Dashwood Primary Care Network
Working Hours: Up to 22.5 hours per week, covering 2- 3 days
Salary: £44,000 – £47,000 WTE, dependent on experience
Benefits:
- NHS Pension
- 33 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays)
- Employee Assistance Programme (24/7 support)
Dashwood Primary Care Network has an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Pharmacist to join our established and growing team.
We are seeking an enthusiastic individual who is passionate about delivering high-quality patient care and keen to become an integral member of a progressive clinical pharmacy team.
This is a patient-facing role offering excellent opportunities to utilise and develop your clinical skills to improve the health outcomes of the local community. Responsibilities include:
- Managing long-term conditions
- Supporting hospital discharge prescribing
- Providing advice to patients on complex medication regimes (polypharmacy)
- Contributing to clinical audits to improve patient care
- Supporting the development of the clinical pharmacist role within GP practices
You will receive support, mentorship, and training from a Senior Clinical Pharmacist, along with dedicated GP supervision time.
Requirements
- GPhC registration
- MPharm degree (or equivalent)
- Successful completion of the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway
- Experience in Primary Care or within a Primary Care Network
What We Offer
- Regular supervision from a senior pharmacist
- Opportunities to develop clinical practice and support to complete CPPE pathway training
- A supportive, friendly, and forward-thinking team environment
Key Responsibilities
- Work as part of a multidisciplinary team in a patient-facing role to assess and treat patients using expert knowledge of medicines
- Manage chronic diseases and conduct structured medication reviews for patients with complex polypharmacy
- Develop and implement medicines management plans in line with local and national guidance
- Maximise cost-effective prescribing and improve the quality of patient care
- Provide specialist advice on medicines, addressing public health and social care needs while helping to tackle health inequalities
- Build strong relationships with pharmacy professionals across PCNs and the wider healthcare system
- Contribute to shared care protocols, clinical research, and liaison with specialist pharmacists, community pharmacies, and anticoagulation services
About FedBucks
FedBucks is a not-for-profit GP federation of 47 GP practices covering a population of over 500,000 patients across Buckinghamshire. We began in 2016 and now employ around 300 members of staff at our head office site, and across our planned and unplanned care services.
As a GP Federation and Social Enterprise, we are proud to represent our member practices and to champion primary care by working with local general practice and system partners in the provision of community-based healthcare services. We are dedicated to providing safe and compassionate care to our patients across our range of planned and unplanned healthcare services in Buckinghamshire and believe in continuous commitment to quality service delivery and positive patient outcomes.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do, and we pride ourselves in our purpose when enabling excellent patient care and supporting general practice.
Pay: £44,000.00-£47,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
Ability to commute/relocate:
- High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Experience:
- Primary Care and Primary Care Network: 2 years (required)
Licence/Certification:
- GPhC (required)
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
