Primary Care Senior Clinical Pharmacist in Vauxhall

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Clinical Pharmacist to join our friendly and progressive primary care team. This is an exciting opportunity for a pharmacist who is looking to take the next step in their career, building on strong clinical foundations while developing greater responsibility and influence within a well-established practice environment.

You will work as an autonomous clinician, supporting patients with long term conditions, medication optimisation and prescribing, while collaborating closely with GPs, ANPs and the wider multidisciplinary team. The role sits within an established pharmacy team led by our Chief Pharmacist, providing access to senior clinical leadership and support whilst allowing the successful candidate to develop their own areas of expertise.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about delivering high-quality patient care, improving outcomes and contributing to service development. This role would suit either an established senior pharmacist or an ambitious clinical pharmacist who is ready to broaden their skills and take on a more senior position within primary care.

The successful candidate will deliver high-quality, patient-centred pharmacy services across the practice, including structured medication reviews, long-term condition management, medicines optimisation and clinical prescribing. They will work autonomously within their scope of practice while collaborating closely with GPs, ANPs and the wider multidisciplinary team.

The role includes providing expert medicines advice to patients and colleagues, supporting safe and effective prescribing, undertaking medication reviews for patients with complex needs and contributing to care planning for vulnerable patient groups including those with multiple long-term conditions.

As a senior member of the pharmacy team, the postholder will help support and develop a Clinical Pharmacist, Prescription Technician and trainee pharmacists undertaking their foundation training year as designated supervisor and DPP. The role offers an opportunity to contribute to the development of future pharmacists while fostering a positive learning environment and supporting high standards of clinical practice across the team. It also includes contributing to quality improvement initiatives, medicines safety programmes, prescribing audits and the ongoing development of pharmacy services within the practice.

We are a friendly and forward thinking GP surgery, dedicated to providing high quality, patient centred care to our local community in Ealing, W13. We serve a diverse patient population, and pride ourselves on offering a welcoming and supportive environment for both patients and staff.

Our multidisciplinary team includes GPs, Nurses, Pharmacists, Healthcare Assistants, and administrative staff, who work closely together to ensure efficient and compassionate service delivery. We are committed to continuous improvement and staff development.

We offer 33 days pro rata annual leave, including Bank Holidays, and access to join the NHS Pension Scheme. We have excellent transport links, including a nearby Crossrail station, multiple underground stations, and bus routes.

The post holder is an experienced pharmacist and independent prescriber who acts within their professional boundaries as an autonomous clinician and senior member of the pharmacy team at The Argyle Surgery. The role combines advanced clinical practice, medicines optimisation, independent prescribing, quality improvement and service development. The post holder will work closely with GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners and the wider multidisciplinary team to improve patient outcomes and deliver safe, effective and patient-centred care.

As a senior member of the pharmacy team, the post holder will support the development of the Clinical Pharmacist, Prescription Technician and Foundation Trainee Pharmacists. The successful candidate will be supported by an experienced Chief Pharmacist as well as the Clinical Lead and will contribute to the continued development of pharmacy services within the practice.

Key responsibilities include:

• Independently manage patients with long-term conditions, undertake reviews, optimise medicines and prescribe within scope of competence.
• Undertake structured medication reviews for patients with polypharmacy and complex needs.
• Manage caseload for patients with common/minor/self-limiting ailments while working within a scope of practice and limits of competence.
• Provide face-to-face and remote medicines advice clinics.
• Implement practice searches to identify cohorts of patients most likely to be at risk of an unplanned admission and readmissions from medicines.
• Reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into care homes.
• Engage with practice repeat prescribing policy use and improvement.
• Design, develop and implement computer searches to identify cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines.
• Develop and manage new services that are built around new medicines or NICE guidance.
• Proactively devise, lead and provide education and training to junior pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, trainees and primary healthcare team on therapeutics and medicines optimisation.

Qualifications required include a Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent, specialist knowledge acquired through post-graduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience, and mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). A minimum of 3 years post-registration experience in patient-facing clinical pharmacy practice is essential.