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Job Summary
CAM Medical Primary Care Network is seeking a motivated and experienced Clinical Pharmacist to join our remote team. In this dynamic role, you'll play a key part in delivering high-quality medicines optimisation, supporting long-term condition management, and ensuring safe, effective prescribing across our practices. Working closely with GPs, care homes, and community pharmacy teams, you'll help drive forward patient-centred care and clinical excellence within our network.
Job Summary
CAM Medical Primary Care Network is seeking a motivated and experienced Clinical Pharmacist to join our remote team. In this dynamic role, you'll play a key part in delivering high-quality medicines optimisation, supporting long-term condition management, and ensuring safe, effective prescribing across our practices. Working closely with GPs, care homes, and community pharmacy teams, you'll help drive forward patient-centred care and clinical excellence within our network.
Main duties of the job
Job Summary
The Clinical Pharmacist will work remotely across the CAM Medical Primary Care Network area as part of the pharmacy team. Support provided to practices will be determined according to their existing and developing systems and will include some or all of the responsibilities noted below:
Medication Review and Optimisation
Care Home Medication Reviews
Long Term Condition Clinics
Medicines Reconciliation and processing discharge letters
Medicines Information / Education
Prescribing Systems and Policies
Medicines safety
Liaison with community and hospital pharmacies
Running reports and audits
About Us
Any other duties as reasonably required.
CAM Medical PCN is a collaborative group of GP practices working together to improve healthcare outcomes for our local communities. We focus on delivering integrated, patient-centred care by enhancing access to clinical services, supporting preventative health, and promoting innovation across primary care. Our multidisciplinary team includes GPs, pharmacists, nurses, and other healthcare professionals working together to provide high-quality care tailored to local needs. As a forward-thinking and supportive network, we value continuous improvement, professional development, and compassionate care.
Details
Date posted
04 August 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
1 years
Working pattern
Full-time, Home or remote working
Reference number
A4627-25-0001
Job locations
Doctors Surgery
Wordsworth Grove
Cambridge
CB3 9HS
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Medication Review and Optimisation
Respond to pharmacy queries to include clarifying doses and or products and give appropriate alternatives when availability issues occur Discuss medication issues with patients by telephone such as adverse effects interactions overdose inadvertent ingestion OTC remedies queries from practice dispensary and queries from care homes Discuss specific patient and prescribing issues such as complicated regimes polypharmacy compliance difficulties multiple adverse effects and medication reduction regimes with other clinicians as necessary
Consultations with patients may include
Discuss medication issues as needed and as appropriate Carry out medication review Review and continue repeat medications for new patients who have just registered with the practice and suggest GP medication review where appropriate
Care Home Medication Reviews
Support GPs with management of care home residents Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients with multi morbidity and poly pharmacy and implement own prescribing changes if an independent prescriber and order relevant monitoring tests Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration
Long Term Condition Clinics
According to experience and training undertake chronic disease reviews and medicine optimization according to practice guidelines
Medicines Reconciliation
Review secondary care requests for new medication as communicated by discharge summaries and outpatient letters raise any queries with relevant GP and discuss how to respond when inappropriate prescribing requests arise Deal with anticoagulant start stop requests from secondary care and contact patients who have defaulted on INRs
Medicines Information and Education
Monitor and inform colleagues as relevant about ongoing prescribing issues such as new guidelines national and local new products being asked for by secondary care manufacturing and supply problems new prescribing restrictions or contraindications and individual and systematic errors made by colleagues Advise on cost effective prescribing and prescribing budget issues
Prescribing Systems and Policies
Assist in identifying patients in need of medication review and developing systems to meet this need Work with the GPs and the practice teams to develop and implement safe and efficient prescribing policies and strategies for cam medical primary care network to maximise efficiency and reduce wastage Suggest and design audits in relation to prescribing targets implementation of locality policies and the quality outcomes framework QOF Work with the GPs and practice managers on delivering targets for the local prescribing quality schemes Monitor cam medical primary care network's prescribing performance and advise on changes to practice prescribing as appropriate Oversight and audit of high risk drug monitoring
Medicines Safety
Identify national and local policy and guidance that affects patient safety through the use of medicines including MHRA alerts product withdrawals and emerging evidence from clinical trials
Liaison with Community and Hospital Pharmacies
Support integration of cam medical primary care network within community and hospital pharmacies and proactively manage patients at risk of medicine related problems on discharge to provide continuity of care
Running Reports and Audits
In the domain of medicines quality improvement conduct clinical audits of prescribing in designated areas as directed by the clinical lead and or GPs Provide feedback on the findings Collaborate with the practice team to implement necessary changes
