Lead Clinical Pharmacist
| Posting date: | 02 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £60,000.00 to £65,000.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £60000.00 - £65000.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 February 2026 |
| Location: | Lichfield, WS13 6JL |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A3128-26-0001 |
Summary
Job responsibilities Assess, triage, and signpost patients, including urgent same-day requests, providing definitive treatment where appropriate. This includes prescribing in line with policy, PGDs, NICE guidance, and local clinical guidelines, or referring to other members of the primary care team or external services as required. Act as an Independent Prescriber, including the digital signing of electronic repeat prescriptions. Respond to prescribing and medicines-related queries from clinicians and the wider practice team in a timely manner, with due consideration to cost-effective prescribing and local formulary guidance. Conduct structured medication reviews (SMRs), face-to-face or remotely, for patients (and carers where appropriate) with polypharmacy or those prescribed high-risk medicines (e.g. opioids, benzodiazepines). Review and action clinic correspondence, including hospital discharge summaries and specialist letters, ensuring accurate medicines reconciliation. Manage a non-filtered clinical workload, identifying potential red flags or serious underlying pathology, and taking appropriate and timely action. Use advanced clinical reasoning and complex decision-making to assess, diagnose, investigate, and manage complete episodes of care within a broad scope of practice. Adopt a personalised care and population health approach, supporting shared decision-making with patients. Complete and maintain relevant training to provide multi-professional clinical practice supervision and CPD support to colleagues across primary care, including First Contact Practitioners and personalised care roles. Build effective relationships and promote collaborative working across practices and the wider healthcare system to support high-quality patient care. Lead and coordinate the PCN/practice pharmacy team, including clinical supervision, appraisals, identifying training needs, and managing annual leave and sickness absence. Demonstrate an understanding of primary care financial and contractual frameworks, prioritising and delegating work appropriately throughout the year. Support practices in achieving QOF, Network DES IIF, service level agreement, and other relevant organisational targets. Support the practice in meeting CQC requirements, particularly those relating to medicines management. Ensure robust clinical governance around prescribing and medicines monitoring, including compliance with MHRA drug safety alerts and appropriate blood monitoring for high-risk medicines. Review, develop, and update prescribing policies and procedures. Lead, plan, and support the development and implementation of new ways of working across the local system.