Clinical Pharmacist (General Practice)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Description

Job Title

Clinical Pharmacist (General Practice)

Employer

Fakenham Medical Practice

Location

Fakenham, Norfolk (GP surgery, branchsurgeryand care homes)

Hours

0.4 WTE (2 days per week)

Contract

Permanent (subject to service requirements)

Salary

TBC

About Fakenham Medical Practice

Fakenham Medical Practice is a large, forward-thinking GP practice in North Norfolk, caring for around15,000 patients. We are a supportive,multidisciplinaryand teaching practice with a strong culture of collaboration,innovationand service development.

Our team includes GP partners and salaried GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Practice Nurses, HCAs, Paramedic Practitioners, ClinicalPharmacistsand an experienced administrative and dispensing team. We work closely with our Primary Care Network and neighbouring practices to continually improve care for our population, particularly for older people and those living with frailty.

Our values are captured inPROUD:

• Patients First everything we do is centred on patient safety,dignityand experience

• Respectful we treat patients, carers and colleagues with kindness and professionalism

• Ownership we take responsibility and pride in the care we deliver

• Unity we work together as one team

• Deliver we follow through and make improvements happen

These values underpin how we work and what we look for in our clinicians.

Job Purpose

To provide expert clinical pharmacy input within the general practice team, improving medicines safety, optimisation and outcomes, and supporting patient care through structured medication reviews, repeat prescribing governance, long-term conditionsupportand proactive medicines-related quality improvement.

Clinical pharmacists in general practice work directly with patients and the wider team to improve outcomes from medicines and strengthen patient safety.

Key Clinical Responsibilities

Patient-Facing Clinical Pharmacy

• Conduct Structured Medication Reviews (SMRs) for patients with complex needs, polypharmacy, frailty, high-risk medicines and long-term conditions.

• Undertake medication reviews (including deprescribing where appropriate)to reduce harm, improve adherence and support personalised care.

• Provide medicines advice and clinical support for patients with long-term conditions (e.g., hypertension, diabetes, respiratory disease), within scope and competence.

• Support medicines reconciliation post-discharge and after outpatient changes, ensuring accurate records and safe ongoing prescribing.

• Provide patient education and counselling on medicines, monitoring, side effects and self-management.

Prescribing and Medicines Optimisation

• Prescribe independently where qualified (Independent Prescriber desirable, not essential), and/or work towards prescribing qualification with practice support (subject to service need and training pathways).

• Support safer prescribing by identifying high-risk medicines, interactions, monitoring gaps and opportunities to align to best practice.

• Contribute to cost-effective prescribing and formulary adherence where clinically appropriate.

Practice Systems, Workflow and Governance

• Support and improve repeat prescribing processes, including reauthorisation/review and reducing avoidable medicines-related workload.

• Maintain clear, contemporaneous clinical records using SystmOne and follow practice documentation standards.

• Contribute to medicines-related elements of clinical governance, CQC readiness, significant event learning and audit (e.g., antimicrobial stewardship, high-risk drug monitoring, prescribing indicators).

• Provide medicines optimisation advice to clinicians and practice staff, including protocols, templates and decision support.

Education, Training and Collaborative Working

• Provide medicines-related education and advice to practice staff and support consistent prescribing practice.

• Build effective working relationships with community pharmacy, hospital pharmacy and wider services to improve continuity and safety of care.

• Participate in MDT meetings and contribute to pathway development for medicines optimisation and long-term condition care.

Professional Practice and Standards

• Work within professional scope and maintain appropriate indemnity and professional accountability.

• Maintain registration and fitness to practise in line with the standards expected of pharmacy professionals.

• Comply with information governance, safeguarding, infection control and health & safety requirements.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Registration

Essential

• Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) and eligible to practise in the UK.

• Evidence of postgraduate clinical knowledge and skills relevant to patient-facing practice

• Demonstrable competence in clinical medication review and medicines optimisation

Desirable

• Independent Prescribing qualification (or evidence of working towards / willingness to undertake)

• Postgraduate clinical diploma / MSc (or equivalent experience) relevant to primary care/clinical pharmacy

Experience

Essential

• Experience providing patient-facing clinical pharmacy services, including medication review and medicines optimisation

• Experience working autonomously and making clinical decisions within scope

• Experience collaborating within multidisciplinary teams

Desirable

• Experience in general practice / primary care or PCN setting

• Experience delivering SMRs or complex polypharmacy review work aligned to PCN service expectations

• Experience using SystmOne

• Experience contributing to audit, QIor medicines governance (e.g., prescribing safety indicators, monitoring programmes)

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Strong clinical reasoning and consultation skills, including shared decision-making

• Ability to interpret guidelines, formularies, and medicines evidence and translate into practical care

• Excellent communication skills written, verbal and interpersonal

• Strong IT skills and accurate clinical documentation

• Ability to prioritise workload, manage time effectively and maintain attention to detail

Desirable

• Knowledge of primary care pathways and medicines optimisation initiatives

• Experience supporting practice-wide prescribing processes and medicines safety programmes (e.g., high-risk monitoring, antimicrobial stewardship)

Personal Attributes

• Patient-focused, professional and compassionate

• Self-motivated, reliable and able to work independently

• Collaborative, approachable and supportive to the wider team

• Committed to learning, improvement and delivering high-quality care

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience providing patient-facing clinical pharmacy services, including medication review and medicines optimisation
• Experience working autonomously and making clinical decisions within scope
• Experience collaborating within multidisciplinary teams

Desirable

• Experience in general practice / primary care or PCN setting
• Experience delivering SMRs or complex polypharmacy review work aligned to PCN service expectations
• Experience using SystmOne
• Experience contributing to audit, QI or medicines governance (e.g., prescribing safety indicators, monitoring programmes)

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) and eligible to practise in the UK.
• Evidence of postgraduate clinical knowledge and skills relevant to patient-facing practice
• Demonstrable competence in clinical medication review and medicines optimisation

Desirable

• Independent Prescribing qualification (or evidence of working towards / willingness to undertake)
• Postgraduate clinical diploma / MSc (or equivalent experience) relevant to primary care/clinical pharmacy

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Strong clinical reasoning and consultation skills, including shared decision-making
• Ability to interpret guidelines, formularies, and medicines evidence and translate into practical care
• Excellent communication skillswritten, verbal and interpersonal
• Strong IT skills and accurate clinical documentation
• Ability to prioritise workload, manage time effectively and maintain attention to detail

Desirable

• Knowledge of primary care pathways and medicines optimisation initiatives
• Experience supporting practice-wide prescribing processes and medicines safety programmes (e.g., high-risk monitoring, antimicrobial stewardship)

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

Fakenham Medical Practice

Address

Meditrina House

Trinity Road

Fakenham

Norfolk

NR21 8SY

Employer's website

https://fakenham-medical-practice.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)