• Job Description

  Req#: A0087-25-0000?language=en&page=285&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  We are looking for a Clinical Pharmacist to join our Pharmacy Team. The role is full time, but we would consider a job share for the right candidates.

  At The Blandford Group Practice, we continually strive to create a workplace culture that parallels our core values focusing on ethical attitude, open communication, and strategic & continuous self-development. We are an inclusive and diverse workplace that empowers our team to work collaboratively to complete their best work for the benefit of the local community.

  Main duties of the job

  To be able work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role.

  To take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the practice and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy.

  To provide primary support to general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries.

  To support the repeat prescription system, deal with acute prescription requests, and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of patient in the GP practice(s).

  About us

  • 23,500 patients
  • 11 partners
  • 4 Advanced Nurse Practitioners
  • 3 Paramedics
  • Training & Dispensing Practice
  • One practice, one PCN
  • Wellbeing team
  • High QOF achieving
  • Enhanced sickness pay (once completed probation)
  • Enrolment into the NHS pension
  • Free parking at all sites
  • Eyecare Vouchers
  • Annual pay review

  Details

  Date posted

  09 July 2025

  Pay scheme

  Other

  Salary

  £24.45 to £28.48 an hour

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Job share, Home or remote working

  Reference number

  A0087-25-0000

  Job locations

  White Cliff Mill Street

  Blandford Forum

  Dorset

  DT11 7BH

  
  

  Eagle House Surgery

  White Cliff Mill Street

  Blandford Forum

  Dorset

  DT11 7DQ

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • See, where appropriate, patients with single or multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation is required
  • 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
  • Undertake structured medication reviews /medication review with patients and produce recommendations
  • Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration.
  • Signposting to community pharmacy and referring to GPs or other healthcare professionals where appropriate
  • Answers relevant medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff, other healthcare teams, e.g. community pharmacy, and patients with queries about medicines. Suggesting and recommending solutions. Providing follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes
  • To reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into care homes, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge
  • Ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required
  • Identification of cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines, this might include risks that are patient related, medicine related, or both
  • Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components (e.g. advice on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets)
  • Analyse, interpret and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks to support decision- making
  • Undertake clinical audits of prescribing
  • Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance
  • Monitor practice prescribing against local and national guidance
  • Auditing practices compliance against NICE technology assessment guidance
  • Provide newsletters or bulletins on important prescribing messages
  • Provide education and training to primary healthcare team on therapeutics and medicines optimisation
  • Work with the general practice team to ensure the practice is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved
  • To support public health campaigns

  See Job Description for full details.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • See, where appropriate, patients with single or multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation is required
  • 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
  • Undertake structured medication reviews /medication review with patients and produce recommendations
  • Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration.
  • Signposting to community pharmacy and referring to GPs or other healthcare professionals where appropriate
  • Answers relevant medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff, other healthcare teams, e.g. community pharmacy, and patients with queries about medicines. Suggesting and recommending solutions. Providing follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes
  • To reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into care homes, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge
  • Ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required
  • Identification of cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines, this might include risks that are patient related, medicine related, or both
  • Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components (e.g. advice on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets)
  • Analyse, interpret and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks to support decision- making
  • Undertake clinical audits of prescribing
  • Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance
  • Monitor practice prescribing against local and national guidance
  • Auditing practices compliance against NICE technology assessment guidance
  • Provide newsletters or bulletins on important prescribing messages
  • Provide education and training to primary healthcare team on therapeutics and medicines optimisation
  • Work with the general practice team to ensure the practice is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved
  • To support public health campaigns

  See Job Description for full details.

  Person Specification

  Skills and Knowledge

  Essential

  • Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and can refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate
  • Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
  • Produce timely and informative reports
  • Gain acceptance for recommendations and influence/motivate/ persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations/ can plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers

  Desirable

  • Can plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions

  Experience

  Essential

  • Minimum of 2 years post- qualification experience
  • An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practices
  • An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing

  Desirable

  • In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence- based healthcare

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
  • Master's degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent)
  • Independent prescriber
  • Specialist knowledge acquired through post-graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent training/experience

  Desirable

  • Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
  • A member of or working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
  • Completion of Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE)- Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway or MSc Advanced Practice Pathway.

  Person Specification

  Skills and Knowledge

  Essential

  • Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and can refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate
  • Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
  • Produce timely and informative reports
  • Gain acceptance for recommendations and influence/motivate/ persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations/ can plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers

  Desirable

  • Can plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions

  Experience

  Essential

  • Minimum of 2 years post- qualification experience
  • An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practices
  • An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing

  Desirable

  • In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence- based healthcare

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
  • Master's degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent)
  • Independent prescriber
  • Specialist knowledge acquired through post-graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent training/experience

  Desirable

  • Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
  • A member of or working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
  • Completion of Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE)- Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway or MSc Advanced Practice Pathway.

  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).

  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).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  The Blandford Group Practice

  Address

  White Cliff Mill Street

  Blandford Forum

  Dorset

  DT11 7BH

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.theblandfordgrouppractice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  The Blandford Group Practice

  Address

  White Cliff Mill Street

  Blandford Forum

  Dorset

  DT11 7BH

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.theblandfordgrouppractice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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