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Overview
The Clinical Pharmacist post has been created to provide the leadership necessary to create a sustainable clinical pharmacy service for this PCN.
Responsibilities
* Support and improve prescribing and medication-related processes at a practice level
* Improve the safety of prescribing, especially around repeat medication and transfers of care
* Improve the quality of prescribing, with a specific focus on National Service Specifications
* Understand and address medication-related challenges specific to this PCN
* Enable Practices to optimize medicines-related targets in QOF
Main duties of the job
The key responsibilities for the PCN pharmacist have been determined by NHS England and are described on page 20 of the Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service Specifications.
* Clinical pharmacists will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using their expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas.
* They will be prescribers, or will be completing training to become prescribers, and will work with and alongside the general practice team. They will take responsibility for the care management of patients with chronic diseases and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy, especially the elderly, people in care homes, those with multiple co-morbidities (in particular frailty, COPD and asthma) and people with learning disabilities or autism (via STOMP- Stop Over Medication Programme).
* They will provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients at the PCNs practices and to help in tackling inequalities.
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About Us
South Fulham is a forward thinking and friendly PCN looking to expand our paramedic and wider additional roles team. Based across our network of seven practices in Hammersmith & Fulham you will offer remote and face to face appointments, with the added potential to provide home visits. If you are a motivated self-starter and passionate about offering excellent care, we would love to hear from you.
We are a forward thinking, can-do and ambitious team who aim to provide consistent, excellent healthcare for our patients and residents. We are excited to transition our PCN into its new phase of development and growth.
Details
Date posted: 30 September 2025
Salary: £50,000 to £52,000 a year dependent on qualifications & experience
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 1 year
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: A5375-25-0013
Job locations: 5-7 Parsons Green, London, SW6 4UL
Job Description
Job responsibilities
The Clinical Pharmacist will have responsibilities specific to this PCN. These will remain within the domains of medicines management, clinical service provision, staff development and service integration.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Degree in Pharmacy
* Current registration with General Pharmaceutical Council, which must be maintained.
Desirable
* Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
* Independent Prescriber
Experience
Essential
* Knowledge of policy governing general practice and its operations.
* Knowledge of financial drivers within general practice.
* High level of clinical acumen, with the ability to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review medication and medical conditions.
* Awareness of personal clinical limitations and ability to seek help when needed.
* 2 + years experience as a practicing pharmacist post qualification.
* Clinical pharmacy experience, ideally having worked within hospital up to band 7 or above.
* Experience in a patient facing role.
* Experience in using Clinical Systems.
Desirable
* Community pharmacy experience with a high level of clinical involvement and skill.
* Primary care experience.
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: South Fulham PCN Ltd
Address: 5-7 Parsons Green, London, SW6 4UL
Employer's website: https://southfulhampcn.org.uk/
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Contract
Job function
* Health Care Provider
* Industries: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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