Job summary
- Main area
- Primary care
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- CHR - 8149415
- Employer
- Connect Healthcare Rotherham CIC
- Employer type
- Private Sector
- Site
- Rotherham Central North PCN
- Town
- Rotherham
- Salary
- Dependant on experience
- Closing
- 27/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Pharmacist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
The detailed job overview for this advert can be found in the job description and person specification attached.
Main duties of the job
The detailed main duties of this advert can be found in the job description and person specification attached.
Working for our organisation
Connnnect Healthcare Rotherham Community Interest Company (CIC) is a federation of 28 GP practices in Rotherham. The organisation is led by a Board of representatives from general practice in the Borough, with executive leadership from a Medical Director on a part-time basis.
The organisation currently delivers extended access primary care services in Rotherham and a Physio First service in partnership with the local acute and community trust, the largest of its kind currently operating. In addition, the organisation is supporting the development of primary care networks and manages delivery of training and development to large cohorts of the general practice workforce.
Our Vision
We are a GP-led organisation and aim to provide services for direct patient care and to support GP practices. We will be a patient-centred, working collaboratively across general practice and with partners to provide high-quality services, positive working experiences for our staff, and to secure the sustainability of general practice in Rotherham
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The detailed job description and person specification for this advert can be found in the job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
- Master’s degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
- A member of or working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Specialist knowledge acquired through post-graduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience gaining independent prescribing qualification
- Independent prescriber or working towards/intent of
Experience
Essential criteria
- An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practices
- An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
Desirable criteria
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence- based healthcare
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients)
- Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
- IT literate
- Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate
- Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
- Produce timely and informative reports
- Gain acceptance for recommendations and influence/motivate/ persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations/ agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers.
- Work effectively independently and as a team member
- Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision
Desirable criteria
- Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions
Attitudes
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to show kindness and compassion
- Demonstrate ability to reflect and learn from situations
- Identifies difficulties as challenges and works with others to identify solutions
- Demonstrates co-operative team working and awareness of the roles of other professionals
- Able to work on own initiative, organising and prioritising own workload to set deadlines
- Ability to adapt and change approach as circumstance dictates
- Persistence and ability to keep going in difficult situations and with complex and uncertain pieces of work
- Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships
- An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust
- “Can do” attitude, able to maintain positivity in the face of adversity
- Good time keeping
- Flexible approach to work
- Ability to work flexibly across days of the week
Other
Essential criteria
- UK Driving Licence with access to a car
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Simon Langmead
- Job title
- Recruiting Manager for this Vacancy
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01709 724738
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