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Job Summary
The interview date for this post will be Wednesday 3 September 2025.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team of Clinical Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians. Due to the necessary expansion of the team and services Primary Healthcare Darlington are looking for a highly motivated and aspirational clinical pharmacist to join our established team.
Job Summary
The interview date for this post will be Wednesday 3 September 2025.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team of Clinical Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians. Due to the necessary expansion of the team and services Primary Healthcare Darlington are looking for a highly motivated and aspirational clinical pharmacist to join our established team.
This role is critical in supporting the delivery of the PCN Contract DES specifications and will help lead improvements to maximise safe, evidenced-based best practice to improve the quality of patient care across Darlington and surrounding communities.
We Are Most Interested In Candidates With:
- Up-to-date clinical knowledge who understand the nature of primary care prescribing, medication review, and strategies for improving prescribing or are willing to add these skills to their portfolio.
- A commitment to addressing health inequalities and proactively reaching people from all communities.
- The ability to recognise their own personal limitations and boundaries and to understand those of their colleagues.
- The ability to thrive when working in a devolved, flexible, autonomous environment
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Pharmacist will support the Lead Pharmacist & other Pharmacy colleagues in the PCN Pharmacy Hub team to work with the PCN and GP practices to deliver a programme of medicines optimisation. This work includes managing hospital discharge medication changes, secondary care implemented medicines and practice medication queries. The post holder will be responsible for encouraging the development of better understanding of the principles of medicines optimisation for the population of Darlington. Moving between a select number of practices within the PCN the role will have a remote element to it. Responsibilities will include conducting consultations via telephone including medication reconciliation post discharge, chronic disease management, repeat prescription management and structured medication reviews. This will also include the management and review of patients with polypharmacy.
About Us
Primary Healthcare Darlington was established in 2014 as the local GP Federation covering 11 GP Practices covering an ever-increasing population of registered patients in Darlington, County Durham. We have a close working relationship with Darlington Primary Care Network who commission projects that PHD provide for the town. We have close links with Darlington Borough Council and local NHS Foundation Trusts and have the full support and backing of North East and North Cumbria ICB.
Working from dedicated premises close to Darlington Memorial Hospital we provide NHS, Public Health and Private Medical Services. This role is will involve hybrid working as part of your working week. There is a requirement to attend the offices in Darlington at least one day per week.
We are an award-winning company who places the wellbeing of our staff at the heart of everything we do. We have a wellbeing lead who offers staff access to multiple wellbeing resources, and as a company we offer staff access to free counselling services, protected time to develop professionally, access to high-quality training and development, free tea and coffee and chilled, filtered water and much more. We also offer staff an opportunity to volunteer for 4 days annually in the local community. In the past year staff have supported Groundwork, Age UK, Dogs Trust and many more community projects.
We are on the doorstep of some of the most beautiful and historic sites in the region.
Details
Date posted
23 July 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£45,000 to £52,000 a year Dependent on experience
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Home or remote working
Reference number
U0016-25-0007
Job locations
Forsyth House
20 Woodland Road
Darlington
County Durham
DL3 7PL
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Contribute to the delivery of effective daily processes for the transfer of care between hospitals and GPs including effective signposting, recommendation of medication changes and communication accordingly.
Support colleagues and patients with medication queries and monitoring.
To support other pharmacist and pharmacy technician colleagues.
Undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy.
Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines, while helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients.
Using audit and action planning, help to tackle inequalities.
Provide leadership on person-centered medicines optimisation (including ensuring prescribers in the PCN practices conserve antibiotics in line with local antimicrobial stewardship guidance) and quality improvement.
Use structured medication reviews to support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care.
Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components (e.g. advice on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets).
Work with general practice teams to ensure that practices are compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved.
Develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across Primary Care Networks and the wider health and social care system.
Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, liaison with specialist pharmacists, liaison with community pharmacists and anticoagulation services.
Provide clinical support for Pharmacy Technicians within the PCN Pharmacy Hub and the Enhanced Health in Care Home team.
Assist with care home medication requests, medication advice, covert administration advice from the Enhanced Health in Care Home Team.
The above list of duties is not exhaustive and may be subject to change as deemed necessary
Aims/Goals of post
Reduced GP workload
Reduced medication costs by formulary prescribing cost-effective alternatives
Improved medication outcomes for patients
Improved patient safety and medication optimisation
Improved efficiency of medication changes
Effective management of shared care drugs
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Contribute to the delivery of effective daily processes for the transfer of care between hospitals and GPs including effective signposting, recommendation of medication changes and communication accordingly.
Support colleagues and patients with medication queries and monitoring.
To support other pharmacist and pharmacy technician colleagues.
Undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy.
Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines, while helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients.
Using audit and action planning, help to tackle inequalities.
Provide leadership on person-centered medicines optimisation (including ensuring prescribers in the PCN practices conserve antibiotics in line with local antimicrobial stewardship guidance) and quality improvement.
Use structured medication reviews to support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care.
Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components (e.g. advice on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets).
Work with general practice teams to ensure that practices are compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved.
Develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across Primary Care Networks and the wider health and social care system.
Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, liaison with specialist pharmacists, liaison with community pharmacists and anticoagulation services.
Provide clinical support for Pharmacy Technicians within the PCN Pharmacy Hub and the Enhanced Health in Care Home team.
Assist with care home medication requests, medication advice, covert administration advice from the Enhanced Health in Care Home Team.
The above list of duties is not exhaustive and may be subject to change as deemed necessary
Aims/Goals of post
Reduced GP workload
Reduced medication costs by formulary prescribing cost-effective alternatives
Improved medication outcomes for patients
Improved patient safety and medication optimisation
Improved efficiency of medication changes
Effective management of shared care drugs
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- please see person spec attached
Essential
- - Degree in Pharmacy
- - Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
- - Completed CPPE pathway or other primary care training pathway
- Independent prescribing
Essential
- - Degree in Pharmacy
- - Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
- - Completed CPPE pathway or other primary care training pathway
- Independent prescribing
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
Primary Healthcare Darlington
Address
Forsyth House
20 Woodland Road
Darlington
County Durham
DL3 7PL
Employer's website
https://primaryhealthcaredarlington.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Primary Healthcare Darlington
Address
Forsyth House
20 Woodland Road
Darlington
County Durham
DL3 7PL
Employer's website
https://primaryhealthcaredarlington.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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