Senior Clinical Pharmacist

As part of our ongoing development and expansion, we are seeking a highly motivated Senior Prescribing Pharmacist to join our dynamic pharmacy team. This is a fantastic opportunity to shape the future of primary care in a supportive and collaborative environment. The post holder will be expected to work within a multi-professional environment, in our pioneering same day Triage Hub which supports managing same day demand, supervision provided by a Lead GP. This hybrid patient facing role also encompasses managing long term conditions, undertaking medication review clinics, supporting the practice with clinical medicines management and contributing to the development of pathways to further enhance our award-winning practice.

Main duties

• Same-Day Demand Management: Work within our Triage Hub to assess and manage same-day patient requests, ensuring safe and effective prescribing. Use clinical expertise to support and streamline workload. Provide administrative support in managing administrative related demand.
• Structured Medication Reviews: Attend and refer patients to multidisciplinary case conferences.
• Long-Term Condition Management: Manage own caseload, running long-term condition clinics within professional scope (e.g., hypertension, diabetes, asthma, COPD). Optimise medication in line with guidance and ensure appropriate follow up. Collaborate with the wider clinical team to provide proactive, patient-centred care.
• Digital Tools & Risk Management: Responsibility for management of risk stratification tools on behalf of the practice using Eclipse Live where necessary as well as other digital tools such as Ardens and Primary Care IT.
• Repeat Prescribing: Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process and support the practice’s vision of a fully managed pharmacist service delivery for repeat prescribing.
• Prescribing & Transfer of Care: Signing prescriptions within professional scope; transfer of care, reconcile medicines from letters and other organisations; clinically assess new medications in relation to appropriateness and arrange follow-up where necessary.
• Medicines Management & Quality Improvement: Identify and provide leadership on areas of prescribing requiring improvement; conduct own clinical audits and provide leadership on suggested change; manage the process of implementing changes to medicines and guidance for practitioners; devise and manage population and public health campaigns to run within the practice.
• Clinical Leadership & Innovation: Provide leadership to ensure the practice is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved; mentor junior pharmacists and support staff; take lead and ownership of delivering local prescribing quality schemes; support the development of protocols and clinical pathways; provide training to in-house to wider surgery team.

About us

Addison Road Medical Practice is a forward-thinking, ambitious and innovative GP practice currently providing primary care under an NHS primary medical services contract encompassing 7 NEL sites and now we are looking for a pharmacist who can work at our new location Thamesmead Health Centre. Our mission is to deliver high quality care for the community with integrity, compassion and trust whilst abiding by our core values: respect, teamwork, integrity, quality, trust and fun.

Job responsibilities

• Same-Day Demand Management: Work within our Triage Hub to assess and manage same-day patient requests, ensuring safe and effective prescribing; use clinical expertise to support and streamline workload; provide administrative support in managing administrative related demand.
• Structured Medication Reviews: Attend and refer patients to multidisciplinary case conferences.
• Long-Term Condition Management: Manage own caseload, running long-term condition clinics (e.g., hypertension, diabetes, asthma, COPD); optimise medication in line with guidance and ensure appropriate follow up; collaborate with the wider clinical team to provide proactive, patient-centred care.
• Risk Tools & Digital Integration: Management of risk stratification tools using Eclipse Live and other digital tools such as Ardens and Primary Care IT.
• Repeat Prescribing: Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process; support the practice’s vision of a fully managed pharmacist service for repeat prescribing.
• Transfer of Care: Reconcile medicines from letters and other organisations; clinically assess new medications and arrange follow-up where necessary.
• Medicines Management & Quality Improvement: Identify areas for improvement; lead clinical audits; implement changes to medicines and guidance; develop population/public health campaigns.
• Clinical Leadership & Innovation: Provide leadership to ensure CQC compliance; mentor junior staff; lead local prescribing quality schemes; support protocol and pathway development; provide training to the broader team.

What We Offer

• A vibrant, innovative, award-winning supportive multidisciplinary team
• An expanding pharmacy team with regular supervision meetings
• Opportunities to lead and transform clinical service delivery
• Continuous professional development and mentoring
• Modern, purpose-built premises with access to digital tools and resources
• Competitive salary and NHS pension

Person Specification

• Hold an independent prescribing qualification; able to plan, manage, and review pharmaceutical care (including LTCs); accountable for professional expertise and direct care provision; recognises clinical priorities and refers appropriately; adheres to legal, ethical and GPhC professional standards
• Minimum of 3 years experience in a primary care setting

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.

Salary

£55,000 to £65,000 a year, depending on experience.