Modality Partnership's Lewisham Division is recruiting a Lead Clinical Pharmacist, a senior clinical post across its Lewisham general practices. The job mixes patient-facing prescribing and medication reviews with leading, supervising and developing the division's pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. The post is planned as a weekday role across several Lewisham sites and carries protected time for leadership alongside direct clinical work. Applicants need Independent Prescriber status and at least five years' post-registration experience.
What the job involves
- Provide professional leadership and line management for the pharmacy team
- Supervise, teach, train and develop pharmacists and pharmacy technicians
- Work as an Independent Prescriber, clinically assessing and treating patients in a patient-facing role
- Carry out structured medication reviews and medication reviews
- Manage medicines-related queries
- Support long-term condition care within scope of practice
- Work with the Divisional Board, practices, ICB and wider Modality Partnership on safe prescribing and medicines optimisation
- Oversee governance, audit, medicines safety and delivery of performance and quality priorities
- Integrate clinical pharmacy into primary care and lead a multidisciplinary medicines team
- Implement practical solutions to improve patient care and the working environment
- Work with stakeholders to harmonise ways of working and improve patient and staff experience
Qualifications
- MPharm (or pre-2000 equivalent) plus one year pre-registration training
- Diploma-level postgraduate training in clinical or pharmacy practice
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Registration & licences
- GPhC registration
- Registered Independent Prescriber
Experience
- Minimum five years post-registration experience
- Substantial patient-facing clinical pharmacy experience, including medication review clinics
- Multidisciplinary team working and good understanding of primary-care structures and general practice
- Service development, project delivery, policy development and clinical audit experience
Skills & knowledge
- Extensive clinical knowledge of drug therapies across varied settings and patient groups, with evidence-based critical appraisal
- Interpreting prescribing and performance data, and confident use of Microsoft Office and EMIS
- Leadership, line management and experience supervising, teaching or developing colleagues
Checks & eligibility
- Right to work evidence for those invited to interview
- Mandatory vaccination evidence for Hepatitis B, MMR and varicella
- References secured before start, one from current or most recent employer, and any employment gaps of six weeks or more explained
Other
- Organising and prioritising own and others' work to deadlines, working autonomously and in a team, with strong communication and influencing skills
What’s offered
- Enrolment in the NHS pension scheme
- Minimum 27 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays, pro rata
- Employee discounts and benefits scheme
- Employee assistance programme
- Education and career pathways
- Enhanced family-friendly policies
- Flexible working
- Wellbeing support and initiatives
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