Clinical Pharmacist

Ellison View Surgery; South Shields; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Part time

Job summary

Ellison View Surgery in Hebburn is seeking a motivated Pharmacist to join our friendly general practice team for 15 hours per week. You will work closely with GPs, nurses, and the wider clinical team to support safe and effective medicines management and high-quality patient care.

The role focuses on medication reviews, independent prescribing, and leading medicines optimisation initiatives while collaborating with the broader healthcare team to improve outcomes and patient safety.

Qualifications

• Must be a GPhC registered pharmacist with current professional registration.
• Include prescribing qualification (independent prescribing) or be enrolled in an approved pathway.
• Experience in primary care pharmacy and medicines optimisation is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Conduct structured medication reviews and reconcile clinical letters and discharge summaries.
• Independently prescribe acute and repeat medications and provide patient consultations.
• Lead medicines optimisation and antimicrobial stewardship initiatives.

Skills

Time management

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

GPhC registration

Independent prescribing qualification

Tools

EMIS

Job description

Job summary

Ellison View Surgery is looking for a motivated and experienced Pharmacist to join our friendly, forward-thinking general practice team for 15 hours per week.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a real impact on patient care by working closely with GPs, nurses, and the wider clinical team. You will play a central role in supporting and leading safe, effective medicines management, helping to ensure patients receive the highest standard of care.

Main duties of the job

• Conduct medication reviews, reconcile clinical letters and discharge summaries, and manage complex patients with chronic conditions and polypharmacy.
• Independently prescribe medications and provide patient consultations
• Optimise medicines use, promote safe prescribing, and support antimicrobial stewardship and STOMP initiatives.
• Monitor high-risk medications and ensure timely follow-up and recall systems.
• Participate in audits, quality improvement initiatives, and implementation of clinical guidelines, protocols, and shared care agreements.
• Collaborate with GPs, nurses, pharmacists, and the wider healthcare team to improve patient care and integrate services.
• Provide guidance, training, and leadership on medicines management to clinicians and practice staff.
• Contribute to public health initiatives, clinical governance, and mandatory training compliance.

About us

We are a small practice serving 6,100 patients in the centre of Hebburn, comprising 3 GP partners, 2 experienced practice nurses, 3 healthcare assistants, and a dedicated team of medical administrators. Our practice ethos emphasises collaboration and support, with a focus on delivering high-quality patient care.

Our wider multidisciplinary team includes a social prescriber, pharmacist, first contact physiotherapists, and first contact podiatrists as part of the local Primary Care Network. We are actively involved in the training of F2s, providing an excellent environment for professional development.

We are proud to hold a CQC Outstanding rating, achieve high QOF scores, and consistently receive excellent Friends and Family feedback. We are also a Veteran Friendly Practice.

Job responsibilities

The Clinical Pharmacist at Ellison View Surgery plays a pivotal role in patient care, working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to optimise medicines, improve outcomes, and support safe, cost-effective prescribing.

Clinical and Patient-Facing Responsibilities:

• Conduct structured medication reviews and reconcile clinical letters and hospital discharge summaries.
• Manage complex patients, including those with polypharmacy, chronic diseases, frailty, learning disabilities, or in care homes.
• Independently prescribe acute and repeat medications and provide consultations for patients with long-term conditions.
• Deliver long-term condition clinics, home visits, and virtual consultations to optimise medicines use.
• Support STOMP initiatives to reduce inappropriate medication use in vulnerable populations.
• Monitor high-risk medications (e.g., anticoagulants, DMARDs, anticonvulsants) and implement recall systems.
• Provide proactive support for patients at risk of hospital admission, ensuring safe and effective care.
• Address patient and staff medication queries and act as the point of contact for medicines-related issues.

Medicines Optimisation and Governance:

• Provide leadership on medicines optimisation, cost-effective prescribing, and antimicrobial stewardship.
• Implement and oversee repeat prescribing systems, medication review systems, and safe storage/disposal of medicines.
• Conduct prescribing audits and support QOF, enhanced services, and local incentive schemes.
• Review and apply NICE guidance, clinical protocols, and shared care agreements.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives, clinical research, and service redesign.
• Contribute to safeguarding, clinical governance, and mandatory training requirements.

Collaboration and Leadership:

• Work closely with GPs, nurses, pharmacists, and multi-disciplinary teams across primary, secondary, and community care.
• Support integration of general practice with local hospitals, care homes, and other healthcare providers.
• Mentor, train, and guide clinicians and practice staff on medicines and prescribing issues.
• Produce communication materials, such as prescribing newsletters, bulletins, or training resources.
• Lead and coordinate services across patient-facing, administrative, and clinical teams to improve efficiency and patient experience.

Wider Responsibilities:

• Support virtual, remote, and telehealth models for consultations and medication reviews.
• Develop a specialist area of practice interest.
• Participate in public health campaigns (e.g., flu or COVID-19 clinics).
• Maintain a clean, organised, and effective working environment.
• Undertake additional tasks as required, consistent with the scope of the role.

Person Specification

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Effective time management (planning and organising)
• Ability to follow legal, ethical and professional policies/local policies/procedures and codes of conduct
• Ability to use own initiative, discretion, and sensitivity
• Ability to identify risk and assess/manage risk when working with individuals
• Demonstrate personal accountability, emotional resilience and work well under pressure
• Knowledge of IT systems including the ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• Knowledge of and ability to work to key policies and procedures
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Good interpersonal and organisational skills
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Clear, polite telephone manner

Qualifications

Essential

• GPC registered pharmacist
• Proof of relevant professional and educational qualifications, coupled with details of any training
• To be enrolled in, or have qualified from, an approved 18-month training pathway or equivalent that equips them to be able to practice and prescribe safely and effectively in a primary care setting (for example, the CPPE clinical pharmacist training pathways)
• Hold or be working towards an GPhC independent prescribing qualification
• An appreciation of the nature of general practice and the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
• Minimum of two years working as a pharmacist demonstrated within a practice portfolio
• An appreciation of the new NHS landscape, including the relationships between individual practices, PCNs and the commissioners
• Experience in managing pharmacy services in primary care
• In‑depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence‑based healthcare
• Understanding of the mentorship process
• Experience of working autonomously

Clinical Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively with people at all levels by telephone, email and face to face
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing, negotiation and organisational skills with the ability to constructively challenge the views and practices of managers and clinicians
• Understanding of safeguarding adults and children
• Ability to promote best practice regarding all pharmaceutical matters
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to refer to GPs
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes
• Good clinical system IT knowledge - EMIS
• Plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions
• Broad knowledge of clinical governance

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.