General Practice Clinical Pharmacist

Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Pharmacist to join our friendly and diverse team at Northdown and Dashwood Surgery.

The successful candidate will help shape the delivery of Pharmacy services to patients in our practice of approximately 25,000 patients. We already have a growing multi-disciplinary team including pharmacy technicians, paramedics, social prescribers and care navigators. You will be well supported in your role and work closely with others as we strive to provide the highest quality of care for our patients.

The role will support the wider practice team to ensure the delivery of safe, effective and efficient systems for repeat prescribing, medicines optimisation, reducing medicines waste and maximising patient outcomes. This is a patient-facing role and will include involvement in long term condition management, structured medication review, multidisciplinary case discussions, delivery of services to care homes and addressing needs of patients in their homes. You will also use your expertise to undertake clinical audit to improve quality of care.

Main duties of the job

• Provide pro-active leadership on medicines and prescribing systems to the practice multidisciplinary team, patients and their carers within the Thanet locality.
• Develop and deliver patient facing services and clinics which improve patient outcomes, reflect the needs of the population and shift workload from other disciplines
• Deliver direct patient consultations and prescribing as part of practices and cluster multidisciplinary team approach for acute illness
• Improve patient and carer understanding of, confidence in and compliance with their medicines
• Provide pharmaceutical consultations and home visits to patients with long term conditions as an integral part of the multidisciplinary team
• Field medicines and prescribing queries from patients and staff
• Working with Kent and Medway ICB Medicines Optimisation Pharmacists, organize and oversee the practices medicines optimisation systems including the repeat prescribing and medication review systems within own competencies.
• Deliver high quality medication reviews and develop bespoke medicines treatment plans for patients (particularly the elderly, complex patients and those at high risk of admission)
• Improve the safety and quality of prescribing following hospital admissions and attendance by conducting discharge medicines reconciliation activities.
• Improve the quality effectiveness of prescribing through clinical audit and education to improve performance against NICE standards, prescribing guidance and other clinical standards

About us
We are friendly, forward-looking training practice with 6 Partners, Salaried GP's, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Nurse Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Paramedic Practitioners, HCA's, supported by our Care Navigators, GP assistants and administrative Team. We as a Practice are proud to have pioneered number of quality improvement programmes which have been recognised locally, regionally and nationally. These programme's have helped us improve the outcomes for our patients but also work life balance for our colleagues .

Details
Date posted: 28 July 2026
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: Depending on experience
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: A2559-26-0007
Job locations: St Anthony’s Way, Margate, Kent, CT9 2TR, United Kingdom; Dashwood Medical Centre, Grange Road, Ramsgate, Kent, CT11 9PR, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
To work as part of the Practice team to improve the population / patients health outcomes by providing direct, accessible and timely medicines expertise.

To pro-actively transfer workload relating to medicines optimisation issues from other clinical staff to improve patient care, safety and free up scarce clinical staff to spend more time on clinical care.

Job description
Job responsibilities
To work as part of the Practice team to improve the population / patients health outcomes by providing direct, accessible and timely medicines expertise.

To pro-actively transfer workload relating to medicines optimisation issues from other clinical staff to improve patient care, safety and free up scarce clinical staff to spend more time on clinical care.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council, with no restrictions on practice.
• Confident working independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development

Desirable

• Extensive knowledge of medicines optimisation acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent
• GPhC Independent Prescribing Qualification
• Statement of progression from CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Program
• Previous experience in General Practice or Primary Care

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council, with no restrictions on practice.
• Confident working independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development

Desirable

• Extensive knowledge of medicines optimisation acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent
• GPhC Independent Prescribing Qualification
• Statement of progression from CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Program
• Previous experience in General Practice or Primary Care

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).

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: Northdown & Dashwood Surgery
Address: St Anthony’s Way, Margate, Kent, CT9 2TR, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://northdownsurgery.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details
Employer name: Northdown & Dashwood Surgery
Address: St Anthony’s Way, Margate, Kent, CT9 2TR, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://northdownsurgery.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Operations Manager
Rianna Horton
rianna.horton1@nhs.net
01843266322

Details
Date posted: 28 July 2026
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: Depending on experience
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: A2559-26-0007
Job locations: St Anthony’s Way, Margate, Kent, CT9 2TR, United Kingdom; Dashwood Medical Centre, Grange Road, Ramsgate, Kent, CT11 9PR, United Kingdom

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