Clinical Pharmacist

You will take responsibility for medicines management,

clinical medication reviews, improving prescribing processes and patient safety

alerts. The post holder will be the primary support to general practice staff

with regards to drugs monitoring, helping to support the repeat prescription

system and dispensing team. You will work with the

wider GP Federation Pharmacy team and will be joining a dynamic, forward-thinking team. This is an opportunity to develop

yourself, and successful candidates will be required and supported to enrol onto

(if not already completed) CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy education pathway and, following this, an Independent Prescribing qualification.

Clinical Pharmacist - Job Description

Responsible to: This role is directly employed by the North West

Leicestershire GP Federation and the post holder will work for the North West

Leicestershire PCN.

The

post holder is a pharmacist, who acts within their professional boundaries,

supporting and working alongside a team of pharmacists in general practice. In

this role they will be supported by Lead and Senior clinical pharmacists who

will develop, manage and mentor them.

The

post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing

role. The post holder will take responsibility for areas of chronic disease

management within the practice and undertake clinical medication reviews to

proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy.

The

post holder will provide primary support to general practice staff with regards

to prescription and medication queries. They will help support the repeat

prescriptions system, and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and

systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice

while addressing both public and social care needs of patients in the GP

practice(s).

The

post holder will provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and

quality improvement and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes

framework and enhanced services.

The

post holder will ensure that the practice integrates with community and

hospital pharmacy to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensure

better access to healthcare and help manage workload. The role is pivotal to

improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires

motivation and passion to deliver excellent service within general practice.

The

post holder will be supported to develop their role to become a non-medical

prescriber.

Please see attached document for full job description.

The North West Leicestershire GP Federation consists of 12

GP Practices covering 116,000 patients. The GP Federation operates the North

West Leicestershire Primary Care Network which is the largest within Leicester,

Leicestershire and Rutland. We want to support the development of the team and

provide additional capacity as the service grows. We are an ambitious and

innovative organisation looking to develop services for our patients and

provide opportunities for our staff to learn and grow. The

pharmacy team is made up of over 20 pharmacists and technicians led by a

senior pharmacy team. We are a forward-thinking Primary Care Network that is

committed to working as a multidisciplinary team and recognise and utilise the

full potential of every individual.

We are looking for an ambitious full-time or part-time individual to join our team and

can facilitate flexible working, to include Monday-Saturday and accommodate

some home working. Part time would be 2-3 days or full time is 5 days (not compressed).

If you are passionate, self-motivated

and driven about supporting people and developing your career in primary

care then please consider joining our friendly supportive team.

Please be aware that our organisation does not hold a visa sponsor licence, so we are unable to accept applications from those requiring visa sponsorship to work in the UK.

Interviews for this role will take place on Friday 9th October 2026.

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