Prescribing Clinical Pharmacist

The Methodist Church in Britain; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Lichfield and Burntwood GP Network is recruiting an independent prescribing clinical pharmacist to join the PCN pharmacy team. The role focuses on medicines optimisation, long-term condition reviews, and discharge reconciliation across GP practices, hospital, and community settings.

You will work closely with care homes, domiciliary visits, and practice-based clinics, using EMIS and Docman where relevant, and require GPhC registration and a year of clinical GP experience.

Qualifications

• MPharm degree required.
• GPhC Independent Prescribing qualification required.
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) is required.

Responsibilities

• Run long-term condition clinics to review medicine need, monitoring and optimisation for patients with COPD or asthma.
• Carry out clinical medication reviews with patients and recommend changes to prescribing and monitoring.
• Review medication for care home residents and work with care home staff to improve safe ordering and administration.
• Carry out domiciliary medication reviews and attend multidisciplinary case conferences.
• Manage a caseload of common, minor and self-limiting ailments within scope, signposting or referring as needed.
• Provide patient-facing medicines support clinics and a telephone helpline for medicine queries and concerns.
• Answer medicine enquiries from GPs, practice staff, other healthcare teams and patients, with follow-up.
• Review medicines most linked to unplanned admissions and readmissions and put changes in place for high-risk patients.
• Reconcile medicines after hospital, intermediate care and care home transfers and maintain continuity of supply.
• Produce and implement the practice repeat prescribing policy and manage reauthorisation.
• Implement changes from MHRA alerts, product withdrawals and local and national guidance, and monitor against the RAG list.
• Run risk stratification searches and undertake clinical prescribing audits with the practice team.

Skills

Communication skills

Governance understanding

Medicine optimisation planning

Working under pressure

Interpersonal skills

Organisation

Education

MPharm (Masters in Pharmacy)

GPhC Independent Prescribing qualification

Tools

EMIS

Docman

Job description

An independent prescribing clinical pharmacist post in the PCN pharmacy team at Lichfield and Burntwood GP Network, linking the network's practices with the local hospital, community pharmacies and care homes. The core work is medicines optimisation: long-term condition and medication review clinics, minor ailment caseload, discharge reconciliation and repeat prescribing. What sets it apart is the reach into care homes and domiciliary visits alongside practice-based clinics and telephone medicines support. Fit depends on GPhC independent prescribing, MPharm and GPhC registration, and at least a year as a clinical pharmacist in general practice.

What the job involves

• Run long-term condition clinics to review medicine need, monitoring and optimisation for patients such as those with COPD or asthma
• Carry out clinical medication reviews with patients and recommend changes to prescribing and monitoring
• Review medication for care home residents and work with care home staff to improve safe ordering and administration
• Carry out domiciliary medication reviews and attend multidisciplinary case conferences
• Manage a caseload of common, minor and self-limiting ailments within scope, signposting or referring as needed
• Provide patient-facing medicines support clinics and a telephone helpline for medicine queries and concerns
• Answer medicine enquiries from GPs, practice staff, other healthcare teams and patients, with follow-up
• Review medicines most linked to unplanned admissions and readmissions and put changes in place for high-risk patients
• Reconcile medicines after hospital, intermediate care and care home transfers and maintain continuity of supply
• Produce and implement the practice repeat prescribing policy and manage reauthorisation
• Implement changes from MHRA alerts, product withdrawals and local and national guidance, and monitor against the RAG list
• Run risk stratification searches and undertake clinical prescribing audits with the practice team

What’s required

Qualifications

• MPharm (Masters degree in pharmacy)
• GPhC Independent Prescribing qualification

Registration & licences

• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Experience

• At least one year working as a clinical pharmacist in a general practice setting
• Appreciation of PCNs and general practice
• Understanding of primary care prescribing and strategies for rational prescribing
• Awareness of common acute and chronic conditions seen in general practice
• Working knowledge of GP IT systems including EMIS and Docman
• Experience working with operational teams, across organisations and with a range of professionals

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent communication at all levels and in varied formats
• Understanding of the pharmacy role in governance and applying it in the workplace
• Planning, managing and reviewing long-term condition medicine optimisation with clear plans to achieve results
• Working independently and in a team, under pressure and flexibly
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiation skills
• Excellent organisation and a proactive approach

Nice to have

• Specialist knowledge at postgraduate diploma level or equivalent training or experience
• Completion of the approved 18‑month CPPE pathway
• Ability to help practices deliver the Network Contracted Enhanced Service responsibilities
• Minor ailments certification
• Medicines management qualification
• Experience in GP practice or acute settings, preferably two years
• In‑depth therapeutic knowledge and understanding of evidence‑based healthcare, and skill in producing reports and letters to a high standard