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About the Role

Doctor Care Anywhere (DCA) is seeking Digital Healthcare Pharmacists to provide virtual consultations, committing to a minimum of 16 hours per week. This autonomous role involves assessing, diagnosing, and managing primary care conditions, including minor ailments, long-term condition monitoring, and medication reviews, leveraging your expertise as a non-medical independent prescriber.

Responsibilities

• Conduct independent, autonomous consultations (video, telephone and asynchronous) for patients presenting with minor ailments and undifferentiated primary care conditions.
• Assess, diagnose and manage acute presentations including URTIs, UTIs, skin conditions and ear, nose and throat conditions within agreed clinical scope.
• Issue prescriptions independently as a qualified non-medical independent prescriber (NMP), in line with GPhC standards and DCA's prescribing governance framework.
• Review clinical information and prescribe asynchronously for a range of primary care conditions.
• Refer appropriately to GPs, ACPs, or specialist services where presentations fall outside autonomous scope.
• Adhere to DCA's clinical governance framework, including compliance with CQC standards and regulated activity requirements.
• Contribute to medicines safety reviews, significant event analyses (SEAs) and audit activity as required.
• Maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical records using DCA's digital clinical systems, ensuring documentation meets medico-legal standards.
• Support antibiotic stewardship initiatives and rational prescribing programmes across the clinical workforce.
• Participate in regular clinical supervision, peer review, and quality assurance activities.
• Work collaboratively within DCA's multidisciplinary clinical team, providing pharmacist expertise and medicines support to GPs, ACPs, and other clinicians.
• Contribute to service improvement projects, clinical pathway development and digital innovation initiatives.
• Attend DCA education and MDT events and engage with training opportunities in digital health at DCA.
• Promote a culture of patient – centred and good professional practice relating to the safeguarding of adults, young person’s and children at risk.
• Actively implement safeguarding protocols for children, young persons, and vulnerable adults and to know who to refer to and how to escalate concerns about radicalisation.
• Ensure that provisions in relation to all Mental Health Legislation including the Mental Health Act 2007, Mental Capacity Act 2005), are implemented in accordance with the legislative requirements, Codes of Practice requirements and National and Government Guidance.

Requirements

• MPharm degree (or equivalent) with current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Qualified Independent Prescriber (IP) with annotation recorded on the GPhC register.
• Minimum 1 year independent prescribing experience.
• Must be able to prescribe autonomously from day one.
• Minimum 2 years' post-qualification experience working in a primary care setting (GP practice, PCN, community pharmacy with primary care contract, or equivalent).
• Completed the CPPE Care Pharmacy Education Pathway.
• Demonstrable experience in autonomous management of minor ailments and undifferentiated primary care presentations without GP supervision.
• Proficiency with clinical IT systems (ideally with Jira and Teams/Slack).
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and manage deadlines.
• Commitment to patient-centred care and ongoing professional development.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), with the ability to proficiently document patient consultations according to organizational policy and national guidelines.
• Ability to recognize individual learning needs and actively seek professional development opportunities in line with local and national frameworks (e.g., GPhC revalidation requirements).
• Ability to act as a professional role model, demonstrating organizational values and behaviours.
• Skill in sharing knowledge and evidence-based insights to support team development and quality care.
• Ability to build strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
• A patient-centred approach ensuring high levels of patient satisfaction and clinical care.
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of patients.

Skills

• Independent Prescribing
• Autonomous Consultation
• Diagnosis and Management of Primary Care Conditions
• Minor Ailments Management
• Long-Term Condition Monitoring
• Medicines Optimisation
• Polypharmacy Reviews
• Remote Patient Assessment (phone and video)
• Clinical IT Systems Proficiency
• Communication Skills
• Professional Development
• Team Collaboration
• Safeguarding Protocols
• Medicines Safety
• Antibiotic Stewardship

Location

• Remote

Work Type

• Remote Working
• Full-time
• Part-time

Experience Level

• Minimum 1 year independent prescribing experience
• Minimum 2 years' post-qualification experience in primary care

Education Level

• MPharm degree (or equivalent)
• Qualified Independent Prescriber (IP)

Salary/Compensations

• From £55,000 (based on 40 hours weekday/daytime FTE)

Benefits

• Private Medical Insurance (including Opticians & Dental)
• Doctor Care Anywhere subscription for self and family/friends
• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (FTE)
• Birthday Day Off
• Option to buy up to 5 additional annual leave days (FTE)
• Company Pension scheme
• Charity Days
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay
• Bike2Work Scheme
• Remote Working
• Development Opportunities
• 30-Day Work Abroad Allowance
• Medical indemnity insurance for DCA related work
• Flexible hours
• Ability to split sessions
• Instant live support during shifts
• High-quality training and guidance from experienced clinicians

About the Company

• Doctor Care Anywhere (DCA) is the UK’s largest private provider of telehealth services.
• DCA works with insurers, healthcare providers and corporate customers to serve patients with a range of digitally enabled telehealth services on its proprietary platform.
• DCA is committed to delivering the best possible patient experience and clinical care through digitally enabled, joined up, evidence-based pathways.
• DCA’s strategic ambition is to be the UK market leader in digitally enabled primary care, helping to meet the health needs of patients and payors in a challenging and fast changing environment.
• We understand the importance of good health and happiness for our patients and our team.
• At Doctor Care Anywhere, you're not just an employee; you're a valued member of our team.
• We believe in giving you the freedom to supercharge your career with us while feeling completely supported.
• We're all about quality and security – ISO9001 & ISO27001 accredited.

Equal Opportunity

• Doctor Care Anywhere is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its patients and expects all Colleagues to share this commitment.
• This post is subject to satisfactory DBS and reference checks, and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.