Clinical Pharmacist - Primary Care
| Posting date: | 23 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 April 2026 |
| Location: | Burton on Trent, DE14 3EY |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A2255-23032026 |
Summary
Clinical Pharmacist who acts within their professional boundaries, working alongside a team of pharmacists in general practice within the wider PCN. They will improve patients health outcomes and the efficiency of the primary care team by providing direct, accessible and timely medicines and expertise including face to face contact with patients. The post holder will be an integral part of the general practice team, as well as part of a wider pharmacist network and multi-disciplinary team. This includes being a conduit of patient medicines information into and out of UHDB. They will work to optimise medication issues to improve patient care and safety. As part of their employment, the post holder will achieve qualifications from an accredited training pathway, including independent prescribing, equipping the Clinical Pharmacist to be able to practise and prescribe safely and effectively in a primary care setting.As part of a Lead Pharmacist role the post holder will undertake Medicines reconciliation in line with practice protocols and standard operating procedures to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of prescriptions and repeat prescriptions. The post holder will help patients to get the best from their medicines by communicating changes agreed and approved protocols, improving repeat prescribing processes, promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines. The supervision and mentorship network will be provided to support the Clinical Pharmacist.