Clinical Pharmacist/Independent Prescriber

Picton Green Family Practice; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

Picton Green Family Practice in Liverpool, Merseyside, seeks a Clinical Pharmacist/Independent Prescriber to join our multidisciplinary team. The role is permanent and part-time, up to 25 hours per week, with flexible patterns to be agreed.

The successful candidate will perform medication reviews, independent prescribing, and medicines optimisation across our two practices, supporting long-term condition management and prescribing safety.

Qualifications

• Qualified pharmacist with registration (GPhC) and independent prescribing qualification.
• Experience in medicines optimisation and clinical medication reviews in primary care.
• Experience working in general practice and multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Undertake structured medication reviews for patients with polypharmacy and chronic conditions.
• Provide independent prescribing within professional competence and guidelines.
• Manage repeat prescribing, medication monitoring and safety checks.
• Reconcile medications after hospital discharge and communicate changes.
• Support QOF targets and contribute to prescribing safety audits.
• Educate patients and staff on medicines management and safety.

Skills

Independent Prescribing

Medicines optimisation

Clinical pharmacy

Patient safety

Education

MPharm or recognised equivalent

GPhC registration

Postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy

CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway

Tools

EMIS Web

SystmOne

Job description

Clinical Pharmacist/Independent Prescriber

Employer: KirkdaleMedical Centre and Picton GreenFamily PracticeLocation: Liverpool, MerseysideContract: PermanentWorking pattern: Part-time, up to 25 hours per weekSalary: Negotiable, dependent on qualifications and experience

Kirkdale Medical Centre and Picton GreenFamily Practice are seeking an experienced, enthusiastic and motivated ClinicalPharmacist / Independent Prescriber to join our multidisciplinary primarycare team.

This is an exciting opportunity for aclinically confident pharmacist who is passionate about medicines optimisation,patient safety and delivering high-quality care within general practice.

The successful candidate will work across ourtwo practices, providing clinical expertise in medication reviews, independentprescribing, long-term condition management, repeat prescribing, medicinesreconciliation and prescribing safety.

We are particularly interested in applicantswith previous general practice experience who can work independently withintheir clinical competence, manage their workload effectively and contributeproactively to improving prescribing quality and patient outcomes.

This is a permanent, part-time positionoffering up to 25 hours per week, with a working pattern to be agreed.

Main duties of the job

Main Duties of the Job

The successful candidate will:

• Undertake structured medication reviews, including face-to-face and telephone consultations, for patients with polypharmacy, multiple long-term conditions and complex medication needs.
• Work as an Independent Prescriber, initiating, adjusting and optimising treatment within their professional competence.
• Manage acute and repeat prescription requests, including medication reauthorisation, prescribing queries and medication monitoring.
• Undertake medicines reconciliation following hospital discharge and specialist correspondence.
• Support long-term condition management and relevant QOF clinical indicators.
• Identify prescribing risks, medication interactions, adverse effects and opportunities for safe deprescribing.
• Ensure appropriate monitoring of patients prescribed high-risk medicines.
• Support cost-effective, evidence-based prescribing in line with NICE guidance and local formularies.
• Undertake prescribing audits, implement MHRA safety alerts and contribute to clinical governance and quality improvement.
• Provide medicines-related advice and education to patients, GPs, nurses and other healthcare professionals.
• Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to improve patient safety, prescribing efficiency and continuity of care.

About us

Kirkdale Medical Centre and Picton GreenFamily Practice are established GP practices serving communities acrossLiverpool.

We are committed to delivering safe, effectiveand patient-centred primary care through collaborative working, clinicalexcellence and continuous service improvement.

Our multidisciplinary teams work together toprovide comprehensive healthcare services, with a strong emphasis on clinicalgovernance, medicines safety and proactive management of long-term conditions.

We are seeking a pharmacist who will make apositive contribution to our practices and support the delivery of ahigh-quality, efficient and responsive medicines management service.

Job responsibilities

Clinical Medication Reviews and Medicines Optimisation

• Undertake structured medication reviews for patients with complex polypharmacy, frailty, multimorbidity and high-risk medication regimens.
• Identify potentially inappropriate prescribing, adverse drug reactions, interactions and contraindications.
• Review therapeutic effectiveness, patient adherence and opportunities for safe deprescribing.
• Support patients to understand their medicines and participate in shared treatment decisions.
• Review medication for elderly, housebound and care home patients where clinically appropriate.
• Ensure all consultations, treatment decisions and follow-up arrangements are accurately recorded.

