Clinical Pharmacist
Primary Care Careers
Colchester, CO4 9QR
Salary
£46,000 to £48,580
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
11 September 2026
9 days left
Job description
EAST: MK Primary Care Network has exciting opportunity for a clinical pharmacist to join our practice team, on a full-time basis of 37.5 hours a week. ...
- Work as part of a multidisciplinary team in a patient-facing role
- Take on responsibility for areas of chronic disease management, working proactively with other healthcare professionals across the organisation & PCN area
- Support the delivery of the new Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service (DES)
- Conduct structured medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy
- Provide clinical medicines expertise to both patients & practice teams
- Improve prescribing practices across the PCN
- Improve service & quality through mechanisms such as clinical audits
- Interface with community & hospital colleagues to help resolve medication-related issues
- Assist with delivery of enhanced health-in-care-homes initiatives
If you would like to find out more information about this role, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.
East: MK PCN covers a total population of around 58,000 patients, across its 4 practices in Milton Keynes: Ashfield Medical Centre, CMK Medical Centre, Milton Keynes Village Practice and the Grove Surgery.
Our overarching objective is to deliver the highest standard of care. We work collaboratively with colleagues in the NHS, public and community services to make as much of an impact to improving patient access and care. Patient-centred care is a firm belief in our network, and we are looking for energetic and proactive individuals that will enjoy working in a vibrant team.
You will be a qualified pharmacist with strong experience within primary care and have the following qualifications, skills and experience::
Essential
- Vocational 4-year master's degree in pharmacy
- 1 years pre-registration training
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Covid vaccination training
- Good critical appraisal skills
- Experience of patient consultation
- Experience of working with GPs
- Good understanding of primary care structure and general practice
- Good clinical knowledge
- Able to apply clinical knowledge, appropriately, in a variety of practice settings or patient groups
- Right to work in the UK. Please note that there is no sponsorship available for this role
Desirable
- Postgraduate diploma/MSc in clinical or community pharmacy, or equivalent
- Non-medical prescriber registration
- Advanced assessment and history taking skills or be willing to enrol in a current training pathway to develop these
- Post-registration experience in primary, secondary or community pharmacy
- Experience of clinical pharmacy
- Knowledge of GP clinical computer systems
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
2 September 2026
Last checked
2 September 2026
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