Clinical Pharmacist

NHS; North East; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Part time

Job summary

Intelligent Prescribing Solutions Ltd is recruiting a clinical pharmacist for a part-time role in County Durham. The post requires 30 hours per week over 4 days, with responsibilities spanning structured medication reviews, medicines optimisation, and effective collaboration with GP practices and healthcare teams.

You will ensure safe, cost-effective prescribing and manage a varied workload while maintaining high standards of patient care.

Qualifications

• MPharm Degree and registration with professional body.
• Experience working in a GP practice and with GP practice systems.

Responsibilities

• Conduct Structured Medication Reviews (SMRs).
• Manage and optimise medicines for patients with long-term conditions.
• Support patients with complex medication needs.
• Lead repeat prescribing processes and medication monitoring systems.
• Respond to MHRA alerts and drug safety updates.
• Assist in maintaining practice formularies and prescribing guidance.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Organisation

Independent working

Education

MPharm Degree

GPhC registration

Tools

GP practice clinical systems

Job description

Intelligent Prescribing Solutions Ltd is looking to recruit an enthusiastic and patient focused clinical pharmacist to join our small team in County Durham.

This is a part-time post for 30 hours per week over 4 days.

The successful candidate will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and will be a team player. These skills will be essential to build and maintain positive and effective relationships with patients, GP's, practice staff and the wider healthcare teams.

You will be organised, proactive and be able to work independently managing a varied workload with competing priorities and pressures.

Main duties of the job

Working within your professional competence and scope of practice, you will support high-quality patient care through medicines optimisation and safe/effective medicines management.

Responsibilities include

• Conduct Structured Medication Reviews (SMR's)
• Manage and optimise medicines for patients with long term conditions
• Support patients with complex medication needs
• participate in clinical audit
• Support relevant elements of QOF
• Support relevant medicines optimisation schemes.
• implementation of local and national guidelines
• Lead on repeat prescribing processes and medication monitoring systems
• Lead on MHRA safety alerts and drug safety updates

About us

Intelligent Prescribing Solutions is led by a team of pharmacy professionals who hold contracts with various North East PCN's and practices to provide pharmacy support.

Job responsibilities

• Promote safe, cost-effective, evidence-based prescribing.
• Support implementation of local and national prescribing guidance.
• Monitor prescribing data and identify opportunities for quality improvement.
• Lead on repeat prescribing processes and medication monitoring systems.
• Respond to MHRA alerts, drug safety updates, and national guidance.
• Assist in maintaining and reviewing practice formularies.

Clinical Practice

• Conduct annual medication reviews.
• Manage and optimise medicines for patients with long-term conditions.
• Support patients with complex medication needs.
• Prescribe safely within individual scope of practice as an Independent Prescriber.
• Identify, manage, and reduce risks associated with medicines.
• Signpost patients to the most appropriate healthcare professional as required.

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

• Identify patients at risk from inappropriate prescribing.
• Participate in clinical audits and quality improvement projects.
• Support achievement of Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) and locally commissioned targets.
• Contribute to medicines-related significant event reviews and learning.

Multidisciplinary Working

• Work closely with GPs, nurses, healthcare assistants, community pharmacists, care homes, and secondary care teams.
• Attend multidisciplinary meetings where appropriate.
• Provide specialist medicines advice to the wider practice team & deliver medicines-related education to practice staff.
• Support the development of prescribing knowledge across the wider clinical team.

Leadership and Service Development

• Contribute to the development and implementation of pharmacy-led services.
• Support the Practice in delivering strategic objectives relating to medicines optimisation.
• Analyse and interpret prescribing and medicines management data.
• Promote innovation and continuous improvement in service delivery.

Professional Responsibilities

• Adhere to GPhC Standards for Pharmacy Professionals.
• Work within professional competencies and scope of practice.
• Maintain patient confidentiality and comply with GDPR requirements.
• Comply with all safeguarding, infection prevention, health and safety, and information governance policies.
• Promote equality, diversity, and inclusion in all aspects of the role.
• Participate in appraisal and mandatory training.

Qualifications

• MPharm Degree
• Current registration with GPC
• Experience of working within a GP practice
• Experience of GP practice clinical systems

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.