Lead Clinical Pharmacist - Unity Healthcare in Haverhill

Are you looking for an opportunity to shape and lead pharmacy services within general practice? Do you want to work for a flexible employer that actively supports your professional development and leadership ambitions? We have an exciting opportunity for a Lead Clinical Pharmacist to join our well-established Clinical Pharmacy Team. You will be based at our centralised Hub in Haverhill, where our clinical workload for our four sites is triaged through telephone and virtual consultations.

Main duties of the job:

• Provide clinical and strategic leadership to a highly skilled, supportive and forward-thinking pharmacy team.
• Lead on the management, development and optimisation of prescribing systems, ensuring safe, effective and high-quality prescribing across Unity.
• Act as a senior clinical leader, supporting and supervising pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Work closely with GP leads and senior management to drive service development, quality improvement and innovation in medicines optimisation.
• Oversee and support the management of patient-facing clinical workload, including complex medication reviews and structured medication reviews.
• Provide guidance and oversight on E‑consult and digital triage workflows.
• Contribute to governance, audit, and clinical safety processes, ensuring continuous improvement.
• Work collaboratively with, and support, the Dispensary Manager across our two dispensing sites, ensuring safe, efficient and compliant dispensing services and alignment between prescribing and dispensing functions.

About us:

Suffolk GP Federation CIC is a not-for-profit community interest company. Our main purpose is to support Primary Care across Suffolk including support with working collaboratively and at scale. We also deliver a portfolio of NHS services across Suffolk and North East Essex, including Podiatry, Ultrasound, Diabetes, as well as urgent Care Services including the Out of Hours face‑to‑face Service in Suffolk.

About the team:

Our Clinical Pharmacy Team is a highly valued and integral part of our multidisciplinary workforce, supporting a patient population of over 28,000. The team delivers clear benefits to patients, GPs and the wider practice team. You will be leading a team of 2 Medicines Care Coordinators.

We are committed to investing in our people. You will be supported in your ongoing professional and leadership development, with opportunities to shape and grow services.

Is it for me?

We will ensure you are fully inducted and supported to succeed in your role. You will be well suited if you:

• Are an experienced Clinical Pharmacist ready to step into, or already working in, a leadership role.
• Are registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Hold an independent prescribing qualification.
• Have strong clinical knowledge and a commitment to delivering high‑quality, patient‑centred care.
• Demonstrate excellent leadership, communication, influencing and negotiation skills.
• Have a good understanding of general practice and primary care systems.
• Are proactive, motivated and passionate about service development and improvement.
• Are confident in adopting and supporting others with new digital and IT systems.

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.