Prescribing Clinical Pharmacist

Overview

As an Independent Prescribing Clinical Pharmacist in General Practice, you will work within a Pharmacy team to optimise medicines for patients with single or multiple conditions. You will be supported by a GP mentor and collaborate with nurses, care home staff, and other healthcare colleagues to improve safety, monitoring, and adherence. Your work spans long-term condition management, medication reviews, and care coordination across practices, homes, and community services. This role offers impact on patient outcomes, medicines safety, and service development within a multidisciplinary setting.

Pay / Benefits

• NHS Pension 2015 Scheme
• Flexible work-life balance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Blue Light Card scheme
• Free parking
• Education and training opportunities

Responsibilities

• See and optimise medicines for patients with chronic conditions (e.g., COPD, asthma) and review ongoing medicine need and monitoring
• Conduct clinical medication reviews and provide prescribing/monitoring recommendations to nurses or GPs
• Collaborate with care home staff to improve safe medicines ordering and administration
• Attend multidisciplinary case conferences and conduct structured medication reviews in practice or home visits
• Conduct risk stratification and monitor high-risk patients to reduce adverse outcomes
• Support extended access clinics and contribute to new services with medicinal components
• Provide medicines information to staff and patients and follow up on changes
• Reconcile medicines post-discharge and ensure continuity of supply for high-risk groups
• Develop and implement repeat prescribing policies and ensure appropriate monitoring
• Engage in education and training of the primary care team on therapeutics and medicines optimisation
• Analyse medicines data to inform decision making and support quality improvement
• Ensure CQC compliance related to medicines and contribute to public health campaigns

Key requirements

• Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm)
• Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
• Qualified Independent Prescriber

• Team collaboration
• Effective communication with clinicians and patients
• Proactive problem solving
• Medicines optimisation
• Clinical medication reviews
• DOACs and high-risk medicine monitoring

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