Job responsibilitiesThe post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in clinical medicines management, patient-facing structured medication reviews, manage long term conditions, manage medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, manage repeat prescription authorisations and reauthorisation, and acute prescription requests, while addressing the health and social care needs of the practice's patients.
Main duties:- Conduct surgery and telephone consultations with patients with minor illnesses
- Patient-facing medication reviews of patients with polypharmacy especially for older people and people with multiple co-morbidities.
- Provide advice and support for patients with self-limiting conditions
- Reconcile medicines following patients discharge from hospital or clinic appointments
- Review medications for newly registering patients
- Implement and embed a safe, effective and evidence based repeat prescribing system
- Practice as an independent prescriber working within scope of practice
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to manage repeat prescription authorisations and reauthorisation, acute prescription requests and systems for safer prescribing
- Provide leadership to the practice on quality improvement and clinical audit as well as managing some aspects of the Quality and Outcomes Framework, and assisting with QOF and local performance targets
HoursThe successful applicant will need to work between 20 to 38 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
Salary and benefits- £48,000 - £55,000 full time equivalent, depending upon experience
- Potential for performance based bonuses
- Four weeks holiday plus bank and public holidays
- NHS Pensions
Person SpecificationEssential- Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
- Occupational health clearance
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) commensurate with positions held
- Degree in pharmacy, with postgraduate diploma
- Registered pharmacist on the general pharmaceutical council register
- Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience
- Experience and understanding of the range of primary care clinical work, including long term conditions
- Experience of working autonomously
- Comprehensive therapeutic and clinical knowledge and an understanding of evidence based healthcare
Desirable- Qualified independent prescriber
- Experience of working in general practice as a clinical pharmacist
- Experience of prescribing (independent prescriber)
- Experience of working in a supervisory or mentoring role
Location: London, E8 1PG
Closing date: 06 November 2026
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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. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.