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Salters Meadow Centre

Practice Pharmacist

The closing date is 20 March 2026

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Job summary

Salters Meadow Centre is looking for a qualified Clinical Pharmacist with a prescribing qualification, ideally with experience working in Primary Care. We are a friendly and welcoming GP Practice in Burntwood, acheiving high QOF results and maintaining a good CQC Standard.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking a motivated pharmacist to join our team. You will be working alongside the GP Partners and clinical team.

You will deliver patient facing clinics, repeat prescription management, acute prescription requests, medication reviews, respond to queries and patient safety alerts. Please see job description for further details.

You will be an independent prescriber.

About us

Salters Meadow Centre provides care for approximately 11500 patients. We have an established team of 4 GP Partners, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, 4 Practice Nurses, a HCA and Phlebotomist. We are also supported by the PCN staff.

We are a training practice and we are an active member of Burntwood Primary Care Network.

We believe in delivering the highest standards of care and disease prevention.

Details

Date posted

23 February 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

A3417-26-0001

Job locations

Salters Meadow Centre

Rugeley Road

Chase Terrace

Burntwood

Staffordshire

WS7 1AQ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Salters Meadow Centre - Clinical Pharmacist

The post holder is a pharmacist, who acts within their professional boundaries, supporting and working alongside a team of GPs in general practice. In this role they will be supported by the Clinical Team who will develop, manage and mentor them.

The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role. The post holder will take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the practice and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy.

The post holder will provide primary support to general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries. They will help support the repeat prescriptions 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.

The post holder will provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.

The post holder will ensure that the practice integrates with community and hospital pharmacy to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage workload. The role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and passion to deliver excellent service within general practice.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Salters Meadow Centre - Clinical Pharmacist

The post holder is a pharmacist, who acts within their professional boundaries, supporting and working alongside a team of GPs in general practice. In this role they will be supported by the Clinical Team who will develop, manage and mentor them.

The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role. The post holder will take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the practice and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy.

The post holder will provide primary support to general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries. They will help support the repeat prescriptions 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.

The post holder will provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.

The post holder will ensure that the practice integrates with community and hospital pharmacy to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare and help manage workload. The role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and passion to deliver excellent service within general practice.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm)
  • Independent Prescriber

Desirable

  • Experience in Primary Care
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm)
  • Independent Prescriber

Desirable

  • Experience in Primary Care
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Excellent interpersonal skills

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

Salters Meadow Centre

Address

Salters Meadow Centre

Rugeley Road

Chase Terrace

Burntwood

Staffordshire

WS7 1AQ


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Salters Meadow Centre

Address

Salters Meadow Centre

Rugeley Road

Chase Terrace

Burntwood

Staffordshire

WS7 1AQ


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Practice Manager

Lucy Tabberer

lucy.tabberer@staffs.nhs.uk

01543676965

Details

Date posted

23 February 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

A3417-26-0001

Job locations

Salters Meadow Centre

Rugeley Road

Chase Terrace

Burntwood

Staffordshire

WS7 1AQ


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