Queen Square Medical Practice
Clinical Pharmacist

The closing date is 11 December 2026

Job summary
Join an Established and supportive Pharmacy Team

We are seeking an enthusiastic Clinical Pharmacist to join our friendly and forward thinking primary care team, initially on a 12-month fixed term contract to provide maternity cover.

This role offers an excellent opportunity to become part of an established pharmacy service comprising three experienced independent prescribing pharmacists and a pharmacy technician. For the right candidate, there is genuine potential for the post to develop into a permanent position beyond the initial maternity cover period.

About the Role
Working across a large, progressive GP practice, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality patient care and medicines optimisation services. Depending on your experience and qualifications, duties may include:

• Structured medication reviews
• Long-term condition management
• Medicines reconciliation
• Repeat prescribing support
• High-risk drug monitoring
• Responding to medication queries from patients and clinicians
• Supporting prescribing quality and safety initiatives
• Managing your own clinical caseload
• Independent prescribing clinics (where qualified)

You will be supported by an experienced multidisciplinary team and will have opportunities to further develop your clinical and prescribing skills.

Main duties of the job
Working across a large, progressive GP practice, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality patient care and medicines optimisation services. Depending on your experience and qualifications, duties may include:

• Structured medication reviews
• Long-term condition management
• Medicines reconciliation
• Repeat prescribing support
• High-risk drug monitoring
• Responding to medication queries from patients and clinicians
• Supporting prescribing quality and safety initiatives
• Managing your own clinical caseload
• Independent prescribing clinics (where qualified)

You will be supported by an experienced multidisciplinary team and will have opportunities to further develop your clinical and prescribing skills.

About us
Queen Square Medical Practice provides high-quality healthcare services to patients across Lancaster, Caton and the surrounding area. We have a strong track record of innovation, workforce development and service improvement and are committed to delivering safe, effective and patient-centred healthcare.

We believe the future of General Practice depends upon continually improving how services are designed and delivered. This role will play a key part in shaping that future.

If you are passionate about improving services, enjoy solving complex organisational challenges and want the opportunity to deliver meaningful change within a progressive primary care organisation, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Details
Date posted: 11 November 2026
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: £46,722 to £54,527 a year
FTE: Contract
Fixed term: Duration 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Reference number: A1352-26-0013
Job locations: 2 Queen Square, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 1RP, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Title: Clinical Pharmacist
Salary: Band 7 (Non-Independent Prescriber) or Band 8a (Independent Prescriber)
Hours: Up to Full Time (Part-Time and Flexible Working Applications Welcome)
Contract Type: 12 Month fixed term contract (Maternity Cover)
Potential for permanency
Subject to service requirements, funding arrangements and organisational need, there may be an opportunity for the successful candidate to be considered for a permanent position at the conclusion of the fixed-term contract.
Funding
Initially funded through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS). This information is provided for transparency and does not affect the terms and conditions of employment.
Location: Queen Square Medical Practice, Lancaster
Accountable to: Practice Director
Professionally accountable to: Partner Lead
Clinical Supervision: Lead clinical pharmacist and GP Partners
Liaises With

• GP Partners
• Salaried GPs
• Advanced Clinical Practitioners
• Nursing Team
• Pharmacy Team
• Practice Management Team
• Community Pharmacy Teams
• Primary Care Network Colleagues
• Secondary Care Clinicians
• Integrated Care Board Medicines Optimisation Teams

JOB PURPOSE
To work as part of the Practice's established multidisciplinary team, providing expert medicines optimisation, structured medication reviews, prescribing support and patient-centred clinical care.

The postholder will contribute to the safe, effective and cost-effective use of medicines across the practice population, supporting delivery of Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), national prescribing priorities, medicines safety initiatives and wider Primary Care Network objectives.

The role is initially offered on a 12-month fixed-term basis to provide maternity cover for an existing team member. Subject to service need, workforce requirements and individual performance, there may be opportunity for the role to become permanent.

The postholder will join a well-established pharmacy team comprising three Independent Prescribing Clinical Pharmacists and a Pharmacy Technician.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Clinical Responsibilities

• Undertake Structured Medication Reviews (SMRs) for patients with complex medication needs.
• Provide clinical medication reviews for: Frail older people; Patients with polypharmacy; Patients prescribed high-risk medicines; Patients living with multiple long-term conditions; Care home residents.
• Manage medicines optimisation initiatives across the practice population.
• Support safe prescribing and medicines governance.
• Reconcile medicines following hospital discharge and care transfers.
• Identify and reduce potentially inappropriate prescribing.
• Support medicines-related monitoring and recall programmes.
• Manage medication queries from patients and healthcare professionals.
• Contribute to reduction of medicines-related hospital admissions and avoidable harm.

Independent Prescribing (Band 8a)
Where suitably qualified:

• Manage independent prescribing clinics.
• Diagnose and manage defined long-term conditions within agreed competence.
• Optimise treatment plans independently.
• Contribute to same day care and urgent medication queries.

Quality Improvement and Governance

• Lead or contribute to prescribing audits and quality improvement projects.
• Support achievement of QOF and relevant prescribing indicators.
• Implement national and local medicines optimisation guidance.
• Monitor prescribing safety alerts and drug shortages.
• Support evidence-based changes to prescribing practice.

Multidisciplinary Working

• Work collaboratively with: GPs; Advanced Clinical Practitioners; Nursing Teams; Pharmacy Technician; Community Pharmacy Teams; Secondary Care Colleagues; PCN Pharmacy Teams.
• Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings where appropriate.

Education and Support

• Provide medicines-related advice to clinicians and staff.
• Support training and professional development within the practice.
• Act as a medicines expert and resource for the wider team.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Established and supportive pharmacy team.
• Opportunity to work alongside experienced Independent Prescribing Pharmacists.
• Structured induction and support.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Professional development opportunities.
• Potential for permanent employment following the initial maternity cover period.
• Opportunity to play a key role in the future development of clinical pharmacy services within the Practice.
• NHS Pension
• NHS lease car scheme
• Competitive salary

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Post-registration experience as a pharmacist.
• Experience undertaking clinical medication reviews.
• Experience providing patient-facing pharmacy services.
• Good understanding of medicines optimisation principles.
• Experience of multidisciplinary working.

Desirable

• Previous experience working in General Practice.
• Previous experience working within a Primary Care Network.
• Experience using EMIS Web, Docman, Accurx, EPS prescribing systems.
• Experience leading prescribing audits or quality improvement projects.

Qualifications
Essential

• Master's Degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent.
• Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Evidence of ongoing Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

Desirable

• Independent Prescribing Qualification.
• Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway or willingness to complete.
• Clinical diploma or equivalent postgraduate 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).

Employer details
Employer name: Queen Square Medical Practice
Address: 2 Queen Square, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 1RP, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.queensquare.org/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Practice Director Adrian Eglington, a.eglington1@nhs.net, 01524580925

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