Clinical Pharmacist in Ely

Based: Mereside Medical Practices (Staploe Medical Centre, Cathedral Medical Centre and Haddenham Surgery)

Basis: 37.5hrs per week Full-time

Salary: £52,999 FTE pro rata for Part-time

Eligibility: You must be eligible to work in the UK, have access to a vehicle and be registered with the GPhC.

About Us

Mereside Medical is a flourishing group of three East Cambridgeshire practices in Ely, Haddenham and Soham, together serving c.45,000 patients. As a group, we’ve grown rapidly and now employ more than 170 people across the three practices. We are people-centred in our approach to work and believe that every contact that a patient has with our staff is as valuable as the next in the patient journey. We believe in clinical excellence, and that general practice is the cornerstone of well-being in our community. We are innovative and forward-looking, and we embrace technology to enable more effective, efficient, and connected ways of working to deliver ever better outcomes for our patients. Our goal is to deliver on the ambitions laid out in the NHS 10 year Health Plan for England in a way that is locally relevant, valued by patients, and satisfying for our staff. In addition to our core general practice work we run a large clinical research trials unit and we work closely with the ICB to develop innovative ways to improve local service provision. We are the lead practice for one of the two local PCNs and are represented in both. We are proud to be the host organisation for the NIHR Greater Cambridge & Suffolk Commercial Research Delivery Centre (Primary Care), one of only 14 in England. This prestigious designation recognises our commitment to accelerating commercial clinical research delivery for health and economic benefit across our region.

The Role

Over the last six years, our Clinical Pharmacy team have become a fundamental part of Mereside Medical Group Practices, highly valued and appreciated by our GPs, Practice teams, and patients thanks to a track record of making a genuine difference to patient outcomes and GP workloads. The team comprises four Clinical Pharmacists and three Pharmacy Technicians, working across three GP Practices - Cathedral Medical Centre in Ely, Haddenham Surgery, and Staploe Medical Centre in Soham. Each Clinical Pharmacist is offered clinical supervision by a GP, and managerial supervision is offered by the Lead Pharmacist.

Your Responsibilities

• Patient Care & Clinical Responsibilities: Undertake clinical medication reviews and Structured Medication Reviews, including for care home residents and patients with long-term conditions. Deliver patient-facing consultations (face-to-face, telephone, or digital), providing medicines advice and managing referrals and acute queries, and assess minor conditions where appropriate. Offer safety-netting, lifestyle advice, and appropriate signposting. Work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams to optimise patient care.
• Medicines Optimisation & Prescribing: Lead medicines optimisation to ensure safe, effective, and cost-efficient prescribing. Manage repeat prescribing and undertake medicines reconciliation to ensure safe transitions of care. Identify and manage prescribing risks and support reduction in avoidable medicines-related hospital admissions.
• Clinical Governance, Quality & Safety: Lead and support clinical audits, quality improvement, and service development. Use prescribing data to improve outcomes, manage high-risk patient cohorts, and implement local/national guidance. Support CQC compliance, incident reporting, and delivery of PCN DES, QOF, and public health priorities.
• Leadership, Education & Services Development: Provide clinical leadership, including support for Pharmacy Technicians and Practice staff. Support development and improvement of prescribing systems and services.
• Information & Professional Responsibilities: Maintain accurate clinical records and use digital platforms effectively. Maintain GPhC registration, CPD, and up-to-date clinical knowledge. Comply with governance requirements, including safeguarding, confidentiality, health and safety, and other mandatory training.

You should have or be:

• Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Completion of an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy
• Hold or be willing to work towards an Independent Prescribing Qualification
• Minimum of 2 years as a Pharmacist
• Experience and awareness of common acute and long-term conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice
• Excellent communication skills
• Good understanding of primary care prescribing, medicines optimisation, clinical governance, and professional standards
• Able to identify and resolve risk management for long term conditions
• Demonstrate and understand conformity of relevant standards of practice
• Satisfactory DBS check and employment references

It would be an advantage if you also:

• Have an up-to-date professional Indemnity at a suitable level for area of work performed
• Further Qualification(s) in relevant Pharmaceutical or Pharmacological area
• In depth knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare
• Understanding of the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on communities and health inequalities
• Can drive and has access to own vehicle

This is not meant to be an exhaustive list of duties. The need for flexibility is required and the post holder is expected to carry out any other related duties that are within the employee's skills and abilities whenever reasonably instructed.