Clinical Pharmacist

Orchard Surgery is seeking a motivated and patient-focused Clinical Pharmacist to join our expanding pharmacy team. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting safe and effective prescribing, medicines optimisation, and medication management across the practice.

Responsibilities

• Undertake structured medication reviews for patients with long-term conditions and complex medication needs.
• Optimise prescribing in line with local and national guidance.
• Review polypharmacy and reduce inappropriate prescribing where clinically appropriate.
• Support safe prescribing and cost-effective medicines management.
• Identify and address medication-related risks.
• Review hospital letters, clinic correspondence and discharge summaries.
• Reconcile medicines following hospital discharge.
• Implement medication changes authorised within clinical correspondence according to practice protocols.
• Ensure medication records are updated accurately and promptly.
• Liaise with secondary care providers regarding medication queries where required.
• Manage medication-related queries from patients, carers and healthcare professionals.
• Provide specialist advice on medication use, side effects, contraindications and monitoring requirements.
• Support the practice team with complex prescribing decisions.
• Conduct face-to-face, telephone and remote consultations for medication reviews.
• Assess adherence and support patients in understanding their treatment plans.
• Review high-risk medications and monitoring requirements.
• Manage patients allocated through GP triage systems where medication expertise is required.
• Refer patients to GPs or other healthcare professionals when concerns fall outside the pharmacist's scope of practice.
• Maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical records using EMIS.
• Participate in prescribing audits and quality improvement projects.
• Support achievement of QOF, IIF and other contractual requirements.
• Contribute to significant event reviews and medicines safety initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with CQC standards and professional guidance.
• Work collaboratively with GPs, nursing staff and the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Provide education and prescribing support to practice staff.
• Attend clinical meetings and multidisciplinary team discussions.
• Contribute to the development of medicines management processes within the practice.

Experience

• Experience working in General Practice, Primary Care Network or a patient-facing clinical pharmacy role.
• Excellent knowledge of medicines optimisation and prescribing safety.
• Strong understanding of long-term condition management.
• Ability to interpret and implement medication changes from clinical correspondence.
• Excellent communication and consultation skills.
• Ability to prioritise workload and work independently.
• Competent IT skills and experience using clinical systems.
• Experience using SystmOne and Ardens.
• Experience undertaking Structured Medication Reviews (SMRs).
• Knowledge of QOF, IIF and NHS primary care contractual requirements.
• Experience supporting medicines optimisation within primary care.

Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacist with current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) or UK recognised equivalent.
• Qualified independent prescriber or working towards this.
• Primary Care Network (PCN) or GP practice experience.
• Experience using SystmOne or similar clinical systems.
• Experience supporting long-term condition management.

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.