Overview
Role: Clinical Pharmacist
Organisation: Greater Middlesbrough Primary Care Network (PCN)
Location: Coulby Medical Practice, Cropton Way, Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, TS8 0TL, United Kingdom
Contract: Permanent, Part-time (18.75 hours per week)
Salary: Depending on experience
Job posting: 08 October 2025
Join a friendly team delivering medicines optimisation services within a primary care network setting and contribute to prescribing initiatives, safety improvements, and medication reviews.
Job responsibilities
* Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas.
* Be a prescriber, or be training to become a prescriber, and work with and alongside the general practice team.
* Manage care of patients with chronic diseases and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage polypharmacy, especially in older people and those with multiple co-morbidities or learning disabilities (through the STOMP Stop Over Medication Programme).
* Provide specialist expertise in medicines to address public health and social care needs and tackle inequalities.
* Provide leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation and quality improvement, contributing to national frameworks and enhanced services.
* Conduct structured medication reviews to help patients take medications effectively, reduce waste, and promote self-care.
* Lead integration of general practice with wider healthcare teams (including community and hospital pharmacy) to improve patient outcomes and access to care.
* Develop relationships with other pharmacy professionals across PCNs and the wider health and social care system.
* Play a central role in shared care protocols, clinical research with medicines, and liaison with specialist pharmacists and community pharmacists.
* Be part of a professional clinical network with access to clinical supervision (minimum one supervision session per month by a senior clinical/advanced practice pharmacist).
Qualifications
Essential
* Master's degree in pharmacy or equivalent
* Independent Prescriber status
* Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
* Specialist knowledge through a Postgraduate Diploma & Qualification
Desirable
* 2 years relevant post-qualification experience
Experience
Essential
* Experience of medication reviews and patient counselling
* Experience of working with clinicians and multidisciplinary/multi-agency teams
* Experience in undertaking clinical audits
Desirable
* Experience of working in a GP practice
Disclosure and UK Registration
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For more information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer: Greater Middlesbrough Primary Care Network (PCN)
Address: Coulby Medical Practice, Cropton Way, Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, TS8 0TL
Employer's website: https://www.greatermiddlesbroughpcn.nhs.uk/
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