Job overview

Are you a Pharmacist looking to join a forward thinking Primary Care Network?

Do you share our values of being ‘inspiring, caring, and working as one team’?

Do you want to work in a new and pioneering, integrated healthcare model that joins Primary and Secondary care to improve the healthcare of Sandwell residents?

Then join us at Your Health Partnership Primary Care Network

Your Health Partnership is a cutting-edge Primary Care Network working as part of Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust. We pride ourselves on being both innovative and bold as we plan and deliver services to our patients. We are seeking to recruit an independent prescribing clinical pharmacist to join our expanding Medicines Management Team. This exciting opportunity will mean working alongside other members of the primary care team to support medicine optimisation within our extensive and diverse network of GP surgeries. This will be done through various patient facing and non-patient facing clinics.

General Practice is constantly changing and it is an exciting time to join us and become part of our ever growing, supportive, and forward thinking primary care network. Your Health Partnership Primary Care Network highly values the expertise of clinical pharmacists, and we view them as a fundamental part of developing the future of primary care services.

Main duties of the job

A key role will be involved in developing a strong relationship with our local care homes and through activities such as patient facing structured medication reviews, outlined in the NHS Network Contract Direct Enhanced Service document.  Clinical pharmacists are also key to improving access for out patients, as 20% of our calls to the PCN are related to prescription or medication queries.  The potential to improve patient care and experience in this area is significant - we want you to help shape this change!

The successful applicant will need to share the same high quality values of Your Health Partnership Primary Care Network and work as part of a team which includes GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Nurse, Physician Associates, and Social Prescribers.

In addition to an induction programme and training, further training will be provided if not already completed, through the CPPE training pathway to develop the successful applicants further. After which support is provided for personal continued professional development, which is strongly encouraged.

Working for our organisation

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country – one of the country’s most culturally diverse areas. It’s a friendly and welcoming place – a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow. 

We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.  

Our values – Ambition, Respect and Compassion – are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.  

Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to “Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population.” It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It’s what makes us unique.  

We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose.  When we say we’re ‘with you all the way’ we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.