Clinical Pharmacist

The Clinical Pharmacist plays a vital role in supporting safe, effective, and evidence-based prescribing across the practice. Working as an independent prescriber, they conduct structured medication reviews, manage patients with long-term conditions, and provide expert advice on medicines to patients and colleagues.

This is a patient-facing role that combines clinical work with wider responsibilities in medicines optimisation, prescribing safety, and service development. The pharmacist collaborates closely with GPs, nurses, and community pharmacy colleagues to improve outcomes, manage workload, and contribute to the smooth running of the practice.

The post-holder also supports Care Quality Commission (CQC) compliance, contributes to audits and quality improvement projects, and helps deliver national and local performance indicators such as QOF and IIF. This is a key role at the heart of the multidisciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

Structured Medication Reviews: Conduct reviews for patients with long-term conditions, polypharmacy, or high-risk medications to optimise treatment and improve outcomes.

Prescribing Support: Independently manage repeat prescriptions, respond to medication queries, and implement prescribing changes in line with safety alerts and local guidelines.

Chronic Disease Management: Support the care of patients with conditions such as hypertension, asthma, and diabetes, working within your clinical scope.

Medicines Reconciliation: Ensure safe transitions of care by reviewing and updating medications after hospital discharge or other care transfers.

Medicines Optimisation: Promote safe, evidence-based, and cost-effective prescribing, contribute to formulary compliance, and support shared care agreements.

Quality and Safety: Contribute to QOF, IIF and audit work; support CQC compliance; and assist with clinical governance and risk management.

Collaboration and Training: Work closely with GPs, nurses, and local pharmacy teams, and provide education and mentoring to practice staff on medicines-related issues.

About us

Knebworth and Marymead Medical Practice is a well-established, two-site GP surgery serving a diverse and growing patient population across the Stevenage and Knebworth area. We are proud of our friendly, patient-centred approach and our commitment to delivering high-quality, accessible care.

Our multidisciplinary team includes GPs, practice nurses, HCAs, advanced clinical practitioners, clinical pharmacists, and first contact physiotherapists, all supported by a dedicated administrative and reception team. We are a training practice with a strong emphasis on education, professional development, and continuous improvement. Our clinical system is SystmOne, and we are actively engaged with the South Stevenage Primary Care Network (PCN) to help shape and deliver integrated local services.

We are forward-thinking, collaborative, and committed to innovation that improves both patient outcomes and staff wellbeing whether through digital tools, modern general practice initiatives, or investment in workforce development.

Job responsibilities

Job Summary: We are seeking a motivated, forward-thinking Clinical Pharmacist to join our dynamic and friendly team. The post-holder will play a key role in medicines optimisation, prescribing safety, long-term condition management, and clinical governance. Working as an independent prescriber and core member of our multidisciplinary team, you’ll engage in patient-facing clinics, structured medication reviews, and prescribing support for our clinicians. You will also support audits, QOF and IIF delivery, and help ensure CQC compliance in all medicines-related areas. You’ll work closely with GPs, nurses, and administrative colleagues as well as local community pharmacy and secondary care to improve outcomes for our patients. You will be instrumental in ensuring the right medicines are prescribed, safely and cost-effectively, in a patient-centred manner.

Key Responsibilities:

Clinical and Patient-Facing Work

• Undertake structured medication reviews (SMRs), with a focus on patients with long-term conditions, polypharmacy, frailty, or high-risk medicines.
• Support chronic disease clinics (e.g. hypertension, diabetes, asthma) within your competency.
• Manage repeat prescriptions and reauthorisations in line with practice policy.
• Provide patient-facing support for medicines-related queries and counselling.
• Contribute to clinical assessments and diagnosis where within scope.
• Refer and signpost patients appropriately to GPs, nurses or external services.

Medicines Optimisation and Prescribing Safety

• Lead on medicines optimisation and prescribing quality across both sites.
• Manage MHRA alerts, medication withdrawals and formulary updates.
• Provide prescribing support and advice to GPs and clinical staff.
• Implement and monitor shared care protocols and compliance with local formularies.
• Identify patients at high risk of medicines-related harm and implement proactive interventions.

Governance, Quality and Improvement

• Contribute to practice audits, QOF, IIF, and enhanced services performance.
• Support practice compliance with Care Quality Commission (CQC) standards.
• Analyse prescribing data to inform service improvements.
• Assist with policy development around safe and efficient prescribing.
• Promote a culture of safety and continuous improvement.
• Participate in incident reporting and shared learning processes.

Collaboration and Education

• Work collaboratively with community pharmacists, hospital teams, and local stakeholders.
• Provide training and guidance to practice staff on prescribing and therapeutics.
• Mentor new staff members and support professional development within the team.
• Maintain effective communication within the MDT and across organisational boundaries.

Person Specification

• GPhC registration as a practising pharmacist.
• Experience of working in primary care, community or hospital settings.
• Strong knowledge of medicines optimisation, chronic disease pharmacotherapy, and patient-centred care.
• Excellent communication, organisational and IT skills.
• A team player with a patient-first mindset and commitment to continuous learning.
• Experience with SystmOne.
• Knowledge of QOF, IIF, local ICB guidance and shared care agreements.
• Teaching or mentoring experience.

What We Offer

• Supportive and flexible working environment across two well-regarded sites.
• Regular clinical meetings and peer support.
• Access to funded CPD and training.
• Active involvement in quality improvement projects.
• Scope to develop areas of special interest.

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.