N.Hammersmith & Fulham Primary Care Network Clinical Pharmacist B7 / B8A

Are you looking for a change within the pharmacy world? Want to work with a growing Medicines Management Team? Would you like to develop your skills as a clinical pharmacist and help patients' with their medicines? If yes, this could be the post for you:
Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust is large community trust working with its local PCNs, looking to recruit a dynamic and innovative pharmacist to join the Medicines Management Team for an exciting post as a Band7/Band 8a Clinical Pharmacist. They will work alongside our well established CLCH pharmacy team in delivering the pharmacy PCN service.
Key components of the post include: Providing specialist expertise in the use of medicines, conducting structured medication reviews for patients with inappropriate polypharmacy and overprescribing, developing and implementing long term condition prescribing clinics and acting as a source of pharmaceutical expertise to various health and social care professionals e.g. GPs, district nurses, carers, families, community pharmacists and care coordinators.
Trust wide Medicines Management Service Provision including policy development, implementation of patient safety initiatives e.g. drug alerts, patient safety alerts, training for health professionals in the community across the Trust and PCN.
The post will include working in GP practices within Hammersmith and Fulham North PCN and will involve lone-working and travelling between sites.,

• To provide clinical pharmacist support to North Hammersmith and Fulham PCN within Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH).


• To provide pharmaceutical support to health care professionals (HCPs) and patients within the PCN.


• To conduct face-to -face or remote structured medication reviews for patients in the clinic, practice setting, patient's homes, care homes, bedded unit.


• Support long term chronic disease management through polypharmacy review or specialist medicines optimisation prescribing clinics based on needs of local population.


• Utilise clinical tools to proactively identify patients for structured medication reviews e.g. frail, recent discharge, history of fall.

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities.
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.
At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.
We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:
Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)
Race Equality Network
Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.
Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.
The CLCH Equal opportunities statement is on our Website Equal opportunities :: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (clch.nhs.uk)

The post holder must have relevant post registration experience in hospital pharmacy, community pharmacy or GP practices and a postgraduate qualification to at least diploma level or working towards or completed the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway as well as independent prescribing qualification or currently working towards completion of this.
A sound knowledge of prescribing and medicines management issues faced in primary care is essential with excellent decision-making and problem solving skills. In addition a wide exposure to and well-rounded knowledge of various clinical conditions and their management.
Additionally, compassion, flexibility, excellent communication and time management skills are essential and the ability to build relationships with various health and social care professionals e.g. GPs, district nurses, carers, family, community pharmacists and care coordinators.

Band 8a
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home., Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
+ A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
+ Car lease scheme
• T&C's apply

+ Flexible working options
+ Annual travel card loan
+ Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits