GP Lead Practice Pharmacist in Salford

The postholder will lead medicines-related governance across the practice, including incident review, audit activity, action planning and learning events. They will oversee high-risk drug monitoring and ensure compliance with shared care arrangements. They will maintain robust systems for repeat prescribing, controlled drugs governance and prescribing safety protocols, and will support the practice in meeting all CQC requirements relating to medicines management.

Main duties of the job:

• Deliver structured medication reviews for patients with complex polypharmacy, frailty, multimorbidity and high-risk prescribing.
• Provide independent prescribing within their scope of competence for both acute and long-term conditions.
• Contribute to the safe and effective management of repeat prescribing, including acute requests, synchronisation and streamlining of medicines.
• Work collaboratively with GPs, nurses, nurse practitioners, advanced clinical practitioners, pharmacy technicians and wider multidisciplinary team colleagues to ensure high-quality, coordinated patient care.
• Provide day-to-day leadership of the pharmacy team, pharmacy technicians and prescribing clerks.
• Provide supervision, mentorship and competency assessment for pharmacy colleagues and contribute to wider staff training across the practice on medicines processes, prescribing safety and new clinical pathways.
• Support the induction and ongoing development of new clinicians, including those employed through ARRS roles.
• Use clinical and digital systems including EMIS, Ardens, AccuRx and prescribing analytics tools to deliver safe, efficient and effective care.
• Support the implementation and expansion of electronic repeat dispensing and other digital prescribing innovations.

About us:

We are a friendly, supportive GP practice serving around 11,500 patients and with a well-established team. We pride ourselves on being a welcoming, well-organised team and a genuinely nice place to work, where staff feel valued and supported. We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Clinical Pharmacist to join us and play a key role in delivering high-quality patient care within our practice.

Job responsibilities:

• Location: Poplars Medical Centre, Swinton
• Position: Full-time, Permanent
• Salary: Depending on experience benchmark NHS Band 8a/8b: £55,000 - £74,000

PRACTICE OVERVIEW:

Poplars Medical Centre is a friendly, supportive GP practice serving around 11,500 patients in Swinton. We are a well-established, welcoming and well-organised team and pride ourselves on being a genuinely positive place to work where staff feel valued and supported.

JOB SUMMARY:

The post holder will work as the Lead Practice Pharmacist, providing advanced clinical pharmacy services within primary care. The role combines direct patient care, prescribing leadership, medicines optimisation, governance oversight and team leadership.

CLINICAL DUTIES:

• Deliver structured medication reviews for patients with complex polypharmacy, frailty, multimorbidity and high-risk prescribing.
• Provide independent prescribing within scope of competence for acute and long-term conditions.
• Support safe and effective repeat prescribing, including acute requests, synchronisation and streamlining.
• Work collaboratively with GPs, nurses, advanced practitioners, pharmacy technicians and the wider MDT.

MEDICINES OPTIMISATION AND PRESCRIBING LEADERSHIP:

• Lead prescribing quality improvement initiatives aligned to QOF, ICB priorities and practice objectives.
• Analyse prescribing data to identify trends, risks and opportunities.
• Implement NICE guidance, MHRA alerts, shared care protocols and local policies.
• Promote safe deprescribing and shared decision-making.

GOVERNANCE, RISK AND SAFETY:

• Lead medicines-related governance, including audits, incident review and learning events.
• Oversee high-risk drug monitoring and shared care compliance.
• Maintain systems for repeat prescribing, controlled drugs and prescribing safety.
• Support CQC compliance.

TEAM LEADERSHIP AND SUPERVISION:

• Provide day-to-day leadership of pharmacy staff and prescribing clerks including line management responsibilities.
• Deliver supervision, mentorship and competency assessment.
• Support training and induction of ARRS and other clinicians.
• Use EMIS, Ardens, AccuRx and prescribing analytics tools.
• Support electronic repeat dispensing and digital innovations.
• Review and improve prescribing workflows.

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:

• GP partners and salaried GPs
• Practice Manager and management team
• Nursing and clinical teams
• Pharmacy technicians and admin staff
• ICB medicines optimisation teams
• Community pharmacy, secondary care and Swinton PCN

Person Specification:

Experience:

• 3+ years post-registration
• Broad knowledge of primary care medicines; NICE, BNF, shared care protocols; prescribing governance; strong communication; digital literacy
• Clinically confident and accountable; collaborative; patient-focused; strong organisational skills
• Experience leading audits, medicines optimisation projects, service transformation, Supervisory experience
• Data analytics, digital prescribing system leadership, strategic planning, budget management
• Ability to influence change across PCN; proactive and solution-focused

Qualifications:

• MPharm or equivalent, GPhC registration, Ongoing CPD, Independent Prescribing qualification

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.