone help line for patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines, as appropriate and commensurate with individual level of skill and competenceAnswer relevant medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff, other healthcare teams (e.g. community pharmacy) and patients with queries about medicines. Suggesting and recommending solutions. Providing follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changesReview the use of medicines most commonly associated with unplanned hospital admissions and readmission's through audit and individual patient reviews. Put in place changes to reduce the prescribing of these medicines to high risk patient groupsReconcile medicines following transfer of care including discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into care homes, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge. Set up and manage systems to ensure continuity of medicines supply to high risk groups of patients (e.g. those with medicine compliance aids or those in care homes)Ensure that patients are referred to the appropriate healthcare professional for the appropriate level of care within an appropriate period of time e.g. pathology results, common/minor ailments, acute conditions, long term condition reviews etcIdentification of cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through pre-prepared practice computer searches. This might include risks that are patient related, medicine related, or bothContribute pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components (e.g. advice on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets)Analyse, interpret and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks to support decision making at PCN and GP Practice Population levelUndertake clinical audits of prescribing in areas directed by the GPs and feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the practice team at practice and PCN level,Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidanceMonitor Network prescribing against the local health economy's RAG list and make recommendations to GPs for medicines that should be prescribed by hospital doctors (red drugs) or subject to shared care (amber drugs), Assist practices in seeing and maintaining a practice formulary that is hosted on the practices computer system. Auditing practices compliance against NICE technology assessment guidance, Provide practice and PCN level information to contribute to the safe and efficient use of medicinesProvide education and training to primary healthcare team(s) on therapeutics and medicines optimisationWork with the general practice teams to ensure the PCN is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involvedSupport public health campaigns. To provide specialist knowledge on all public health programmes available to the general public. To support the PCN to improve and manage population health, focusing on reducing health inequalities and increasing healthy life expectancy
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Undergraduate degree in pharmacy Experience working as a clinical pharmacist. Hold or be working towards an independent prescribing qualification. Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Experience Essential
Experience working as a clinical pharmacist.
Desirable
Experience of working in a primary care environment Experience or a special interest in diabetes management
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Westongrove Partnership
Address Wendover Health Centre
Aylesbury Road
Wendover
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
HP22 6LD
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.westongrove.com/ (Opens in a new tab)