Clinical Pharmacist - GP Practice

Posting date:	08 April 2026
Salary:	£49,387.00 to £56,515.00 per year
Additional salary information:	£49387.00 - £56515.00 a year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	26 April 2026
Location:	Burton-on-trent, DE13 7AS
Company:	NHS Jobs
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	A1529-26-0002

Summary

Clinical Pharmacist (Independent Prescriber) Full Time Location: Alrewas Surgery (single-site GP practice) Contract: Full time (37.5 hours per week) Responsible to: GP Partners and Practice Manager Line management: Supervises a Pharmacy Technician Purpose of the role Alrewas Surgery is seeking a full-time Clinical Pharmacist who is a qualified Independent Prescriber (IP) to join our practice team. The post holder will work within their clinical competencies as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide expert clinical medicines management, structured medication reviews, management of long-term conditions, safer prescribing systems, and lead on repeat prescribing processes. A key element of the role is providing clinical pharmacy support to our patients in residential care, with a view to completing a weekly ward round at a designated care home (including medication optimisation and associated actions). A minor ailments clinic is desirable, aligned to scope of practice and competence, to support timely access for patients and reduce GP workload appropriately. This role is pivotal to improving the quality of prescribing, patient safety, and operational efficiencies within our practice and requires motivation and passion to deliver an excellent service in general practice. Key duties and responsibilities 1) Patient-facing long-term condition clinics Run clinics for patients with single or multiple conditions where medicines optimisation is required (e.g., respiratory, cardiovascular, diabetes). Review the ongoing need for medicines, monitoring requirements, adherence, and side effects. Make appropriate prescribing decisions within competence and as an Independent Prescriber, and liaise with GPs and the wider team when needed. 2) Structured clinical medication reviews (SMRs) Undertake structured medication reviews, prioritising patients with polypharmacy, frailty, multiple comorbidities, and high-risk medicines. Produce clear plans and actions for patients and the practice team, including monitoring and follow-up. 3) Care home weekly ward round and medication reviews (desirable) Complete a weekly ward round at a care home, including medication review, optimisation, deprescribing where appropriate, and medicines safety actions. Work with care home staff to improve safe ordering, administration, and reduction of medicines-related risk. 4) Domiciliary medication reviews (as required) Undertake domiciliary medication reviews where clinically indicated, contributing to multidisciplinary discussions and case conferences where relevant. 5) Repeat prescribing and medicines workflow leadership Lead and manage the repeat prescribing authorisation and reauthorisation process, including: Reviewing repeat prescription requests and medicines reaching review dates Ensuring appropriate monitoring is in place for high-risk medicines Supporting/maintaining a robust repeat prescribing policy and systems within the practice Working closely with (and supervising) the Pharmacy Technician to ensure safe, efficient processing and appropriate escalation 6) Acute prescription requests and medicines queries Support timely processing of acute medication requests where appropriate, ensuring safe prescribing and effective signposting/escalation to clinicians when needed. 7) Medicines reconciliation and transfer of care Reconcile medicines following hospital discharge and other transfer-of-care points (including care homes), identifying and rectifying unexplained changes. Work with community pharmacy and patients to ensure continuity of supply, including for high-risk cohorts. 8) Minor ailments clinic (desirable) Provide a minor ailments clinic (where service need supports and within agreed scope of practice), managing common/self-limiting conditions, with appropriate escalation or referral to GPs/other services when required. 9) Risk stratification and high-risk medicines Identify cohorts at risk of medicines-related harm using clinical system searches (patient-related, medicine-related, or both). Implement interventions to reduce risk and improve outcomes. 10) Medicines safety and quality improvement Implement changes from MHRA alerts, product withdrawals, and local/national guidance Undertake prescribing audits agreed with the GP Partners and implement improvements Support QOF medicines-related elements where relevant 11) Local guidelines, formulary and prescribing optimisation Monitor prescribing against local formulary guidance and RAG lists, supporting adherence and recommending appropriate changes (including shared care and hospital-only medicines processes). Support practice learning via short briefings/bulletins where helpful. 12) Advice, education and team support Respond to medicines-related queries from clinicians, staff, and patients. Provide education/training to the primary care team on therapeutics, medicines optimisation, and safer prescribing. 13) Governance, CQC and policy compliance Work with the practice team to ensure compliance with CQC standards and internal policies where medicines are involved, including confidentiality, safeguarding, information governance, and health & safety. Supervisory responsibilities Provide day-to-day supervision and task oversight of the Pharmacy Technician, including safe working processes, escalation pathways, and quality checking as appropriate. Support development, training, and standardisation of medicines workflow within the practice. Professional development Maintain CPD and revalidation requirements in line with GPhC standards Participate in clinical supervision and practice meetings as required Contribute to service development and continuous improvement across the practice Health and safety / risk management Comply with all health & safety, incident reporting, and information governance requirements Travel to off-site locations as required for the role (including the care home ward round) Be aware of exposure risks in clinical environments and follow appropriate procedures Involvement with shared care prescribing Special working conditions Independent travel required between sites (practice and care home) Occasional attendance at meetings/training hosted externally