Job summary

Able to work on-site, 4 hours a day, 5 days a week, you will be a fantastic team player and independent prescriber, supporting the whole practice with:

• structured medication reviews
• patient medication queries
• initiations and medicines reconciliations
• monitoring of high-risk drugs
• responding and advising on patient safety alerts
• Carry out audits and improve prescribing safety within the practice

Main duties of the job

1. Structured Medication Reviews (SMRs)

• Review patients with long-term conditions or polypharmacy.

• Optimise treatment according to NICE/local guidelines.

• Deprescribe unnecessary or unsafe medicines.

• Address adherence issues and side effects.

2. Prescribing & Long-Term Condition Management

• Initiate, adjust, or stop medicines for conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, asthma, COPD, and heart failure.

3. Medicines Safety & Governance

• Monitor high-risk medicines (e.g., anticoagulants, methotrexate, lithium).

• Ensure appropriate blood test monitoring.

• Act on MHRA/DSU safety alerts.

• Conduct prescribing audits and quality improvement projects.

4. Repeat Prescription Management

• Authorise and process repeat prescriptions.

• Ensure monitoring requirements are up to date.

• Manage medication queries from patients and pharmacies.

5. Acute & Minor Illness Support

• Provide self-care advice and appropriate treatment.

• Reduce GP workload by handling medicines-related consultations.

6. Medicines Information & Clinical Support

• Advise GPs and practice nurses on complex medication queries.

• Support cost-effective prescribing.

• Assist with formulary adherence.

7. Vulnerable Patient Support

• Support safeguarding and frailty management.

• Reduce inappropriate polypharmacy.

8. Contribution to Practice Targets

• Support QOF, IIF, and local enhanced services & Medicines Optimisation Framework

• Participate in multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings.

About us

We are a small, 4700 patient practice, based in the heart of Leicester City who are passionate about excellent clinical care. We have 1 GP partner, a long-term locum GP, 1 x salaried GP, a Practice Nurse, a HCA and support from a social prescriber, care-coordinator and a fantastic admin team. Situated in a bright, modern, purpose-built building, with a supportive and enthusiastic ethos, we believe in offering the best service we can to the patients we look after. We are looking for someone who is willing to go the extra mile for our patients to and come and join our family!

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be a clinical pharmacist who acts within their professional boundaries, working alongside a team of pharmacists in general practice.

They will improve patients health outcomes and the efficiency of the primary care team by providing direct, accessible and timely medicines and expertise including face to face contact with patients.

The post holder will be an integral part of the general practice team, as well as part of a wider pharmacist network and multi-disciplinary team. This includes being a conduit of patient medicines information into and out of hospitals. They will work to optimise medication issues to improve patient care and safety, and support clinical staff in the management of patients.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• 2 years experience working in primary care

Qualifications

Essential

• Independent Prescriber
• GPhC Registration
• Able to work 5 days a week on-site

Desirable

• Minor Illness / Minor Injury Qualification

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).