Practice Pharmacist

National health service; New Gate; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension Scheme

Incremental annual leave + 8 bank hols

Employee Assistance Programme

NHS discount scheme

Job summary

Ash Trees Surgery in Carnforth, Lancashire invites applications for a Practice Pharmacist to provide medicines management, structured reviews, and chronic disease optimization within GP practices. The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, supported by a Practice Pharmacist mentor, to improve patient outcomes and safety.

The role requires a Master’s degree in Pharmacy (MPharm), GPhC registration, and an independent prescribing qualification.

Qualifications

• MPharm or equivalent required.
• GPhC registration essential.
• Independent Prescribing qualification preferred.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise in clinical medicines review and public health needs of patients in GP practices.
• Reduce inappropriate polypharmacy and wasteful prescribing.
• Reconcile medicines after hospital discharge and coordinate with pharmacists and patients.
• Participate in MDT reviews and multimorbidity management.
• Develop referral processes between primary care professionals to promote repeat dispensing.
• Manage repeat prescribing authorisation and review dates.

Skills

Medicines management

Polypharmacy

Teamwork

Prescription review

Education

MPharm

GPhC registration

Independent Prescribing

Job description

Job summary

We have an exciting new opportunity to join our team as a Practice Pharmacist. The post holder will work within their clinical competencies as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in clinical medicines management, provide structured 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 requests, 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 act within their professional boundaries, supporting and working alongside our medicines management team. In this role, you will be supported by our Practice Pharmacist who will manage and mentor them. As part of a multi-disciplinary team, the post holder will take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management and long term conditions management within the practice, undertaking clinical medicines reviews and address public health and social needs of our patients.

Main duties of the job

• Provide expertise in clinical medicines review & address public health & social needs of patients in GP practices
• Reduce inappropriate polypharmacy & wasteful prescribing
• Reconcile medicines following hospital discharge & work with patients & community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge
• Contribute to reductions in medicine related hospital admissions & readmissions by supporting patients to get the best outcomes from their medicines, identifying & addressing medicines related issues
• Interface with community & hospital pharmacy colleagues & develop referral processes between primary care professionals including the promotion of the repeat dispensing service
• Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions & medicines reaching review dates
• Manage patients & health care professionals medicine queries
• Increase quality & safety of prescribing through mechanisms such as audit & PDSA cycles
• Manage practice formularies to improve the quality, safety, & cost effectiveness of prescribing
• Implement drug withdrawals & alerts eg, MHRA aimed at improving medicines safety
• Work with primary care professional & patients to implement NICE & other evidence-based guidelines
• Contribute to multimorbidity reviews & MDT reviews
• Provide medicines information & training to Practice healthcare professionals & admin staff. Review Pathology results for patients on known medicines.
• Act as a source of medicines information
• Supporting our Women's health lead in delivering menopause medication reviews, ensuring safe and effective evidence based prescribing, to optimise patient outcomes,

About us

We offer:

• A comprehensive induction to the role and training plan
• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
• Incremental annual leave scheme plus 8 Bank Holidays
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to NHS discount scheme

Details

Date posted 07 October 2026

Pay scheme OtherSalary Depending on experience

Contract Permanent

Working pattern Full-time

Reference number A2779-26-0009

Job locations

Market Street Carnforth Lancashire LA5 9JU United Kingdom

Person Specification

Desirable: Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent

Essential Mandatory registration with General Pharmaceutical Council

Independent Prescribing Qualification

In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence based healthcare

An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing

Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients)

Able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimization issues in core areas for long term conditions

Good IT Skills

Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information

Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal patter and can refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate

Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines Produce timely and informative reports

Gain acceptance for recommendations and influence/ motivate/ persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations/agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers

Work effectively independently and as a team member

Self-Motivated and adaptable

Excellent patient manner and interpersonal skills

High level of personal integrity

Willingness to change practice in the light of experience

Possess a professional appearance and manner

To have drive, enthusiasm and initiative

Flexible approach

Ability to challenge constructively and able to work under pressure

Full Driving License

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

Ash Trees Surgery

Market Street Carnforth Lancashire LA5 9JU United Kingdom

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