Lead Clinical Pharmacist - Lewisham Division

This is a rounded, hands-on Lead Clinical Pharmacist role combining clinical practice with leadership and management responsibility. The postholder will provide professional leadership, line management, supervision, teaching, training and development for the pharmacy team.

The postholder will work as an Independent Prescriber in a patient-facing role, clinically assessing and treating patients, undertaking structured medication reviews and medication reviews, managing medicines-related queries and supporting long-term condition care within their scope of practice.

The postholder will collaborate with the Divisional Board, practices, the ICB and the wider Modality Partnership to ensure safe prescribing, effective medicines optimisation, robust governance, audit, medicines safety and delivery of agreed performance and quality priorities.

The role is planned as a Monday-to-Friday, 9am-5pm post across Modality Lewisham sites. It requires flexibility, innovation and autonomous working, with protected leadership time alongside direct clinical delivery.

Please refer to the supporting documents for the full job description and core responsibilities.

You will love this job if you have the drive to integrate clinical pharmacy skills into primary care, lead and develop a multidisciplinary medicines team, and implement practical solutions that improve patient care and the day-to-day working environment.

Please note: Modality Partnership reserves the right to close this vacancy at any point during the recruitment stage.

Mandatory vaccination evidence required(Hepatitis B, MMR & Varicella) As part of recruitment, we will check the vaccination status of new starters so that individual and environmental risks can be managed. Support will be offered where appropriate, and evidence will be required where vaccination is mandatory for the role.

Right to work checks

Applicants invited for interview must provide evidence of their right to work in the UK.

References

References must be secured before employment begins; one must be from the current or most recent employer.

Employment history

Applicants must explain any employment gaps of six weeks or more.

Our Lewisham practices are part of

Modality Partnership, one of the UKs largest GP super-partnerships, serving

over 500,000 patients with a workforce of more than 1,800 staff. We

continuously innovate to improve patient care and staff experience, embracing

digital tools and automation to enhance how services are delivered.

This role will work directly with key stakeholders to harmonise ways of working and improve patient and staff experience while building a broad portfolio of clinical, leadership and service-development skills in primary care.

Modality Partnership is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to equal employment opportunities in line with the Equality Act 2010.

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