Clinical Pharmacist

NHS; Swindon; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

An exceptional opportunity for a Clinical Pharmacist to join a well-established team at a leading medical practice in Swindon. The role involves managing medicines optimization services, conducting medication reviews, and working within a multidisciplinary team to enhance patient care. The successful candidate will receive support for professional development and may qualify as a non-medical prescriber.

Benefits

Private Health Insurance

In-house GP Mentorship Programme

Flexible Working Options

Support for Special Interests

Team Wellbeing Activities

Qualifications

• Degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) required.
• Clinical Diploma and independent prescriber qualification beneficial.
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Society essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage chronic disease patients and optimize their medications.
• Conduct clinical medication reviews and provide recommendations.
• Support public health campaigns and improve patient care.

Skills

Clinical Medicines Management

Medication Reviews

Patient Care

Public Health Support

Education

Degree in Pharmacy (MPharm)

Clinical Diploma

Independent Prescriber Qualification

Job description

Job summary

An exceptional opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Clinical Pharmacist to join our well-established team of Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians.

The successful candidate will develop and manage medicines optimisation services within the Practice. This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of a multidisciplinary team to manage repeat prescription authorisations and reauthorisation, acute prescription requests, management of medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing.

An independent prescribing qualification would be beneficial, but a full course sponsorship will be provided for the right candidate.

Benefits

• Private Health Insurance for all our staff
• Enrolment in our inhouse GP Mentorship programme with weekly protected mentor time.
• Flexible roles and working options
• Support for those wishing to develop special interests
• Protected regular clinician breakfast meetings and clinical meetings
• Support with CPD
• Team wellbeing activities such as team Its a knockout races for charity and chilli growing competitions.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work within their clinical competencies as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in clinical medicines management, provide medication reviews, manage long term conditions, management of medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, manage repeat prescription authorisations and reauthorisation, acute prescription request, while addressing both the public health and social care needs of patients in the GP practices that make up the PCN.

The post holder will perform face to face medication review of patients with polypharmacy especially for older people, people in residential care homes and those with multiple comorbidities. The post holder will provide leadership on quality improvement and clinical audit and well as managing some aspects of the Quality and Outcomes Framework.

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. The post holder will be supported to develop their role to become a non-medical prescriber, if that qualification is not already held

About us

Westrop Medical Practice serves a population of over 49,000 in six locations, three are semi-rural locations on the edge of the Cotswolds, one in the centre of Old Town and two in North Swindon.

Westrop Medical Practice's mission is to be a national exemplar for primary care provision. We work closely with our practice teams to support, develop, and transform patient care and improve processes in the practices with innovation and technology at the heart of what we do. We also play a highly active role in discussions at an ICA and ICS level.

Westrop Medical Practice are members of the Brunel Health Group. Brunel is a group of 14 independent surgeries, who work closely together to offer services such as the COVID vaccination programme and paramedic home visiting service. As a group we provide care to 150 000 patients and we are the largest primary care research group across the Southwest of England.

Details Date posted

19 May 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£45,000 to £58,000 a year Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

A0669-25-0006

Job locations

Newburgh Place

Highworth

Swindon

SN6 7DN

Taw Hill Medical Centre

Aiken Road

Swindon

SN25 1UH

Moredon Medical Centre

Moredon Road

Swindon

SN2 2JG

Job description Job responsibilities

Clinical Pharmacist Key duties and responsibilities

1.Chronic Disease Management- Manage patients with single or multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation is required (e.g. Respiratory, Cardiovascular and Diabetes). Review the on-going need for each medicine, a review of monitoring needs and an opportunity to support patients with their medicines taking ensuring they get the best use of their medicines (i.e. medicines optimisation

2. Clinical Medication and Polypharmacy Review- Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for senior clinical pharmacist, nurses and/or GP on prescribing and monitoring if necessary.

3. Patient facing Domiciliary and Care Home Medication Reviews- Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for the senior clinical pharmacist, nurses or GPs on prescribing and monitoring if necessary. Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration

4. Risk stratification- Identification of cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through pre-prepared practice computer searches. This might include risks that are patient related, medicine related, or both.

5. Management of common/minor/self-limiting ailments- Managing caseload of patients with common/minor/self-limiting ailments while working within a scope of practice and limits of competence. Signposting to community pharmacy and referring to GPs or other healthcare professionals where appropriate.

6. Medicines support- Provide face-face/telephone help line for patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines.

7. Management of medicines at discharge from hospital - To reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into Care Homes, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge. Set up and manage systems to ensure continuity of medicines supply to high-risk groups of patients (e.g. those with medicine compliance aids or those in Care Homes).

8. Medicine information to practice staff and patients- Answers relevant medicine-related enquiries from GPs, Nurses, other Allied healthcare teams and patients with queries about medicines. Suggesting and recommending solutions. Providing follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes.

9. Signposting- Ensure that patients are referred to the appropriate healthcare professional for the appropriate level of care within an appropriate period of time e.g. pathology results, common/minor ailments, acute conditions, long term condition reviews etc.

10.Repeat prescribing- Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions and reviewing medicines reaching review dates and flagging up those needing a review. Ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required.

11. Service development- Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components (e.g. advice on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets).

12. Medicines quality improvement- Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in areas directed by the Audit lead GP, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the relevant practice team.

13. Implementation of local and national guidelines and formulary recommendations- Monitor practice prescribing against the local health economys RAG list and make recommendations to GPs for medicines that should be prescribed by hospital doctors (red drugs) or subject to shared care (amber drugs). Assist clinicians in seeing and maintaining a practice formulary.

