Clinical Pharmacist
Posted 2 days 8 hours ago by NHS
We're looking for a dynamic and proactive Clinical Pharmacist to join our expanding team. You will play a key role in medicines optimisation, structured clinical medication reviews, and improving prescribing safety across our practice. Working closely with GPs, nurses, and ACP, you'll contribute to enhanced patient outcomes, reduce health inequalities, and provide specialist medicines advice within a supportive and forward-thinking environment. We will consider both experienced and recently qualified pharmacists as long as the Essential Person Specification requirements are met.
Main duties of the job- Conduct structured clinical medication reviews (including care homes and complex polypharmacy cases).
- Provide patient-facing support via clinics and telephone consultations.
- Perform medicines reconciliation following hospital discharge or other care transitions.
- Advise on and implement medicines safety initiatives and quality-improvement projects.
- Contribute to practice and PCN prescribing audits, MHRA alerts, formulary reviews, and implementation of national guidance.
- Work within a multidisciplinary team, engaging directly with patients to evaluate and address their health issues, encourage self-management, and ensure patients receive the best possible outcomes.
- Undertake chronic disease reviews for patients with multimorbidity; implement your own prescribing changes (if an Independent Prescriber) and order relevant monitoring tests.
- Evaluate the ongoing necessity and monitoring requirements for each medication and support patients to optimise use.
- Foster strong links with local services and partners to support collaborative working.
- Support education and training of the primary care team.
- Help improve population health and reduce inequalities through medicines-optimisation strategies.
Toddington Medical Centre is a friendly, village-based GP practice serving Toddington and nearby communities in Central Bedfordshire. Located on Luton Road (LU56DE), a short distance from Junction 12 of the M1, our site offers on-site parking and an adjacent community pharmacy for convenience. We care for approximately 9,000 registered patients across a largely semi-rural catchment. Our population reflects the wider Central Bedfordshire profile, with a mix of families, working-age adults and an increasing number of older residents, supporting a focus on prevention, long-term condition management and proactive, personalised care.
Clinical leadership is provided by three GP Partners and supported by a wider multidisciplinary team that includes an advanced clinical practitioner, practice nurse, healthcare assistant, and pharmacy technician. We offer a range of appointment options (face to face, telephone and online) alongside structured medication reviews, long-term condition clinics and same-day access for urgent needs. Our aim is simple: to provide safe, effective and compassionate care close to home, with continuity where it matters and timely access when it's needed.
Job responsibilities- See patients with single or multiple medical problems where medicines optimisation is required (e.g., COPD, asthma).
- Undertake structured clinical medication reviews (including for care homes) and make recommendations commensurate with your competence.
- Provide patient-facing clinics and a telephone helpline for medicine-related queries; offer follow-up to monitor effects of changes.
- Transfer of care and reconciliation: reconcile medicines following transfers of care (e.g., hospital discharge, intermediate care, care homes), identifying and rectifying unexplained changes.
- Reconcile medicines and support continuity of supply with patients, carers, community pharmacists, and care homes, particularly for high-risk groups.
- Identify high-risk cohorts using SystmOne searches; review medicines associated with unplanned admissions and reduce risk through targeted interventions.
- Implement changes arising from MHRA alerts, product withdrawals, and local/national guidance.
- Support development and operation of repeat-prescription authorisation, safer-prescribing systems, and formulary adherence.
- Contribute to public health campaigns; provide specialist input on local programmes; support PCN population-health initiatives to reduce inequalities.
- Undertake clinical audits and feedback results; implement changes with the practice team.
- Analyse, interpret, and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks for decision-making at practice/PCN level.
- Monitor prescribing against local RAG lists; make recommendations for red/amber drugs and shared-care arrangements.
- Assist with maintaining the practice formulary on the clinical system; audit compliance with NICE technology appraisal guidance.
- Provide education and training to the primary care team on therapeutics and medicines optimisation.
- Act as a point of contact for medicine and prescription-related queries from patients and healthcare professionals.
- Ensure appropriate and timely referral to the right professional for investigations, long-term condition reviews, and minor/acute presentations.
- Mandatory professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
- Minimum of 2 years experience as a pharmacist. Will consider newly qualified.
- Understanding of general practice and primary care prescribing, including rational prescribing principles.
- Experience conducting clinical medication reviews and medicines reconciliation.
- Independent Prescribing qualification (or working towards it).
- Experience in a primary care environment.
- Experience or a special interest (Diabetes, COPD, Hypertension, Pain Management).
- Awareness of common acute and long-term conditions encountered in general practice.
- Ability to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies, procedures and codes of conduct.
- Skilled in involving patients in shared decision-making and supporting adherence (per NICE guidance).
- Ability to analyse, interpret and present prescribing data to support decisions at practice/PCN level.
- Clear, compassionate communication skills with patients and colleagues; strong organisational skills.
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 CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
ARRS Role Funded: £45,000 - £52,500 Depending on Experience