Pharmacist

Worthing Medical Group; Worthing; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Worthing is looking for a GP Practice Pharmacist to join their team. In this role, you will improve medicines optimisation and patient outcomes while working collaboratively with healthcare professionals. Responsibilities include conducting clinical reviews, advising on medication management, and supporting a range of patient services. Candidates should have an MPharm degree, GPhC registration, and a commitment to professional development. Strong communication and clinical skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years experience working in patient-facing pharmacy roles.
• Good clinical knowledge of medicines used in primary care.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently while recognising own limitations.
• Experience working in general practice or primary care networks.
• Completion of, or working towards, Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway (PCPEP).
• Experience conducting structured medication reviews.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical medical reviews for chronic disease management.
• Conduct medication reviews for patients with long-term conditions.
• Support the Clinical Pharmacy team in delivering medicines optimisation.
• Assist with prescription queries from patients and healthcare professionals.
• Participate in clinical audits and quality improvement projects.
• Liaise with multidisciplinary team for medicines advice.

Skills

Communication skills

Clinical knowledge of medicines

Ability to work independently

Commitment to professional development

Education

MPharm degree or equivalent

Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Independent Prescriber qualification or working towards

Tools

EMIS clinical system

Job description

As a GP Practice Pharmacist, you will work as part of a multidisciplinary team within a GP practice to improve medicines optimisation, patient outcomes, and overall service delivery. Providing face to face and remote consultations, advice, treatment and administrative support alongside a wider team of healthcare professionals.

Main duties of the job

You will provide clinical medical reviews whilst supporting and advising patients with chronic disease management issues. This includes helping to manage long-term conditions, advising those taking multiple medicines (polypharmacy) and delivering clinical advice about treatments.

About us

We are a large innovative GP Practice based over three sites, offering a comprehensive range of patient‑centred services for the areas of Central and West Worthing, Tarring, Goring and Durrington.

Worthing Medical Group is the largest GP surgery on the South Coast with a patient list of nearly 21,000.

Key responsibilities

• Providing clinical expertise and being an educational resource for colleagues in relation to medicines (e.g. doses, side‑effects, alternatives) and treatment pathways whilst helping to address the public health and social needs of patients within NICE and other evidence‑based guidelines
• Conduct medication reviews, including for patients with long‑term conditions, polypharmacy, frailty, and high‑risk medicines within a defined scope of practice
• Work collaboratively with the Senior Clinical Pharmacist as a part of the Clinical Pharmacy team to ensure continued delivery of high‑quality, safe, and effective medicines optimisation
• Supporting the medicines management team to help with handling patients and healthcare professionals prescription queries and providing remote support where needed
• Supporting with the managing, auditing and reviewing prescription and repeat prescription policies to improve the quality, safety and cost‑effectiveness of prescribing
• Ensure effective and appropriate monitoring and reviews are completed for high risk medications
• Support the process of medicines reconciliation on admission, following discharge from hospital and clinic letters
• Identify and address medicines optimisation and safety issues, including deprescribing where appropriate
• Support the implementation of medicines safety alerts and national guidance
• Participate in clinical audits, quality improvement projects, and prescribing reviews including QOF and MOIS
• Liaise with and proactively develop relationships with a multidisciplinary team (including colleagues, NHS professionals and private organisations) and act as a contact for medicines advice for the practice
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Minimum 2 years experience working in patient‑facing pharmacy roles (e.g. community, hospital, or primary care)
• Good clinical knowledge of medicines used in primary care
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently while recognising own limitations
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Independent Prescriber qualification (or working towards)
• Experience working in general practice or primary care networks
• Completion of, or working towards, Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway (PCPEP)
• Experience conducting structured medication reviews
• Knowledge of EMIS clinical system

Experience

• Minimum 2 years experience working in patient‑facing pharmacy roles e.g. community, hospital, or primary care
• Good clinical knowledge of medicines used in primary care
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently while recognising own limitations
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Experience working in general practice or primary care networks
• Completion of, or working towards, Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway PCPEP
• Experience conducting structured medication reviews
• Knowledge of EMIS clinical system

Qualifications

• MPharm degree or equivalent
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council GPhC
• Independent Prescriber qualification or working towards

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.