Clinical Pharmacist

NHS; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Gloucester is seeking a part-time Clinical Pharmacy professional to join their Primary Care Network team. The role involves working closely with GPs and clinical pharmacists to ensure safe and effective treatment for patients. The candidate must be an independent prescriber with a master's degree in pharmacy and preferably have experience in general practice. The position offers opportunities for development in clinical medicine management and quality improvement.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience.
• Independent prescriber status is essential.
• Experience in general practice is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support and work alongside a team of pharmacists in general practice.
• Manage aspects of quality and outcomes framework.
• Provide expertise in clinical medicines management.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Education

Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm)

General Pharmaceutical Council registration

Job description

Job Summary

Interviews for this role will take place on 15/12/25 in the morning. We are looking for a proactive and experienced part time Clinical Pharmacy to join our Primary Care Network (PCN) team on a Thursday and Friday, playing a pivotal role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care.

Aspen is a large single-practice PCN; you'll work closely with pharmacy staff and prescription clerks, receiving direct support and supervision to thrive in your role.

Main duties

As a key member of the multidisciplinary team, you will work closely with GPs, clinical pharmacists, nurses and administrative staff to ensure patients receive safe, effective and evidence-based treatment. The clinical pharmacist will work as part of the general practice team, providing expertise in clinical medicines management and safety across a range of aspects such as long-term condition management, day-to-day medication queries, acute prescription requests, supporting hospital discharge prescribing arrangements and follow-up, actioning MHRA alerts and targeted medication reviews. This is a predominantly telephone based role but there may be scope to oversee additional responsibilities. You will also be involved in all aspects of leading and delivering on medicines safety. You will be expected to help streamline processes and develop protocols to allow for safer prescribing and to meet CQC expectations.

This role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies, so requires motivation and passion to deliver an excellent service within general practice. It would be required that you are already an independent prescriber with primary care experience, however primary care experience is not essential. As part of the role, if you have not already undertaken this, you will be expected to complete the CPPE primary care pathway.

About Aspen

Aspen Medical Practice is a single practice Primary Care Network (PCN) and takes full advantage of the additional resources this brings. We have over 30,000 patients and cover three sites. We have a large and growing team of clinicians and a strong multi-disciplinary approach to providing high quality care. Our size gives us the opportunity to be at the forefront of change and to adopt new technology and diagnostics to better serve the needs of our patient population. We have a new purpose built health centre as our main site and have two smaller branch surgeries.

Aspen Medical Practice is an equal opportunities employer.

Details

Date posted: 20 November 2025

Pay scheme: Salary depends on experience

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time

Reference number: A1329-25-0002

Job locations: Horton Road, Gloucester, GL1 3PX

Responsibilities

• Act within professional boundaries, supporting and working alongside a team of pharmacists in general practice.
• Support general practice staff with prescription and medication queries, including repeat prescriptions, acute prescription requests and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care.
• Provide primary support to general practice staff in medicines optimisation, quality improvement and enhanced services.
• Manage aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.
• Ensure integration with community and hospital pharmacy to utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes and manage workload.

Person Specification

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience.
• An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practices.
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Desirable

• Experience of working in general practice.
• In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of evidence-based healthcare.
• Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences.
• Can plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues for long-term conditions.
• Recognises priorities when problem solving and refers to seniors or GPs when appropriate.
• Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Gain acceptance for recommendations and influence motivation and persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations or agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers.
• Work effectively independently and as a team member.
• Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision.

Qualifications

• Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm).
• Independent prescriber.

Desirable Qualifications

• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
• Member of or working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
• Specialist knowledge acquired through postgraduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Aspen Medical Practice

Address: Horton Road, Gloucester, GL1 3PX

Employer's website: https://www.aspenmedicalpractice.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)