2. Independent Prescribing and Long-Term Condition Management

• Prescribe independently within the postholder's agreed scope of practice and professional competence.
• Support the pharmacological management of common long-term conditions, including hypertension, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
• Initiate, adjust, optimise or discontinue medicines in accordance with evidence-based guidelines.
• Request and interpret relevant investigations and monitoring results within competence.
• Identify patients requiring escalation or GP review.
• Support proactive patient management and achievement of relevant QOF targets.

3. Repeat Prescribing and Prescription Management

• Review and process acute and repeat medication requests in accordance with practice protocols.
• Undertake repeat medication reauthorisation and ensure appropriate medication review intervals.
• Identify overdue monitoring and address prescribing safety concerns.
• Respond to medication queries from patients, community pharmacies and healthcare professionals.
• Support efficient prescribing workflows and reduce avoidable medication-related delays.

4. Medicines Reconciliation and Transfer of Care

• Reconcile medicines following hospital discharge and specialist consultations.
• Review medication changes communicated through discharge summaries and outpatient letters.
• Identify and resolve discrepancies between hospital and primary care prescribing records.
• Liaise with hospital clinicians, community pharmacists and other professionals where clarification is required.
• Ensure medication changes are appropriately documented, communicated and followed up.

5. Prescribing Safety and Clinical Governance

• Support safe prescribing and appropriate monitoring of high-risk medicines.
• Implement relevant MHRA drug safety alerts and medicines recalls.
• Undertake prescribing safety audits and contribute to quality improvement projects.
• Identify, report and support investigation of medication incidents and near misses.
• Contribute to learning from significant events and medication-related complaints.
• Support implementation of medicines management policies, clinical protocols and safe prescribing systems.

6. Quality Improvement, QOF and Cost-Effective Prescribing

• Contribute to QOF achievement through proactive medication reviews and clinical management.
• Identify opportunities to improve prescribing quality, safety and cost-effectiveness.
• Support adherence to local formularies and national clinical guidance.
• Undertake clinical audits and contribute to PDSA quality improvement cycles.
• Reduce unwanted prescribing, medication waste and inappropriate polypharmacy.
• Share audit findings, recommendations and learning with the wider clinical team.

7. Multidisciplinary Working and Professional Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with GPs, nurses, healthcare assistants, administrative staff and community pharmacy colleagues.
• Provide medicines-related advice and professional support to the wider practice team.
• Participate in relevant clinical meetings, multidisciplinary discussions and practice improvement initiatives.
• Maintain GPhC registration, prescribing competence and continuing professional development.
• Work within professional boundaries, practice policies and clinical governance arrangements.
• Maintain accurate clinical records, confidentiality and appropriate safeguarding standards.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Essential Qualifications
• Pharmacy degree MPharm or recognised equivalent.
• Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council ,GPhC.
• Independent Prescribing qualification and current GPhC prescribing annotation.
• Evidence of ongoing continuing professional development.
• Minimum two years' post-registration pharmacy experience.
• Experience undertaking clinical medication reviews and medicines optimisation.
• Experience managing polypharmacy and patients prescribed high-risk medicines.
• Good clinical knowledge of common long-term conditions.
• Experience identifying and resolving medication-related risks.
• Ability to conduct patient consultations and make safe, evidence-based prescribing decisions.
• Experience working effectively with multidisciplinary healthcare teams.
• Essential Skills and Competencies
• Strong clinical assessment and prescribing skills.
• Excellent knowledge of medication safety, monitoring and evidence-based prescribing.
• Ability to interpret clinical information and relevant pathology results.
• Excellent communication and patient consultation skills.
• Ability to work independently, prioritise workload and manage competing demands.
• Accurate clinical documentation and good IT skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Commitment to patient safety, professional accountability and continuous improvement.
• Ability to recognise clinical limitations and elevate concerns appropriately.
• Desirable Qualifications and Experience
• Previous experience as a Clinical Pharmacist or Independent Prescriber in general practice.
• Completion of the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway or equivalent relevant training.
• Postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy or primary care.
• Experience using EMIS Web or SystmOne.
• Experience managing repeat prescribing and medication reauthorisation in general practice.
• Experience of QOF, prescribing quality indicators and clinical audits.
• Experience undertaking medicines reconciliation following hospital discharge.
• Experience managing patients with multimorbidity, frailty or complex polypharmacy.
• Experience supporting care home or housebound patients.
• Knowledge of NICE guidance, local prescribing formularies and NHS medicines optimisation priorities.
• Experience delivering quality improvement initiatives and supporting cost-effective prescribing.
• Personal Attributes
• The successful candidate will be:
• Proactive, organised and self-motivated.
• Clinically confident and professionally accountable.
• Approachable, compassionate and patient-focused.
• Able to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Flexible and adaptable to the needs of a busy general practice.
• Committed to professional development, prescribing safety and high-quality patient care.

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.