Custom House Surgery, a GP practice serving around 10,900 patients and part of South One PCN, is recruiting a clinical pharmacist to join its multidisciplinary primary care team. The post centres on structured medication reviews, support for patients with long-term conditions, reconciling medicines after hospital discharge and handling prescribing queries from clinicians and patients. Work is spread across face-to-face, telephone and remote consultations, with audit and QOF contributions alongside. Applicants need an independent prescriber qualification and GPhC registration.
What the job involves
- Conduct structured medication reviews and medicines optimisation for patients with complex needs
- Manage patients with long-term conditions to ensure safe and effective medicines use
- Review and reconcile medicines after hospital discharge and outpatient appointments
- Respond to prescribing and medicines queries from clinicians, patients and carers
- Identify and manage prescribing risks, adverse drug reactions and medication-related problems
- Provide face-to-face, telephone and remote consultations
- Optimise prescribing in line with national and local guidance
- Support repeat prescribing systems and processes
- Monitor high-risk medicines and ensure appropriate clinical monitoringConduct audits and quality improvement projects on prescribing
- Contribute to QOF, Enhanced Services and other contractual targets
- Work with GPs, ANPs, nurses, HCAs, social prescribers, community pharmacists and care homes
What’s required
Qualifications
- Master's degree in pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent
- Independent prescriber qualification
Registration & licences
- Registered pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Experience
- Post-registration experience in primary care, general practice or medicines optimisation
- Experience of structured medication reviews and medicines reconciliation
Skills & knowledge
- Sound knowledge of current prescribing guidelines, medicines management and clinical governance
- Ability to manage long-term conditions and optimise medication therapy
- Strong clinical decision-making and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, working within a multidisciplinary team
- Proficiency in clinical systems and Microsoft Office
- Understanding of confidentiality, information governance, safeguarding and equality and diversity
Other
- Commitment to continuing professional development and evidence-based practice
Nice to have
- Experience working within a GP practice or Primary Care Network
- Experience supporting QOF, Enhanced Services and medicines optimisation initiatives
- Experience of clinical audits, quality improvement or service development
- Knowledge of EMIS Web clinical system
- Experience with diverse and multicultural patient populations
- Leadership, mentoring or supervisory experience
- Membership of a relevant professional body or specialist pharmacy group
What’s offered
- Clinical autonomy
- Opportunities for professional development
- On-site parking
- Collaborative, supportive and inclusive team culture
- Access to the wider PCN network of healthcare professionals
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
