Clinical Pharmacist / Senior Clinical Pharmacist
Role Overview
An excellent opportunity has become available for a Clinical Pharmacist or Senior Clinical Pharmacist to join NHS primary care services in Chesterfield. This role focuses on delivering high-quality, sardar article patient-centred pharmaceutical care, supporting medicines optimisation, and contributing to service improvement across general practice and primary care networks.
Key Responsibilities
Patient-Facing Clinical Services
- Run long-term condition clinics such as hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, asthma, and respiratory conditions
- Review and optimise medicines for patients with single or multiple long-term conditions
- Conduct targeted clinical medication reviews for high-risk patient groups
- Carry out domiciliary and care home medication reviews for housebound patients
Medicines Advice & Support
- Provide face-to-face and telephone support to patients regarding their medicines
- Respond to medicines-related queries from GPs, nurses, pharmacy teams, and other healthcare professionals
- Offer follow-up monitoring after medication changes to ensure effectiveness and safety
Medicines Safety & Hospital Admission Prevention
- Review medicines linked to unplanned hospital admissions and readmissions
- Implement strategies to reduce risk in vulnerable and high-risk patient groups
- Support implementation of MHRA alerts, safety updates, and national guidance
Prescribing & Practice Support
- Support repeat prescribing processes and medication reviews
- Ensure appropriate blood tests and monitoring are in place
- Use prescribing data to identify practice and PCN priorities
- Assist with risk stratification and patient prioritisation
Leadership, Training & Development
- Provide clinical supervision to pharmacy technicians and foundation pharmacists
- Deliver education and training on therapeutics and medicines optimisation
- Contribute to the development of new clinical services and pathways
Governance, Quality & Public Health
- Conduct prescribing audits and implement quality improvement actions
- Support Care Quality Commission (CQC) compliance relating to medicines
- Contribute to public health initiatives and population health programmes
Why Join This Role?
This position offers an opportunity to work at an advanced clinical level within a supportive NHS environment. You will play a key role in improving patient outcomes, shaping pharmacy services, and supporting multidisciplinary teams while progressing your professional development.
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