Clinical Pharmacist – Wellington Road Family Practice

AVON LMC LTD; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Clinical Pharmacist to join their dynamic GP Practice in Yate. This exciting part-time role offers the chance to be an integral part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing structured medication reviews and supporting long-term condition management. With a focus on patient-centered care, you'll collaborate with various healthcare professionals to enhance medication safety and continuity of care. The practice values innovation and flexibility, offering remote work options and opportunities for career progression. Join a team that is committed to delivering excellent healthcare in a growing community.

Benefits

6 weeks paid holiday

NHS pension scheme

Flexible working hours

Remote working options

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in conducting structured medication reviews and managing complex prescribing.
• Ability to provide expert pharmaceutical advice and support long-term condition management.

Responsibilities

• Conduct structured medication reviews and manage repeat prescribing systems.
• Provide training on prescribing updates and ensure compliance with local policies.

Skills

Medication Reviews

Prescribing

Pharmaceutical Advice

Medication Safety

Long-term Condition Management

Education

Pharmacy Degree

Clinical Experience

Tools

CQC Compliance

Prescribing Systems

Job description

Clinical Pharmacist – Wellington Road Family Practice

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity available for a Clinical Pharmacist to join our small but ever-growing GP Practice in Yate. As an integral part of a multi-disciplinary team, and with support of a GP Partner clinical mentor, in this varied role you will be responsible for providing structured medication reviews for patients, supporting long-term condition management, as well as project work such as CQC compliance, community collaboration and the overall management of prescribing systems.

This is a part time role, working 17 hours per week consisting of a mix of remote working and patient facing work in the practice.

Main duties of the job

1. Conduct structured medication reviews for patients with polypharmacy, long-term conditions, and complex prescribing needs. Consultations may take place in person or virtually.
2. Be a prescriber, working alongside a GP for mentorship and support.
3. Provide expert pharmaceutical advice to patients and the wider practice team, addressing medication queries and ensuring safe and effective prescribing.
4. Manage repeat prescribing systems, supporting medicine optimisation and reducing waste.
5. Process hospital discharge summaries and outpatient letters, ensuring seamless medicines reconciliation.
6. Subject to training and experience, support long-term condition management, working within clinical guidelines for conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, COPD, and cardiovascular disease.
7. Work collaboratively with community pharmacists, hospital and ICB teams, nursing homes and PCN colleagues to improve medication safety and continuity of care.
8. Support and deliver quality improvement initiatives, including clinical audits and compliance with prescribing best practices.
9. Participate in Care Quality Commission (CQC) compliance and ensure adherence to local and national policies on medicines management.
10. Provide training and education to the practice team on prescribing updates, guidelines, and medicines safety alerts.

About us

We are a friendly and patient centred practice that is experiencing huge growth due to new houses being built in our local area. We are a progressive, forward thinking, innovative and growing Practice, based in South Gloucestershire. Our practice is in the town of Yate, which lies equidistant (12 miles) between the vibrant, cultural, and historic cities of Bristol and Bath. We have developed a fantastic reputation within the local community and strive to provide excellent care.

With a patient list size of approximately 6000, the clinical team comprises of 3 salaried GPs, 2 GP Partners, a Physician's Associate, Paramedics, Mental Health Nurse, Physiotherapist, Social Prescriber and practice nurses.

We offer flexibility, remote working and actively encourage career progression/portfolio careers.

We offer 6 weeks paid holiday + bank holidays, as well as the NHS pension scheme.

For questions about the job, please contact Jenny Roberts Practice Manager at [e-mail] / 01454323366.

No. of Vacancies

1

Job Nature

Permanent

Job Location

Bristol

How to Apply

Interested candidates can send their resumes to the contact person as above in the job posts.