• Job Description

  Req#: B0349-25-0008?language=en&page=573&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Pharmacist to develop a pioneering role within primary care. West Lancashire GP Federation is looking for Clinical Pharmacist to join the Northern Parishes PCN.

  The Clinical Pharmacist is very much a patient-facing role and there will be plenty of opportunity to utilise your clinical skills to improve the health of the local community. This will include managing long-term conditions, supporting hospital discharge prescribing arrangements, providing specific advice for those on multiple medications and supporting the GP practices involved to develop the clinical pharmacist role. You will act as a specialist resource to answer medicines-related queries, to signpost to other services and to liaise with other healthcare professionals as required.

  We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

  Main duties of the job

  We are looking for candidates who are enthusiastic and adaptable to change, with excellent clinical skills and a good level of competence in use of IT. Candidates should exhibit good organisational skills and ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of healthcare professionals and other stakeholders including patients, families and carers. It is vital that the successful individual lives and breathes complimentary values and behaviours. We want to develop a fun and vibrant environment that grows talent and wowing outcomes. It is about learning from each other and pulling together as a team and accepting we are different but have the same focus WE not ME!

  The successful candidate will work independently at network and practice level, but also as part of a supportive practice team, to deliver safe and effective use of medicines by applying their clinical and pharmaceutical skills to a variety of tasks within the medicines optimisation agenda.

  About us

  Employment will be with Out of Hours West Lancashire CIC Limited (OWLS). We host roles on behalf of the three West Lancashire Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and their member practices.

  OWLS is a small GP owned and led not-for-profit primary care organisation run by GPs and health professionals. As a not-for-profit organisation all the money we generate through service contracts is reinvested in providing patient care.

  We were founded in the 90s by a small group of GPs to provide high quality out of hours services. In 2017, we became the West Lancashire GP Federation. The Federation supports and provides services directly and with partners, for West Lancashire GP practices and provides a vehicle to bid for and provide primary care services.

  Northern Parishes Primary Care Network have 5 member practices and covers a population of 29,000 patients in Burscough, Parbold and Tarleton as well as their surrounding areas. The GP practices that you will support in this role are: Burscough Family Practice, Lathom House Surgery, Parbold Surgery, Stanley Court Surgery and Tarleton Group Practice.

  Details

  Date posted

  27 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Other

  Salary

  Depending on experience

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  B0349-25-0008

  Job locations

  Matthew Ryder Clinic

  20 Dingle Road

  Upholland

  Skelmersdale

  Lancashire

  WN8 0EN

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  The role will focus on Primary Care Network initiatives as set out in the Primary Care Network contract, NHS Long Term Plan and deliverables agreed by the network members to improve place based patient care. Key responsibilities of the role may include:

  • Management of patients with chronic diseases to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy.
  • Clinically assess and treat patients using their expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas.
  • Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address public health and social care needs and tackling inequalities across the Primary Care Network geography.
  • Develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across the wider health and social care economy.
  • Provide leadership on person centred medicines optimisation and quality improvement.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  The role will focus on Primary Care Network initiatives as set out in the Primary Care Network contract, NHS Long Term Plan and deliverables agreed by the network members to improve place based patient care. Key responsibilities of the role may include:

  • Management of patients with chronic diseases to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy.
  • Clinically assess and treat patients using their expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas.
  • Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address public health and social care needs and tackling inequalities across the Primary Care Network geography.
  • Develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across the wider health and social care economy.
  • Provide leadership on person centred medicines optimisation and quality improvement.

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Working autonomously in a Pharmacist Role Clinical Management Service Delivery Audit Research Promoting Health Education Working within a community setting

  Desirable

  • General Practice/ Primary Care Experience Experience of Case Management Independent Prescribing

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Successful completion of a Great Britain or Northern Ireland accredited MPharm degree
  • Passed a registration assessment conducted by the GPhC
  • Currently registered with GPhC

  Desirable

  • Independent Prescribing Qualification
  • Clinical skills and diagnostics qualification

  Skills and Knowledge

  Essential

  • Clinical Leadership skills
  • Management of patients with long term conditions
  • Management of patients with complex needs
  • Accountability of own role and other roles
  • Clinical practice skills
  • Management of patients with long term conditions/complex needs Knowledge of frail and elderly patient needs
  • Local and national health policies Clinical Governance
  • MDTs

  Desirable

  • Clinical Examination skills
  • Understand the changes of Primary care GPFYV Locality/neighbourhood healthcare projects
  • Advanced clinical practice skills

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Working autonomously in a Pharmacist Role Clinical Management Service Delivery Audit Research Promoting Health Education Working within a community setting

  Desirable

  • General Practice/ Primary Care Experience Experience of Case Management Independent Prescribing

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Successful completion of a Great Britain or Northern Ireland accredited MPharm degree
  • Passed a registration assessment conducted by the GPhC
  • Currently registered with GPhC

  Desirable

  • Independent Prescribing Qualification
  • Clinical skills and diagnostics qualification

  Skills and Knowledge

  Essential

  • Clinical Leadership skills
  • Management of patients with long term conditions
  • Management of patients with complex needs
  • Accountability of own role and other roles
  • Clinical practice skills
  • Management of patients with long term conditions/complex needs Knowledge of frail and elderly patient needs
  • Local and national health policies Clinical Governance
  • MDTs

  Desirable

  • Clinical Examination skills
  • Understand the changes of Primary care GPFYV Locality/neighbourhood healthcare projects
  • Advanced clinical practice skills

  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

  Out of Hours West Lancashire CIC Ltd

  Address

  Matthew Ryder Clinic

  20 Dingle Road

  Upholland

  Skelmersdale

  Lancashire

  WN8 0EN

  
  

  Employer's website

  http://westlancsnetworkplus.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Out of Hours West Lancashire CIC Ltd

  Address

  Matthew Ryder Clinic

  20 Dingle Road

  Upholland

  Skelmersdale

  Lancashire

  WN8 0EN

  
  

  Employer's website

  http://westlancsnetworkplus.co.uk (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.

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