GP Practice Pharmacist
Posterngate Surgery
Selby, YO8 4QH
Salary
Negotiable
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
1 October 2026
29 days left
Job description
Posterngate surgery are seeking a positive, caring and self motivated Pharmacist to bring their knowledge and expertise to expand our experienced and ...
Working with our multidisciplinary team to support
clinicians in implementing effective dispensing, prescription management,
prescribing systems and medicines management within the practice.
Review patients by consultation on complex medication
regimens, screening & management of long term conditions, such as diabetes,
asthma, COPD & hypertension
Deal with telephone based medication queries from patients,
pharmacies & hospital
When appropriately qualified develop and utilise prescribing
skills in face to face and remote settings to further support patient care.
Provide medicines management advice to doctors, practice
nurses and other health professionals to promote the safe, effective, quality
and cost effective use of medicines
Run audits & design of safer prescribing systems
Review of medications for nursing & residential home
patients
Manage patients & health care professionals
medicine queries
Reconcile
medicines following hospital discharge & work with patients & community
pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge
Contribute
to reductions in medicine related hospital admissions & readmissions by
supporting patients to get the best outcomes from their medicines &
identifying & addressing medicines related issues
Manage
practice formularies to improve the quality, safety & cost effectiveness of
prescribing
Work
with primary care professional & patients to implement NICE & other
evidence based guidelines
Act
as a source of medicines information for all of the practice team &
patients (e.g. around doses, side effects, adverse events, possible
alternatives e.g. around out of stocks)
Implement drug withdrawals & alerts e.g. MHRA aimed
at improving medicines safety
Ensure that all dispensing errors and near misses are
logged in accordance with the practice procedure and to undertake any activity
necessary to rectify or prevent errors
Liaise with clinicians about prescriptions to ensure
accuracy and prevent risk
Keep up-to-date with current pharmacy practice, new drugs
and their uses for the purpose of continuing professional development
Provide regular support and feedback to the practice on
prescribing action plans
Promote high quality, cost effective and evidence based
use of medicines within the practice
Lead on identifying changes to minimise drug waste
Refer to ePACT data to analyse & review practice prescribing
Posterngate surgery is a large, innovative and high performing teaching practice. Working together with Selby Town Primary Care Network, we are a friendly, hardworking and supportive practice that aims to achieve the highest quality of care for or patients.
A systmone practice with a skill mix consists of 6 GP Partners, Salaried GPs, First Contact Physios, Mental Health Practitioners, Urgent Care Practitioners and Pharmacy Team supported by Practice Nurses and HCA's. Easy access from York & Leeds with free on-site parking and modern comfortable premises.
Qualifications
Essential
- Practising Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
- A demonstrable commitment to professional development
Desirable
- Relevant post-graduate qualification; i.e. PgDip/MSc or equivalent
- experience and relevant short courses
- Independent prescriber or prepared to work towards
Experience
Essential
- Post-registration experience - minimum three years
- Experience of primary care clinical IT systems
- Primary care and or medicines management in primary care
Desirable
- Team leadership experience
- Experience of training others
- Experience of Systmone
Knowledge & skills
Essential
- Understanding of current national policies, in particular those that impact on medicines management services
- A knowledge of prescribing issues affecting primary care and the interface with other areas of health and social care
- Up to date therapeutic and clinical knowledge
- Familiarity with the concept of evidence based medicine, effectiveness and appropriateness with critical appraisal skills
- Computer literate, including advanced word-processing, spreadsheet skills, email and other computer databases
- High level of analytical and literacy skills
- Ability to apply clinical knowledge appropriately in a variety of settings; e.g. practice and strategic
- Ability to plan, set objectives, priorities and review performance against
- objectives
- A solutions focussed approach
- Excellent communication (oral and written) and inter personal skills
- Ability to delegate
- Good time management
- Demonstrate a knowledge of the changing NHS structures and functions with particular emphasis on issues relating to pharmacy practice
- High level of understanding, interpretation and analysis of prescribing data; e.g. epact
- Able to develop & implement policy & procedure to sustain a quality service
- Membership of Primary Care Pharmacy Association
Desirable
- Demonstrate a knowledge of the changing NHS structures and functions with particular emphasis on issues relating to pharmacy practice
- High level of understanding, interpretation and analysis of prescribing data; e.g. epact
- Able to develop & implement policy & procedure to sustain a quality service
- Membership of Primary Care Pharmacy Association
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First seen
1 September 2026
Last checked
2 September 2026
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