Lead Clinical Pharmacist (Independent Prescriber)

Overview

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Lead Clinical Pharmacist with Independent Prescribing qualifications to provide senior clinical oversight and leadership to our pharmacy services. This role will focus on delivering expert clinical care, supporting best practice in medicines management, and developing the capability of the wider pharmacy team through training, supervision, and clinical audits.

This role focuses on clinical excellence, quality improvement, and building a culture of safe, evidence-based prescribing.

Main duties

Clinical Care

• Conduct structured medication reviews (SMRs) and manage patients with long-term conditions within your scope of practice
• Prescribe, deprescribe and optimise medicines in line with clinical guidelines and best practice
• Provide expert advice on prescribing and therapeutics to clinical colleagues
• Review patients following hospital discharge or changes in medication
• Support safe prescribing for care homes, vulnerable patients and those with polypharmacy

Clinical Leadership & Supervision

• Provide clinical supervision and day-to-day support for other pharmacists and pharmacy technicians
• Lead on case discussions, peer review, and learning from significant events
• Support the induction and clinical development of newly appointed pharmacy staff
• Identify training needs and help deliver clinical education sessions to the wider team

Quality Improvement & Clinical Governance

• Lead on medicines audits and quality improvement initiatives across sites
• Promote adherence to local formulary, NICE guidance, and medicines safety alerts
• Support achievement of QOF, IIF, and PCN-related prescribing targets
• Contribute to the development and review of prescribing protocols and pathways

Qualifications

• GPhC-registered pharmacist with active registration
• Independent Prescriber qualification
• Minimum 2 years of clinical pharmacy experience
• Strong clinical decision-making skills and ability to work autonomously
• Experience providing training, mentorship or supervision

Person Specification Experience Essential

• GPhC-registered pharmacist with active registration
• Independent Prescriber qualification
• Minimum 2 years of clinical pharmacy experience
• Strong clinical decision-making skills and ability to work autonomously
• Experience providing training, mentorship or supervision

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name: Penrose Health

Address: Penrose Surgery, 33 Penrose Street, London, SE17 3DW

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