Clinical Pharmacist (Qualified)NHS

Job summary

Please note - the job location is the registered office for Penwith PCN - the role itself is GP Practice based, with exact location yet to be decided within Penwith PCN. We also do not provide sponsorship, so you must already have the right to work in the UK.

Job Summary

Penwith Primary Care Network is seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Primary Care Pharmacist to join our forward-thinking team across seven GP practices in West Cornwall. This patient-facing role offers the opportunity to run your own clinics, manage long-term conditions, optimise medicines, and work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams. You will be a prescriber (or working towards qualification) and play a key role in promoting safe, effective, and cost-efficient prescribing across the PCN. We offer dedicated support, professional development, and the chance to shape your role around your clinical interests all within one of the UKs most beautiful locations.

Main duties of the job

You'll be a key part of both your practice team and the wider PCN pharmacy network, working closely with GPs, nurses, HCAs, and administrative colleagues to deliver high-quality, person-centred care focused on what matters to you, not what's the matter with you.

This is an exciting opportunity to develop your clinical skills, contribute to innovation in primary care, and make a real difference to the health of our local population.

We welcome applications from newly qualified and experienced clinical pharmacists. You will be a prescriber or working towards this qualification and keen to take full advantage of ongoing development opportunities.

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to clinically assess, treat and support patients using expert knowledge of medicines in specific disease areas.
• Prescribe independently (or be working towards qualification) and collaborate closely with GPs and the wider team.
• Lead on the care of patients with long-term conditions, conducting structured medication reviews and managing complex polypharmacy particularly in older adults, care home residents, and those with frailty, COPD, asthma, learning disabilities or autism (via the STOMP programme).
• Provide expert medicines advice to improve patient safety, support public health priorities, and reduce health inequalities.
• Champion person-centred medicines optimisation, antimicrobial stewardship and quality improvement, contributing to QOF and enhanced service delivery.
• Support patients to get the best from their medicines, reduce waste, and promote self-care.
• Build strong working relationships with community and hospital pharmacy teams to improve continuity of care.
• Take a lead role in shared care protocols, specialist medicines, and clinical research, working closely with hospital colleagues.
• Participate in a supportive professional network, seeking clinical supervision and contributing to continuous development.

Leadership, Governance and Resource Management

• Promote high-quality, evidence-based and cost-effective prescribing across primary and secondary care.
• Analyse prescribing data (PACT and ePACT) to identify trends, guide decision-making, and ensure best use of NHS resources.
• Support practices to achieve QOF and incentive scheme targets, improving both clinical outcomes and cost efficiency.
• Maintain the secure and responsible use of equipment, data and information systems.

Communication and Leadership

• Act as a key link between GP practices, community pharmacies and secondary care.
• Provide expert advice to community pharmacists on prescribing developments and service changes.
• Monitor and manage the influence of pharmaceutical industry representatives to ensure evidence-based prescribing

Policy and Service Development

• Contribute to developing and implementing local prescribing policies and protocols in collaboration with GPs and hospital clinicians.
• Lead or support quality improvement projects to enhance medicines safety and patient outcomes across Penwith PCN.

About us

About Us

Penwith Primary Care Network is a large, forward-thinking and well-integrated network covering seven GP practices across beautiful West Cornwall. Each practice has its own dedicated pharmacist and pharmacy technician, ensuring strong local support and collaboration across the PCN.

We have also developed a Pharmacy Virtual Hub a unique and innovative space where our pharmacy team connect, share best practice, collaborate on projects and audits, and support each other to ensure continuity of care during periods of absence.

We are now looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Primary Care Pharmacist to join our growing team and help shape the future of medicines optimisation across our practices.

Why Join Us?

• A supportive, innovative and collaborative PCN culture.
• Dedicated pharmacy technician support in every practice.
• Opportunities to shape your role around your interests and professional goals.
• Access to development pathways, prescribing support and mentorship.
• The chance to live and work in one of the most scenic and welcoming parts of the UK.

If you're passionate about delivering safe, effective, and personalised care, and want to be part of a forward-thinking team that values collaboration and innovation we'd love to hear from you.