Principal Clinical Pharmacist and Team Lead (Maternity Cover)

Principal Clinical Pharmacist and Team Lead (Maternity Cover)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week Contract: 12-month fixed-term maternity cover The Principal Clinical Pharmacist and Team Lead will provide senior clinical pharmacy leadership across Jurassic Coast Primary Care Network and will be responsible for supporting the delivery and development of a high-quality, patient-centred pharmacy service across our member practices. The post holder will lead and support the PCN Pharmacy Team, providing day-to-day clinical guidance, supervision, mentorship and line management to pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. This will include supporting team development, workload planning, appraisals and ensuring the pharmacy team is able to work effectively across the PCN. Alongside the leadership responsibilities, the post holder will maintain a strong patient-facing clinical role, working closely with GPs, nurses and the wider multidisciplinary team to support the safe, effective and rational use of medicines. Key responsibilities will include: Providing clinical leadership, supervision and mentorship to the PCN Pharmacy Team. Supporting the day-to-day management and development of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. Undertaking patient-facing clinical medication reviews and Structured Medication Reviews for patients with complex needs, multimorbidity and polypharmacy. Supporting medicines optimisation and making appropriate prescribing changes within scope of practice. Holding long-term condition clinics and supporting the management of conditions including Type 2 diabetes, hypertension and lipid disorders. Supporting annual reviews and ongoing medicines management for patients with long-term conditions. Reconciling and reviewing medicines following hospital discharge and other transfers of care. Supporting patients who may be at increased risk of medicines-related harm or unplanned hospital admission. Providing specialist medicines advice to patients, GPs, nurses and other healthcare professionals. Supporting medicines safety activity, including responding to relevant safety alerts, prescribing risks and national or local guidance. Identifying opportunities for medicines-related quality improvement, audit and service development. Supporting implementation of local and national prescribing guidance, NICE recommendations and formulary requirements. Contributing to relevant PCN medicines optimisation, QOF and contractual priorities. Working collaboratively with colleagues across primary care, community pharmacy, care homes, secondary care and the wider health and social care system. Contributing to education, training and professional development within the pharmacy team and wider multidisciplinary team. The role will require the post holder to communicate effectively with a wide range of professionals and patients, manage competing priorities and contribute to the ongoing development of clinical pharmacy services across the PCN. The post holder will be expected to maintain General Pharmaceutical Council registration, professional competence and appropriate indemnity cover, and to work in accordance with relevant professional standards, clinical governance requirements and organisational policies. The post requires independent travel between PCN practices and other locations where required. Please refer to the attached full Job Description and Person Specification for further details regarding the role, responsibilities and requirements.

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