Clinical Pharmacist (Prescribing)
Avonside Health Centre
Warwick, CV34 5GJView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£23.49 to £26.34
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
16 October 2026
18 days leftJob description
To be responsible for implementing an effective medicine management system within the practice, including cost-effective prescribing, working as an in...
Act as an independent prescriber within scope of practice, managing acute and repeat prescribing and providing face-to-face or telephone consultations for patients. Offer expert medicines advice, promote self-care and improve medication adherence.
Undertake clinical and structured medication reviews, focusing on patients with long-term conditions, polypharmacy, frailty, care home residents, learning disabilities, autism, COPD and asthma. Support medicines optimisation and reduce medicines-related harm.
Complete medicines reconciliation following hospital discharge, outpatient appointments, care transitions and new patient registrations, ensuring accurate records and safe prescribing.
Lead on medicines optimisation, antimicrobial stewardship, medication safety and cost-effective, evidence-based prescribing. Contribute to QOF, enhanced services and quality improvement initiatives.
Develop and maintain safe repeat prescribing, recall and monitoring systems, particularly for high-risk medicines. Authorise repeat prescriptions where appropriate.
Work collaboratively with GPs, nursing teams, community pharmacies, hospitals and wider healthcare professionals to improve patient outcomes, access and service efficiency. Support shared care, anticoagulation management, vulnerable patients and appropriate signposting to services.
Participate in clinical supervision, professional development and continuous improvement activities.
The following are the core responsibilities of the clinical pharmacist. There may be on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:
- Practice as an independent prescriber, prescribing acute and repeat medication working within scope of practice and working with and alongside the practice team
- Carry out face-to-face and telephone consultations with patients with minor illnesses, working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to clinically assess and treat patients using their expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas
- Improve patient and carer understanding of confidence in and compliance with their medication
- Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
- Be responsible for the care management of patients with chronic diseases and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy, especially the elderly, people in care homes, those with multiple co-morbidities -in particular frailty, COPD and asthma- and people with learning disabilities or autism -through STOMP Stop Over Medication Programme-
- Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients at the organisation and to help in tackling inequalities
- Provide leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation -including ensuring prescribers in the practice conserve antibiotics in line with local antimicrobial stewardship guidance- and quality improvement, whilst contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services
- To provide medication review services with patients in the practice and during domiciliary visits to the local nursing home. Additionally, through structured medication reviews, support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care
- Have a leadership role in supporting further integration of general practice with the wider healthcare teams -including community and hospital pharmacy- to help to improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help to manage general practice workload
We are a friendly, forward-thinking and high-achieving GP practice where patient care is at the heart of everything we do. We are looking to recruit a part-time Prescribing Clinical Pharmacist to join our supportive and diverse team under the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS).
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is passionate about delivering high-quality patient care and wants to play a key role in improving the patient journey.
We believe our team are our strongest assets, and as such we strive to provide a positive and supportive working environment. We offer membership of the generous NHS Pension Scheme, occupational sick pay after 12 months employment, and we also provide access to an Employee Assistance Programme.
Our Mission Statement
Providing the best possible healthcare services within the scope of our resources in a caring, confidential and courteous environment.
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of two years working as a pharmacist
- Minimum of one year working as a pharmacist in General Practice
- Experience in managing pharmacy services in primary care
Desirable: - Broad knowledge of General Practice
Qualifications
Essential
- GPhC Registered Pharmacist
- GPhC Independent Prescriber Qualification
- To be enrolled in, or have qualified from, an approved 18-month training pathway or equivalent that equips them to be able to practice and prescribe safely and effectively in a primary care setting (for example, the CPPE clinical pharmacist training pathways)
Desirable: - Minor Ailments certification; - Medicines Management Qualification; - MUR and repeat dispensing certification
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
18 September 2026
Last checked
22 September 2026
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