Clinical Pharmacist In Primary Care

Posting date:	12 December 2025
Salary:	£50,000.00 to £55,000.00 per year
Additional salary information:	£50000.00 - £55000.00 a year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	04 January 2026
Location:	Southampton, SO15 3JD
Company:	NHS Jobs
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	W0004-25-0006

Summary

The post holder will hold the skills to Complete consultations with patients with single or multiple medical conditions where medicines optimisation is required Manage own case load of vulnerable patients at risk of hospital admission and harm from poor use of medicines Run long-term condition clinics where responsible for prescribing as an independent prescriber for conditions where medicines have a large component (e.g. medicine optimisation of new hypertensives and patients with stable angina) Review the on-going need for each medicine, a review of monitoring needs and an opportunity to support patients with their medicines taking ensuring they get the best use of their medicines (i.e. medicines optimisation) Involve patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and support adherence Undertake structured clinical medication reviews with patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy and implement own (as an independent prescriber) or facilitated prescribing changes and order relevant tests Produce recommendations for clinical pharmacists, nurses or GPs on prescribing and monitoring Support practices with national and local targets including QOF, IIF, and Prescribing Incentives Attend and refer patients to multidisciplinary case conferences. Identifying key areas of need for vulnerable patients and formulating care plans Provide patient facing clinics for those with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines in the practice Provide telephone consultations for patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines Answer medicinerelated enquiries from GPs, other network staff, other healthcare teams (e.g. community pharmacy) and patients with queries about medicines. Suggesting and recommending solutions. Providing follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes Initiate implementation of practice searches to identify cohorts of at risk patients e.g. unplanned admission or readmissions from medicines. Ensure work is undertaken with case managers, multidisciplinary (health and social care) review teams, hospital colleagues and virtual ward teams to manage medicines-related risk Develop a robust system of reconciliation of medicines at transfer of care, including identifying and rectifying changes without referral to a GP. The system should include performance of a clinical medication review, production of a post discharge medicines care plan including dose titration and booking of follow up tests and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge Ensure the set up and management of systems to ensure continuity of medicines supply to high-risk groups of patients (e.g. those with medicine compliance aids or those in care homes)Develop and maintain partnership working with hospital colleagues to ensure proactive management of patients at high risk of medicine related problems to ensure improved care Develop and maintain partnership working with community pharmacy colleagues to ensure medicines optimisation and patient safety Develop a mechanism whereby patients are referred to the appropriate healthcare professional for e.g. pathology test results, common/minor/low-acuity ailments, acute conditions, long term condition reviews etc. Recognise priorities and refer to seniors or GPs when appropriateAnalytical, Judgemental Skills, Planning & Organisational Skills Analyse, interpret and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks to support decision-making Provide leadership to the network to ensure compliance with CQC standards where medicines are involved Undertake risk assessment and management and ensure compliance with medicines legislation Liaise directly with hospital colleagues where prescribing needs to be returned to specialists Conduct audits of network compliance against NICE technology assessment guidance. Disseminate within the network important prescribing messages to improve prescribers knowledge and work with the team to develop and implement other techniques known to influence implementation of evidence such as audit and feedback Identify national and local policy and guidance that affects patient safety through the use of medicines, including MHRA alerts, product withdrawals and emerging evidence form clinical trials Manage the process of implementing changes to medicines and guidance for practitioners Be responsible for management of risk stratification tools on behalf of the practice Work with patients and the Primary Care Team to minimise risks through medicines optimisation Support public health campaigns and provide specialist knowledge on all public health programmes available to general public.Communication Act as a role model demonstrating effective clinical leadership on a daily basis Assess and monitor risk in own and others practice, acting on results, thereby ensuring safe delivery of care Develop and promulgate systems for risk assessment and minimisation Undertake investigation of incidents and complaints when required; identifying lessons learnt and ensuring the sharing of learning across the organisation Ensure dignity, privacy, and cultural and religious beliefs are respected at all times Continually monitor standards of care through quality markers, achievement of network, and benchmarking Be aware of local quality data and use it to identify practice development required Work proactively in managing change to improve practice and health outcomes, identifying opportunities and gaining consensus around initiatives Identify and provide leadership on areas of prescribing and medicines optimisation where change might be required Conduct clinical audits and improve projects or work with colleagues such as GP registrars, practice managers etc. Present results and provide leadership on suggested changesProfessional Development & Responsibilities Accountable for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision Complete the 18-month mandated CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway as part of the role as per the DES contract (unless a valid exemption is held) Keep up to date with relevant clinical practice and current educational policies relevant to their working areas of practice as part of continuing professional development Adhere to the General Pharmaceutical Councils Standards for Pharmacy Professionals Participate in the General Pharmaceutical Councils Revalidation programme, ensuring that professional registration is renewed on an annual basis and that continuous registration is maintained. Evidence of renewal should be provided on request Follow legal, ethical, professional, and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct Review yearly progress and develops clear plans to achieve results within priorities set by others Attends and contributes to monthly group supervision Attends, contributes, and evidences learning via 121 monthly supervision