Pharmacist

National Health Service; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

Annual leave 27 days

Training & development

Support for personal and professional

Development opportunities

Job summary

Two Rivers Medical Centre is seeking a qualified clinical pharmacist to join our busy practice. The role offers both full-time and part-time options within a multi-disciplinary team, providing clinical care and expert medicines advice.

Responsibilities include patient assessment, medicine information, medication reviews, immunisation campaigns and liaison with secondary care. NHS pension and ongoing professional development support are available.

Qualifications

• Qualified pharmacist registered with GPhC.
• Post-qualification experience in pharmacy (hospital, primary care or community).
• Independent prescriber is desirable.
• Awareness of wide range of common conditions in general practice.

Responsibilities

• Clinically assess and treat patients using medicines expertise.
• Provide specialist medicine information and reviews.
• Deliver medication reviews and health education face-to-face or via notes/telephone.
• Support public health campaigns and immunisation programmes.
• Process specialist treatment letters and hospital discharge letters.
• Assist practice dispensary and medication transfer of care with other providers.

Skills

Clinical Pharmacy

Medicines knowledge

Public health

Education

Degree in Pharmacy

GPhC Registration

Post-qualification experience in pharmacy

Independent prescriber desirable

Job description

Job summary

Two Rivers Medical Centre are looking to welcome a qualified and experienced clinical pharmacist into our busy practice, to play a full and active role within our multi-disciplinary team. The role is offered on a full or part-time basis.

Job responsibilities

• Clinically assessing and treating patients, using expert knowledge of medicines
• Providing specialist expertise in the use of medicines and medicine information
• Providing pharmaceutical medication review and health education advice to patients, by face-to-face, telephone or notes-based review, as agreed with the practice
• Contributing to public health campaigns, including flu vaccinations, childhood immunisation and adult immunisation programmes;
• Processing specialist treatment letters
• Supporting practice dispensary
• Processing hospital medication discharge letters
• Acting as a key contact, for all medication related queries
• Undertaking minor ailments triage and directing patients, based on clinical need
• Providing clinical advice and expertise on medication
• Liaising with other providers, such as secondary care, community pharmacy and care or nursing homes, as necessary, to ensure the safe transfer of care
• Being part of a professional clinical network and having access to appropriate clinical supervision;
• Managing the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process, by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates
• Reviewing prescribing against local and national targets, and engaging with the wider prescribing team to rectify any issues

About us

As an Employee of Two Rivers Medical Centre, you will enjoy the following benefits:

• Genuine responsibility from day one
• Work with a strong social purpose
• A competitive salary with increments based on professional development
• Membership of the NHS pension
• Support to guide your personal and professional development
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Working in a purpose built facility
• Working in the largest single site GP surgery in Suffolk
• 27 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro-rata), increasing with continual years of NHS service

Details

Date posted12 October 2026

Pay scheme

OtherSalary Depending on experience - depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

30053

Location

30 Woodbridge Rd EastIpswichSuffolkIP4 5PBUnited Kingdom

Essential Qualifications

• Completion of a degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Post-qualification experience in pharmacy (hospital, primary care or community)
• Qualified independent prescriber desirable
• Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) Experience Essential
• Awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-term conditions that are likely to be seen in a general medical practice
• Ability to demonstrate general pharmaceutical skills and knowledge in core areas
• Ability to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general care plans for patients with long-term conditions
• Ability to demonstrate accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision as an individuals

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 namePrimary Care Careers

Address30 Woodbridge Rd EastIpswichSuffolkIP4 5PBUnited Kingdom