Clinical Pharmacist

• Undertake structured medication reviews, particularly for patients with complex medication needs, polypharmacy or long-term conditions.
• Provide face-to-face patient consultations to review medicines, adherence, effectiveness, side effects and monitoring requirements.
• Support patients with the management of long-term conditions through medicines optimisation and appropriate clinical advice.
• Resolve day-to-day medicines-related and prescribing issues within the practice.
• Respond to medication and prescribing queries from patients and members of the practice team.
• Promote safe, effective and evidence-based prescribing.
• Support repeat prescribing processes and appropriate medication monitoring.
• Undertake medicines reconciliation following discharge from hospital or other care settings.
• Identify medication discrepancies, interactions, duplications and other medicines-related risks and take appropriate action.
• Manage medicines shortages and supply issues, recommending suitable alternatives where clinically appropriate.
• Support effective communication across patients' care pathways and liaise with hospitals, community pharmacies and other healthcare professionals when required.
• Support the monitoring of patients taking high-risk medicines.
• Contribute to medication safety alerts, prescribing reviews, clinical audits and quality improvement work.
• Work collaboratively with GPs, nurses, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and the wider practice team.
• Use EMIS and other relevant clinical systems effectively and maintain clear and accurate patient records.
• Prescribe medicines within professional competence, in accordance with the postholder's Independent Prescriber qualification, current clinical guidance and agreed practice arrangements.

Essential

• Experience working as a Clinical Pharmacist within a GP surgery / primary care setting
• Experience using EMIS in a GP practice / primary care setting
• Experience providing face-to-face patient consultations
• Experience undertaking medication reviews and supporting patients with long-term conditions and polypharmacy
• Experience working effectively with GPs and the wider practice team
• Experience managing medicines-related queries and medicines reconciliation

Essential

• Master's degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent pharmacy qualification
• Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Independent Prescribing qualification with current annotation on the GPhC register
• Evidence of commitment to ongoing personal and professional development

Desirable

• Medicines Management qualification
• Minor Ailments certification
• Relevant postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification
• Additional training relevant to primary care / general practice

Essential

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Good knowledge of medicines optimisation and safe prescribing
• Ability to work independently and manage own workload effectively
• Ability to provide confident, patient-centred face-to-face consultations
• Ability to work effectively with GPs and the wider practice team
• Good organisational and time-management skills