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Clinical Pharmacist / Independent Prescriber (ARRS) - Somerset PCN
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Job Description
- Req#: E0215-SSWPCNPH-042025?language=&page=1&sort=publicationDateDesc
- Provide sessional clinical support to the surgeries within the South Somerset West PCN as an independent pharmacist prescriber, seeing patients and leading on medicines optimisation.
- Support the surgery to improve medicines reconciliation on discharge, formulary compliance, repeat prescribing management and medication reviews.
- Support Symphony and Somerset ICB plans to reduce medicines waste in primary care.
- Interpret and provide complex medicines information to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.
- To provide information, advice and guidance on the safe, rational, effective and economical use of medicines.
- GPhC registration as a pharmacist
- Certificate or MSc/Diploma Pharmacy Practice (or equivalent experience)
- Independent prescribing qualification
- Completion (or exemption) of CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education pathway
- At least 2 years of primary care experience
- Clinical Pharmacy experience
- Clinical audit experience
- Knowledge and understanding of Primary Care
- Previously experience of working within integrated healthcare organisations or teams
- EMIS - knowledge of system
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team
- Ability to work alone without direct supervision when required
- Good time management and organisational skills, ability to prioritise effectively
- Ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to communicate effectively with members of the public and other healthcare professionals
- Ability to train other members of staff
- Ability to use Microsoft Office applications e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook
- Excellent Communication and influencing skills
- Professional appearance & demeanour
- Adaptable to change flexible in accepting new procedures and policies
- Ability to demonstrate initiative: proactive and self-motivated
- Progressive and continuing professional development
- Enthusiastic
- Assertive
- Hold current UK driving licence and be able to drive between practices (as required)
- GPhC registration as a pharmacist
- Certificate or MSc/Diploma Pharmacy Practice (or equivalent experience)
- Independent prescribing qualification
- Completion (or exemption) of CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education pathway
- At least 2 years of primary care experience
- Clinical Pharmacy experience
- Clinical audit experience
- Knowledge and understanding of Primary Care
- Previously experience of working within integrated healthcare organisations or teams
- EMIS - knowledge of system
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team
- Ability to work alone without direct supervision when required
- Good time management and organisational skills, ability to prioritise effectively
- Ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to communicate effectively with members of the public and other healthcare professionals
- Ability to train other members of staff
- Ability to use Microsoft Office applications e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook
- Excellent Communication and influencing skills
- Professional appearance & demeanour
- Adaptable to change flexible in accepting new procedures and policies
- Ability to demonstrate initiative: proactive and self-motivated
- Progressive and continuing professional development
- Enthusiastic
- Assertive
- Hold current UK driving licence and be able to drive between practices (as required)
Job summary
Symphony Healthcare Services is currently recruiting for a Clinical Pharmacist / Independent Prescriber to join the team within the South Somerset West (SSW) Primary Care Network (PCN) - which covers Buttercross Health Centre in Somerton (base), Hamdon Medical Centre in Stoke Sub Hamdon, Martock Surgery, South Petherton Medical Centre and Crewkerne Health Centre.
You will provide Pharmacy services to the SSW PCN, which will include supporting, promoting and implementing high quality, evidence-based, cost-effective and safe use of medicines.
This role also includes patient medication reviews, helping the practice achieve prescribing targets and supporting the implementation of national and local guidance in order to improve patient care.
This post is ARRS funded and the salary for this post will be between £53,523 and £58,465 per annum (pro rata for part time hours).
Starting salaries will be offered based on experience.
The hours available for this post are up to full time (37.5 per week) but part time hours will be considered, along with job share requests.
Working pattern / days will be discussed at interview stage.
Main duties of the job
As a Symphony Clinical Pharmacist, you will:
About us
Symphony Healthcare Services (SHS) was established in 2016 as part of the award-winning Symphony Programme Vanguard, developing new models of care. We now support 16 practices across Somerset providing care for over 100,000 patients.
Symphony has developed a model where each practice is encouraged to operate autonomously, but as a subsidiary of NHS Somerset Foundation Trust (SFT), and with the backing and economies of scale from a central support team (particularly for HR, finance, corporate and strategic management matters).
Providing NHS services is at the heart of what we do. Our vision is to ensure that primary care is sustainable for patients and practices in Somerset, and we aim to be a national exemplar for primary care provision. We work closely with our practice teams to support, develop and transform patient care and working practices with innovation and technology at the heart of what we do.
Symphony welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and underrepresented groups. When undertaking recruitment and selection for our services, Symphony are committed to equality of opportunity for all.
Symphony offers a NHS or NEST Pension, a fantastic range of employee benefits and salary sacrifice schemes (see attached poster), along with flexible working from day of employment and an agile approach to home / office-based working (where applicable).
We look forward to hearing from you and receiving your application.
Date posted
16 April 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£53,523 to £58,465 a year Starting salary will be based on previous experience.
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
Reference number
E0215-SSWPCNPH-042025
Job locations
Buttercross Health Centre
Behind Berry
Somerton
Somerset
TA11 7PB
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached JD for full duties and tasks associated with this role.
Please read this document in full before applying.
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached JD for full duties and tasks associated with this role.
Please read this document in full before applying.
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Personal Qualities
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Personal Qualities
Essential
Additional informationDisclosure 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).
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
Symphony Healthcare Services Limited
Address
Buttercross Health Centre
Behind Berry
Somerton
Somerset
TA11 7PB
Employer's website
https://www.symphonyhealthcareservices.com/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Symphony Healthcare Services Limited
Address
Buttercross Health Centre
Behind Berry
Somerton
Somerset
TA11 7PB
Employer's website
https://www.symphonyhealthcareservices.com/ (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.