Clinical PharmacistNHS

Job summary

**The planned interview date for this post is 15th October 2026**

The post holder will work independently the majority of the time with support from the Clinical Director and GPs within the Peak Edge Primary Care Network. Engaging with GP Partners and Practice Managers across the 4 Practices covering the Peak Edge Network

Woodseats Medical Centre

Steel City General Practice

Meadowgreen Health Centre

Sloan Medical Centre

Currently the team work on a 12 month rotation in each surgery. The successful candidate will commence their role at Meadowgreen Health Centre (Jordanthorpe site) alongside a pharmacy technician, who they will continuously work with for any further rotations.

Main duties of the job

This role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and passion to deliver an excellent service within general practice.

The post holder will be supported to develop their role to become a non-medical prescriber if that qualification is not already held.

Job description

Develop and manage a medicines management plan and deliver patient services as determined by practice/PCN policy and local and national guidance.

Develop and manage the medicines management team, including delivery of training, to maximise cost-effective prescribing and improve the quality of patient care.

Work within their clinical competencies as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in clinical medicines management, provide face to face 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 request, while addressing both the public health and social care needs of patients in the GP practice(s) that make up the PCN

Undertake medication review of patients with polypharmacy especially for older people, people in residential care homes and those with multiple co-morbidities.

Provide leadership on quality improvement and clinical audit and well as managing some aspects of the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF)

Provide medication review services to patients via clinics in the practice, domiciliary visits and in residential and nursing homes, and to deliver pharmaceutical care plans that maximise cost-effective prescribing and improve the quality of patient care.

Present at patient group meetings or other appropriate events to give advice on the appropriate use of medicines.

Produce patient information leaflets and posters and run medicine awareness projects throughout the year.

Assist partners with the appropriate monitoring and management of their prescribing budgets.

Prepare evidence-based resources and information to support the medicine management team and all other relevant health professionals in the implementation of rational cost-effective prescribing.

Help plan, develop and support the introduction of new working processes within the practice to optimise the quality of prescribing

See (where appropriate) patients with single or multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation is required (e.g., Respiratory, Cardiovascular and Diabetes)

Review the on-going need for each medicine, a review of monitoring needs and an opportunity to support patients with their medicines taking ensuring they get the best use of their medicines (i.e., medicines optimisation)

Make appropriate recommendations to Senior Pharmacists or GPs for medicine improvement.

Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for senior clinical pharmacist, nurses and/or GP on prescribing and monitoring.

Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration

About us

This role will be part of Peak Edge Primary Care Network.

You will be part of the established pharmacy team.