14. Education and Training- Provide education and training to primary healthcare team on therapeutics and medicines optimisation.

15. Care Quality Commission- Work with the general practice teams to ensure the practice is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved.

16. Public health- To support public health campaigns and provide specialist knowledge on all public health programmes available to the general public.

17.Collaborative working arrangements- Participate in the PCN MDT Liaises with clinical colleagues including CCG,STP/ICS Pharmacists , Pharmacy Technicians and stake holders on prescribing related matters to ensure consistency of patient care and benefit

18.Professional development- Work with your line manager to undertake continual personal and professional development, taking an active part in reviewing and developing the role and responsibilities.

Adhere to organisational policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance, and health and safety. Work with your line manager to access regular clinical supervision, to enable you to deal effectively with the difficult issues that people present. Review yearly progress and develop clear plans to achieve results within priorities set by others.

19.Miscellaneous- Work as part of the team to seek feedback, continually improve the service and contribute to business planning. Undertake any tasks consistent with the level of the post and the scope of the role, ensuring that work is delivered in a timely and effective manner. Duties may vary from time to time, without changing the general character of the post or the level of responsibility

Job description Job responsibilities

Clinical Pharmacist Key duties and responsibilities

1.Chronic Disease Management- Manage patients with single or multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation is required (e.g. Respiratory, Cardiovascular and Diabetes). Review the on-going need for each medicine, a review of monitoring needs and an opportunity to support patients with their medicines taking ensuring they get the best use of their medicines (i.e. medicines optimisation

2. Clinical Medication and Polypharmacy Review- Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for senior clinical pharmacist, nurses and/or GP on prescribing and monitoring if necessary.

3. Patient facing Domiciliary and Care Home Medication Reviews- Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for the senior clinical pharmacist, nurses or GPs on prescribing and monitoring if necessary. Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration

4. Risk stratification- Identification of cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through pre-prepared practice computer searches. This might include risks that are patient related, medicine related, or both.

5. Management of common/minor/self-limiting ailments- Managing caseload of patients with common/minor/self-limiting ailments while working within a scope of practice and limits of competence. Signposting to community pharmacy and referring to GPs or other healthcare professionals where appropriate.

6. Medicines support- Provide face-face/telephone help line for patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines.

7. Management of medicines at discharge from hospital - To reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into Care Homes, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge. Set up and manage systems to ensure continuity of medicines supply to high-risk groups of patients (e.g. those with medicine compliance aids or those in Care Homes).

8. Medicine information to practice staff and patients- Answers relevant medicine-related enquiries from GPs, Nurses, other Allied healthcare teams and patients with queries about medicines. Suggesting and recommending solutions. Providing follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes.

9. Signposting- Ensure that patients are referred to the appropriate healthcare professional for the appropriate level of care within an appropriate period of time e.g. pathology results, common/minor ailments, acute conditions, long term condition reviews etc.

10.Repeat prescribing- Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions and reviewing medicines reaching review dates and flagging up those needing a review. Ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required.

11. Service development- Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components (e.g. advice on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets).

12. Medicines quality improvement- Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in areas directed by the Audit lead GP, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the relevant practice team.

13. Implementation of local and national guidelines and formulary recommendations- Monitor practice prescribing against the local health economys RAG list and make recommendations to GPs for medicines that should be prescribed by hospital doctors (red drugs) or subject to shared care (amber drugs). Assist clinicians in seeing and maintaining a practice formulary.

14. Education and Training- Provide education and training to primary healthcare team on therapeutics and medicines optimisation.

15. Care Quality Commission- Work with the general practice teams to ensure the practice is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved.

16. Public health- To support public health campaigns and provide specialist knowledge on all public health programmes available to the general public.

17.Collaborative working arrangements- Participate in the PCN MDT Liaises with clinical colleagues including CCG,STP/ICS Pharmacists , Pharmacy Technicians and stake holders on prescribing related matters to ensure consistency of patient care and benefit

18.Professional development- Work with your line manager to undertake continual personal and professional development, taking an active part in reviewing and developing the role and responsibilities.

Adhere to organisational policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance, and health and safety. Work with your line manager to access regular clinical supervision, to enable you to deal effectively with the difficult issues that people present. Review yearly progress and develop clear plans to achieve results within priorities set by others.

19.Miscellaneous- Work as part of the team to seek feedback, continually improve the service and contribute to business planning. Undertake any tasks consistent with the level of the post and the scope of the role, ensuring that work is delivered in a timely and effective manner. Duties may vary from time to time, without changing the general character of the post or the level of responsibility

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Degree in pharmacy (MPharm) Clinical Diploma In-depth knowledge of medicines and applied therapeutics Independent Prescriber

Desirable

• Extensive post qualification experience working with patients and the multidisciplinary healthcare team in general practice

Experience Essential

• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Society

Desirable

• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society A member of or working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Degree in pharmacy (MPharm) Clinical Diploma In-depth knowledge of medicines and applied therapeutics Independent Prescriber

Desirable

• Extensive post qualification experience working with patients and the multidisciplinary healthcare team in general practice

Experience Essential

• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Society

Desirable

• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society A member of or working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information 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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Westrop Medical Practice

Address

Newburgh Place

Highworth

Swindon

SN6 7DN

Employer's website

https://www.westropmedicalpractice.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Westrop Medical Practice

Address

Newburgh Place

Highworth

Swindon

SN6 7DN

Employer's website

https://www.westropmedicalpractice.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)