• Job Description

  Req#: E0008-WKF255?language=en&page=745&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Are you an enthusiastic pharmacist looking to move in to or develop your existing career within primary care?

  Looking to have direct impact and decision making on patient care?

  Join West Kent Primary Care and become a vital member of the Mote & Wallis Avenue Health Primary Care Network team as a PCN Clinical Pharmacist. You will join an existing clinic pharmacy team of 1 clinical pharmacist and 1 pharmacy technician. We are looking for a further clinical pharmacist who is passionate about developing their skills in General Practice.

  This role offers a distinctive opportunity to work as an independent practitioner and join a dynamic and committed primary care team, delivering high quality, friendly patient services to our community. You will foster a culture of excellence and knowledge sharing to ensure the highest level of care for our patients. If you do not have experience in this area of care but you can demonstrate a robust clinical background, we will support your learning.

  This role will support The Mote Medical Practice and Wallis Avenue Surgery in expanding capacity for patients to access a clinical professional. The practices have a combined patient population of around 17,000. The postholder will work across threesites alongside the PCN Lead Pharmacist and PCN Pharmacy Technician. The PCN also providesMSK and Childrens Social Prescribing services.

  Interviews will take place 16th July.

  Main duties of the job

  The pharmacists will develop, enable, and support a culture of multidisciplinary care with a focus around developing PCN services in line with national and local specifications. Working directly with various practice teams; this role will directly link to colleagues in community and acute settings ensuring patient health and outcomes are met in a collaborative and innovative environment.

  The role will require a commitment to register on the CPPE pathway and Independent Prescribers Course (if these havent previously been completed), which we will fully support you in by providing you with time to attend training sessions plus a GP clinical supervisor and peer support.

  You will collaborate closely with GPs and other Healthcare Professionals, conducting patient consultations both via telephone and face to face, assisting with care plans for long term condition management (including hypertension, cardiovascular disease, asthma, diabetes and more), updating records, ensuring patient safety and managing patients within the appropriate care setting plus undertaking audits to ensure patient medication safety.

  About us

  West Kent Primary Care will act as employer for this role. We are a collaborative and ambitious GP Federation working with GP practices across Sevenoaks, Weald, Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells, Malling, and Maidstone to improve General Practice provision in the area. West Kent Primary Care are a supportive and friendly organisation whose aim is to provide high quality, seamless health care that enables people to lead healthier lives, whilst feeling supported and cared for.

  What we can offer:

  • Favourable terms and conditions
  • NHS Annual Leave entitlement
  • NEST and NHS Pension
  • Enhanced Maternity and Adoption Leave
  • Paid sick leave
  • Training, support, and development in your career
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Recognition via Employee of the Month scheme
  • Wellbeing support and Employee Assistance Programme
  • A comprehensive induction into the company followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role

  *Due to the geographical location, it would be beneficial to have a full driving license as travel will be required to practices across the PCN area.

  Details

  Date posted

  19 June 2025

  Pay scheme

  Other

  Salary

  £46,148 to £52,809 a year

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Flexible working

  Reference number

  E0008-WKF255

  Job locations

  Hospice In The Weald

  Maidstone Road

  Pembury

  Tunbridge Wells

  Kent

  TN2 4TA

  
  

  The Mote Medical Practice

  St. Saviours Road

  Maidstone

  Kent

  ME15 9FL

  
  

  The Surgery

  Wallis Avenue

  Maidstone

  Kent

  ME15 9JJ

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to manage medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing.
  • Perform face-to-face medication reviews of patients with polypharmacy, especially for those with frailty and/or with multiple co-morbidities and prescribe alternative medications.
  • Undertake face-to-face reviews of patients with specific long-term conditions that fall within their competency (such as asthma reviews).
  • Carry out Improved Access and Extended Hours sessions, including some weekend work.
  • Provide leadership on quality improvement and clinical audit, as well as managing aspects of medicines safety and antibiotic stewardship.
  • Contribute to practice financial stability through optimisation of medicines related targets in QOF delivery.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to manage medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing.
  • Perform face-to-face medication reviews of patients with polypharmacy, especially for those with frailty and/or with multiple co-morbidities and prescribe alternative medications.
  • Undertake face-to-face reviews of patients with specific long-term conditions that fall within their competency (such as asthma reviews).
  • Carry out Improved Access and Extended Hours sessions, including some weekend work.
  • Provide leadership on quality improvement and clinical audit, as well as managing aspects of medicines safety and antibiotic stewardship.
  • Contribute to practice financial stability through optimisation of medicines related targets in QOF delivery.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • University Degree in Pharmacy Sciences
  • Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council

  Desirable

  • Registered Prescriber

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience in providing clinical advice and expertise on medicines to colleagues and patients
  • Previous experience as a community, hospital or primary care based pharmacist
  • Experience using MS Outlook and Calendar management.

  Desirable

  • Experience of managing long-term conditions in a clinical setting

  Knowledge and skills

  Essential

  • Able to use Microsoft Office applications with above average capability with Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Skills for communicating complex information, requiring developed interpersonal and oral/ written communication skills
  • Ability to communicate effectively at a range of levels including Board members, patients, and colleagues.
  • Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
  • Ability to collect and analyse patient data to effectively diagnose and treat problems
  • Skills for supporting project management and planning workload
  • Basic knowledge of project principles
  • Excellent time management skills with the ability to re-prioritise.
  • Works well as an autonomous/independent practitioner and within a team
  • Advanced keyboard skills, use of a range of software
  • Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload with minimal supervision working to tight and often changing timescales

  Desirable

  • Knowledge of structured medication reviews and producing recommendations for prescribing and monitoring.
  • Knowledge of medicines management at point of hospital discharge including patients living in care homes
  • Knowledge and Understanding of the NHS Long Term (10 year) plan
  • Excellent time management skills with the ability to re-prioritise
  • Skills for manipulating information.
  • Car Driver

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • University Degree in Pharmacy Sciences
  • Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council

  Desirable

  • Registered Prescriber

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience in providing clinical advice and expertise on medicines to colleagues and patients
  • Previous experience as a community, hospital or primary care based pharmacist
  • Experience using MS Outlook and Calendar management.

  Desirable

  • Experience of managing long-term conditions in a clinical setting

  Knowledge and skills

  Essential

  • Able to use Microsoft Office applications with above average capability with Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Skills for communicating complex information, requiring developed interpersonal and oral/ written communication skills
  • Ability to communicate effectively at a range of levels including Board members, patients, and colleagues.
  • Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
  • Ability to collect and analyse patient data to effectively diagnose and treat problems
  • Skills for supporting project management and planning workload
  • Basic knowledge of project principles
  • Excellent time management skills with the ability to re-prioritise.
  • Works well as an autonomous/independent practitioner and within a team
  • Advanced keyboard skills, use of a range of software
  • Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload with minimal supervision working to tight and often changing timescales

  Desirable

  • Knowledge of structured medication reviews and producing recommendations for prescribing and monitoring.
  • Knowledge of medicines management at point of hospital discharge including patients living in care homes
  • Knowledge and Understanding of the NHS Long Term (10 year) plan
  • Excellent time management skills with the ability to re-prioritise
  • Skills for manipulating information.
  • Car Driver

  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

  West Kent Primary Care

  Address

  Hospice In The Weald

  Maidstone Road

  Pembury

  Tunbridge Wells

  Kent

  TN2 4TA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://westkentprimarycare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  West Kent Primary Care

  Address

  Hospice In The Weald

  Maidstone Road

  Pembury

  Tunbridge Wells

  Kent

  TN2 4TA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://westkentprimarycare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

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