Clinical Pharmacist

DMC Healthcare; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Greater London seeks a Clinical Pharmacist to enhance its primary care services. This critical role involves managing patient medications, providing expertise to general practice, and ensuring the safe and effective use of drugs. Ideal candidates will have a Master's in Pharmacy, be GPhC registered, and possess excellent communication and organizational skills. This position offers the chance to actively contribute to patient outcomes in a collaborative healthcare environment.

Benefits

Opportunity for professional development

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent at time of qualification.
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Previous experience working in General Practice.

Responsibilities

• Manage patient medications efficiently and safely.
• Support general practice staff with prescription queries.
• Conduct clinical audits and improve medicines optimisation.

Skills

Proactive management of patients

Excellent communication skills

Attention to detail

Knowledge of clinical therapeutics

Ability to work independently

Education

Masters degree in pharmacy

GPhC Registered

Tools

EMIS

Microsoft Office

Job description

Passionate about contributing to DMCs service development across our primary care team and more widely across the organisation, enabling you to be involved in the decisions that affect our care delivery. We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated pharmacist to join our team and develop our services. You should be a keen learner, passionate about your clinical development and able to communicate well at all levels.

Main duties of the job

As a clinical pharmacist, your role is of paramount importance in providing expert pharmaceutical care to achieve clinical excellence and improved patient outcomes. In collaboration with a team of healthcare professionals, your primary responsibility is to ensure the safe and effective use of medications.

We are looking for Pharmacists that are proactive, self‑motivated with a positive attitude for building good relationships. The post holder will work as part of a multi‑disciplinary team in a patient‑facing role.

• Proactively manage patients with co‑morbidities.
• Provide support to general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries.
• Support the repeat prescriptions system, deal with acute prescription requests, and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of patient in the GP practices.
• Provide leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.
• Partake in clinical triage and management of the GP practices appointment book.

About us

DMC Healthcare is a leading independent provider of primary care, consultant‑led dermatology, radiology reporting, in‑sourced routine endoscopy services and MSK community services to the NHS. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to achieve healthier outcomes. Firmly rooted in the NHS and dedicated to excellent patient care for nearly 55 years, DMC Healthcare currently works with 30+ NHS organisations and other partners, treating over 100,000* patients each year. With NHS waiting list pressures, workforce shortages and unprecedented demand, we want to help. We support capacity deficits with a firm eye on quality and robust clinical governance. Find out more: https://dmchealthcare.co.uk

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Develop and manage a medicines management plan and deliver patient services as determined by practice policy and local and national guidance.
• Develop and manage the medicines management team, including delivery of training, in order to maximise cost‑effective prescribing and improve the quality of patient care.
• Attend allocated site visits punctually to meet contractual obligations.
• Perform audits, including prescription chart screening for clinical appropriateness.
• Communicate effectively with patients, their families, and all relevant staff, while becoming familiar with the site's relevant policies and procedures.
• Undertake medicines management audits on‑site to ensure regulatory requirements are met.
• Work with multiple tools and softwares provided by the ICB and optimise digital utilisation.
• Work alongside other Health Care Professionals to provide specialist information and advice, ensuring services are patient‑centred and delivered in a manner that meets the needs of patients and other stakeholders.
• Provide clinical training seminars to Health Care Professionals.
• Involved in driving change, supporting with policy reviews and changes where appropriate.
• Maintain registration, as a pharmacist, with the General Pharmaceutical Council, and to act in accordance with the code of ethics.

Essential skills

• Masters degree in pharmacy, MPharm, B.Sc. or BPharm or equivalent at time of qualification.
• GPhC Registered.
• Independent Prescriber.
• Knowledge of General Pharmaceutical Council Codes of Professional Conduct, Ethics and Performance and their implications for practice.
• Knowledge of the Care Standards Act and Care and Quality Commission Requirements.
• Ability to work on own initiative, plan and manage time.
• Excellent attention to detail, including proof reading skills, with the ability to maintain a high level of accuracy.
• Commitment to learn and develop clinical knowledge.
• Previous experience working in General Practice.
• Experience navigating and working on Emis web.
• Basic IT skills in Microsoft programmes e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (if English not first language literacy and maths test may be required at interview).
• Aspiration to achieve clinical excellence.

Qualifications

• Masters degree in pharmacy, MPharm, B.Sc. or BPharm or equivalent at time of qualification.
• GPhC Registered.

Experience

• Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent.
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Completion of pre‑registration training (or equivalent overseas qualification recognised by the GPhC).
• Proven experience working as a Clinical Pharmacist or within a clinical pharmacy setting.
• Strong knowledge of clinical therapeutics and evidence‑based practice.
• Experience in medicines optimisation, medication reviews, and clinical audits.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organisational and time‑management skills.
• Ability to work independently and make clinical decisions.
• Good IT skills and experience using clinical systems (e.g. EMIS, SystmOne, EPMA depending on setting).
• Commitment to continuing professional development (CPD).

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.