Clinical Pharmacist / Junior Clinical Pharmacist
Posting Date: 15 January 2026
Closing Date: 29 January 2026
Location: Nottingham, NG9 8DA
Employment Type: Permanent, Full Time
Salary: Negotiable (based on experience)
Employer: NHS
Job Reference: E0220-26-0000NW
Role Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Pharmacist or Junior Clinical Pharmacist to join a primary care network in Nottingham. This role focuses on patient-centred pharmaceutical care, medicines optimisation, sardar article and collaborative working within neighbourhood teams. The successful candidate will support patients, healthcare professionals, and pharmacy technicians while contributing to service development and quality improvement.
Key Responsibilities
Neighbourhood & Team Support
- Provide clinical and professional support to neighbourhood pharmacy technicians
- Support technician development through the CPPE Primary Care Pathway
- Work closely with PCN pharmacists and wider multidisciplinary teams
Patient-Facing Clinical Services
- Run long-term condition clinics (e.g., asthma, COPD)
- Conduct structured clinical medication reviews
- Deliver care home and domiciliary medication reviews
- Provide medicines advice clinics and telephone support
Medicines Optimisation & Safety
- Review and optimise prescribing to reduce medicines-related risk
- Reconcile medicines following hospital discharge
- Reduce unplanned hospital admissions related to medicines
- Implement MHRA alerts and national prescribing guidance
Practice & Prescribing Support
- Manage and improve repeat prescribing processes
- Ensure appropriate monitoring and medication reviews
- Support formulary compliance and NICE guidance audits
- Analyse prescribing data and produce quality improvement reports
Education, Governance & Collaboration
- Provide medicines-related education to practice staff
- Support Care Quality Commission (CQC) compliance
- Contribute to public health initiatives
- Work collaboratively with GPs, nurses, pharmacists, and external healthcare teams
Essential Skills & Experience
- Degree in Pharmacy with registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Minimum of 2 years’ post-registration experience (role dependent)
- Experience managing acute and long-term conditions in primary care
- Strong clinical judgement and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently while recognising limits of competence
- Independent Prescribing qualification (or working towards) desirable
Why Join Us?
This role offers the chance to develop advanced clinical skills within a supportive NHS environment. You will play a key role in improving patient outcomes, shaping pharmacy services, and working as part of a forward-thinking multidisciplinary team.
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