Ash Trees Surgery

General Practice Pharmacist

The closing date is 10 April 2026

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Job summary

An excellent opportunity has arisen for Ash Trees Surgery to recruit a passionate and dedicated General Practice Pharmacist to join our friendly team.T he Practice Pharmacist will work as part of the multidisciplinary primary care team to provide expert clinical medicines management and optimise patient outcomes. The post holder will support safe, effective and cost effective prescribing across the practice, with a particular focus on medication reviews, long term condition management and reducing medicines related risk.

The role includes conducting structured medication reviews, managing repeat prescribing processes, reconciling medicines following hospital discharge, and responding to medicine related queries from patients and clinicians. The Practice Pharmacist will work closely with GPs, nurses, and external pharmacy colleagues to improve prescribing quality, reduce polypharmacy, and support adherence to national guidance including NICE and MHRA alerts.

The post holder will also contribute to clinical audits, quality improvement activity, and staff education, supporting continuous improvement in medicines safety and patient care across the practice

Main duties of the job

  • Carry out clinical medication reviews to optimise treatment, reduce polypharmacy and improve patient outcomes
  • Reconcile medicines following hospital discharge and work with patients and community pharmacies to ensure continuity of care
  • Manage repeat prescribing and reauthorisation processes, including reviewing medicines that are due for review
  • Respond to medicines related queries from patients and healthcare professionals
  • Improve prescribing quality, safety and cost effectiveness through audit, PDSA cycles and formulary management
  • Implement medicines safety alerts, drug withdrawals and guidance issued by bodies such as MHRA and NICE
  • Support multidisciplinary and multimorbidity reviews as part of the wider primary care team
  • Provide medicines information, advice and training to clinical and administrative staff within the practice
  • Review relevant pathology results for patients prescribed long term or high risk medicines

About us

Ash Trees Surgery has 14 GP Partners and 6 salaried GPs who work alongside a varied and talented multidisciplinary team. Our clinical team includes an advanced nurse practitioner, experienced practice nurses, health care support workers, paramedics, clinical pharmacists, a mental health practitioner and first contact physiotherapists. Our main site is in Carnforth, north Lancashire with 5 branch surgeries in the beautiful surrounding rural area across the Lancashire and Cumbria border

Details

Date posted

27 March 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

A2779-26-0001

Job locations

Market Street

Carnforth

Lancashire

LA5 9JU


Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide expertise in clinical medicines review and address public health and social needs of patients in GP practices.

Reduce inappropriate polypharmacy and wasteful prescribing through clinical medication review

Reconcile medicines following hospital discharge and work with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge.

Contribute to reductions in medicine related hospital admissions and readmissions by supporting patients to get the best outcomes from their medicines and identifying and addressing medicines related issues.

Interface with community and hospital pharmacy colleagues and 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 and medicines reaching review dates.

Manage patients and health care professionals medicine queries.

Increase quality and safety of prescribing through mechanisms such as audit and PDSA cycles.

Manage practice formularies to improve the quality, safety and cost effectiveness of prescribing.

Implement drug withdrawals and alerts e.g., MHRA aimed at improving medicines safety.

Work with primary care professional and patients to implement NICE and other evidence-based guidelines.

Contribute to multimorbidity reviews and multidisciplinary reviews.

Provide medicines information and training to Practice healthcare professionals and admin staff.

Review Pathology results for patients on known medicines.

Act as a source of medicines information for all of the practice team and patients (e.g. around doses, side effects, adverse events, possible alternatives e.g. around out of stocks)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide expertise in clinical medicines review and address public health and social needs of patients in GP practices.

Reduce inappropriate polypharmacy and wasteful prescribing through clinical medication review

Reconcile medicines following hospital discharge and work with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge.

Contribute to reductions in medicine related hospital admissions and readmissions by supporting patients to get the best outcomes from their medicines and identifying and addressing medicines related issues.

Interface with community and hospital pharmacy colleagues and 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 and medicines reaching review dates.

Manage patients and health care professionals medicine queries.

Increase quality and safety of prescribing through mechanisms such as audit and PDSA cycles.

Manage practice formularies to improve the quality, safety and cost effectiveness of prescribing.

Implement drug withdrawals and alerts e.g., MHRA aimed at improving medicines safety.

Work with primary care professional and patients to implement NICE and other evidence-based guidelines.

Contribute to multimorbidity reviews and multidisciplinary reviews.

Provide medicines information and training to Practice healthcare professionals and admin staff.

Review Pathology results for patients on known medicines.

Act as a source of medicines information for all of the practice team and patients (e.g. around doses, side effects, adverse events, possible alternatives e.g. around out of stocks)

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Has an awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-term conditions that are likely to be seen in a general medical practice.
  • Can plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general pharmaceutical care programmes for patients in core areas, including disease states / long term conditions identified by local Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment
  • Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision as an individual.
  • Demonstrates ability to use skills in a range of routine situations requiring analysis or comparison of a range of options.
  • Recognises priorities when problem-solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and can refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate.
  • Can follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct.
  • Involves patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence as per NICE guidance.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Completion of an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy, and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
  • Minimum of 2 years post graduate experience in pharmacy, as demonstrated within a practice portfolio.
  • Hold or be working towards a prescribing qualification.
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Has an awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-term conditions that are likely to be seen in a general medical practice.
  • Can plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general pharmaceutical care programmes for patients in core areas, including disease states / long term conditions identified by local Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment
  • Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision as an individual.
  • Demonstrates ability to use skills in a range of routine situations requiring analysis or comparison of a range of options.
  • Recognises priorities when problem-solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and can refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate.
  • Can follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct.
  • Involves patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence as per NICE guidance.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Completion of an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy, and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
  • Minimum of 2 years post graduate experience in pharmacy, as demonstrated within a practice portfolio.
  • Hold or be working towards a prescribing qualification.

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).

Additional information

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 name

Ash Trees Surgery

Address

Market Street

Carnforth

Lancashire

LA5 9JU


Employer's website

https://www.ashtreessurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Ash Trees Surgery

Address

Market Street

Carnforth

Lancashire

LA5 9JU


Employer's website

https://www.ashtreessurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Chloe Latham

chloe.latham2@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

27 March 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

A2779-26-0001

Job locations

Market Street

Carnforth

Lancashire

LA5 9JU


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