General Practice Based PharmacistNHS

Job summary

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Clinical Pharmacist to join our multidisciplinary primary care team. The post holder will lead and develop medicines optimisation services within the practice, ensuring safe, effective, evidence-based, and cost-effective prescribing. The pharmacist will work collaboratively with GPs, the Practice Prescribing Lead, Pharmacy Technician, PCN Clinical Pharmacists, nursing staff, and administrative teams to improve patient outcomes and support delivery of high-quality care.

The successful candidate will play a key role in medication reviews, medicines reconciliation, safety monitoring, prescribing audits, medicines governance, CQC compliance, and medicines management processes. They will provide leadership to the practice pharmacy team and contribute to achieving national and local prescribing priorities.

Main duties of the job

• Undertake structured medication reviews and medicines optimisation clinics for patients with long-term conditions, polypharmacy, frailty, learning disabilities, and other complex needs.
• Review repeat prescribing processes to ensure safe and effective prescribing.
• Support Medicines Reconciliation following hospital discharge and outpatient appointments.
• Manage prescribing queries from patients, GPs, community pharmacies, care homes, and secondary care providers.
• Identify and resolve medication-related problems and optimise treatment plans.
• Promote adherence to local and national prescribing guidelines
• Support high-risk medication monitor and chronic disease management

Job description

• Undertake structured medication reviews and medicines optimisation clinics for patients with long-term conditions, polypharmacy, frailty, learning disabilities, and other complex needs.
• Review repeat prescribing processes to ensure safe and effective prescribing.
• Support Medicines Reconciliation following hospital discharge and outpatient appointments.
• Manage prescribing queries from patients, GPs, community pharmacies, care homes, and secondary care providers.
• Identify and resolve medication-related problems and optimise treatment plans.
• Promote adherence to local and national prescribing guidelines.
• Support high-risk medication monitoring and chronic disease management.

About us

We offer the opportunity to join a forward-thinking and supportive GP practice where pharmacists play a central role in clinical care, medicines optimisation, patient safety, and service development. You will work closely with experienced GPs, the Prescribing Lead, Pharmacy Technician, and PCN pharmacy team to deliver high-quality patient-centred care and continuously improve prescribing and medicines management across the practice.