Clinical Pharmacist

DMC Healthcare; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Greater London is looking for a passionate Clinical Pharmacist to enhance their primary care team. You will be responsible for ensuring the safe and effective use of medications while working alongside healthcare professionals. With a strong focus on clinical excellence, the role involves managing patients with complex needs and leading medicines optimisation initiatives. Competitive salary and support for ongoing development will be provided.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in pharmacy or equivalent required.
• GPhC registration essential.
• Independent Prescriber status required.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy needed.
• Experience in General Practice is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert pharmaceutical care in collaboration with healthcare professionals.
• Manage patients with co-morbidities effectively.
• Support general practice staff with medication queries.
• Conduct audits for clinical appropriateness.
• Drive change through policy reviews and updates.

Skills

Develop and manage a medicines management plan

Excellent attention to detail

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Basic IT skills in Microsoft programmes

Education

Master’s degree in pharmacy (MPharm, B.Sc. or BPharm)

GPhC Registered

Independent Prescriber

Tools

Emis web

Job description

Clinical Pharmacist

Application Deadline: 8 May 2026

Department: Primary Care

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: DMC Chadwick Road Surgery, SE15 4PU

Reporting To: Ravi Gupta

Compensation: £55,000 / year

Description

Passionate about contributing to DMC’s 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.

The remuneration for this role is £55,000 - £65,000 dependent on experience.

The role

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.

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 software’s 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:

• Master’s 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.