Any Other Duties As Reasonably Required
Undertake any other appropriate duties as may reasonably be required from time to time
Equality and Diversity
The post holder will support the equality diversity and rights of patients carers and colleagues to include Acting in a way that recognises the importance of people's rights interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice or consortium procedures and policies and current legislation Respecting the privacy dignity needs and beliefs of patients carers and colleagues Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual is non judgmental and respects their circumstances feelings priorities and rights
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Medication Review and Optimisation
Respond to pharmacy queries to include clarifying doses and or products and give appropriate alternatives when availability issues occur Discuss medication issues with patients by telephone such as adverse effects interactions overdose inadvertent ingestion OTC remedies queries from practice dispensary and queries from care homes Discuss specific patient and prescribing issues such as complicated regimes polypharmacy compliance difficulties multiple adverse effects and medication reduction regimes with other clinicians as necessary
Consultations with patients may include
Discuss medication issues as needed and as appropriate Carry out medication review Review and continue repeat medications for new patients who have just registered with the practice and suggest GP medication review where appropriate
Care Home Medication Reviews
Support GPs with management of care home residents Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients with multi morbidity and poly pharmacy and implement own prescribing changes if an independent prescriber and order relevant monitoring tests Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration
Long Term Condition Clinics
According to experience and training undertake chronic disease reviews and medicine optimization according to practice guidelines
Medicines Reconciliation
Review secondary care requests for new medication as communicated by discharge summaries and outpatient letters raise any queries with relevant GP and discuss how to respond when inappropriate prescribing requests arise Deal with anticoagulant start stop requests from secondary care and contact patients who have defaulted on INRs
Medicines Information and Education
Monitor and inform colleagues as relevant about ongoing prescribing issues such as new guidelines national and local new products being asked for by secondary care manufacturing and supply problems new prescribing restrictions or contraindications and individual and systematic errors made by colleagues Advise on cost effective prescribing and prescribing budget issues
Prescribing Systems and Policies
Assist in identifying patients in need of medication review and developing systems to meet this need Work with the GPs and the practice teams to develop and implement safe and efficient prescribing policies and strategies for cam medical primary care network to maximise efficiency and reduce wastage Suggest and design audits in relation to prescribing targets implementation of locality policies and the quality outcomes framework QOF Work with the GPs and practice managers on delivering targets for the local prescribing quality schemes Monitor cam medical primary care network's prescribing performance and advise on changes to practice prescribing as appropriate Oversight and audit of high risk drug monitoring
Medicines Safety
Identify national and local policy and guidance that affects patient safety through the use of medicines including MHRA alerts product withdrawals and emerging evidence from clinical trials
Liaison with Community and Hospital Pharmacies
Support integration of cam medical primary care network within community and hospital pharmacies and proactively manage patients at risk of medicine related problems on discharge to provide continuity of care
Running Reports and Audits
In the domain of medicines quality improvement conduct clinical audits of prescribing in designated areas as directed by the clinical lead and or GPs Provide feedback on the findings Collaborate with the practice team to implement necessary changes
Any Other Duties As Reasonably Required
Undertake any other appropriate duties as may reasonably be required from time to time
Equality and Diversity
The post holder will support the equality diversity and rights of patients carers and colleagues to include Acting in a way that recognises the importance of people's rights interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice or consortium procedures and policies and current legislation Respecting the privacy dignity needs and beliefs of patients carers and colleagues Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual is non judgmental and respects their circumstances feelings priorities and rights
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* MPharm Degree (GPhC-accredited)
* Completion of Foundation Training Year (pre-registration year)
* Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
* UK based. Laptops provided will only work in UK
Person Specification
Essential
* MPharm Degree (GPhC-accredited)
* Completion of Foundation Training Year (pre-registration year)
* Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
* UK based. Laptops provided will only work in UK
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).
Additional information
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
Cam Medical PCN
Address
Doctors Surgery
Wordsworth Grove
Cambridge
CB3 9HS
Employer's website
https://www.trumpingtonstreetmedicalpractice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Cam Medical PCN
Address
Doctors Surgery
Wordsworth Grove
Cambridge
CB3 9HS
Employer's website
https://www.trumpingtonstreetmedicalpractice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Health Care Provider
* Industries
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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