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North Rutland Health Partnership

Clinical Pharmacist Vacancy

The closing date is 26 September 2025

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Job summary

Oakham Medical Practice and Market Overton and Somerby Surgeries have the exciting opportunity to recruit a Practice Pharmacist.

Applications are warmly welcome from Pharmacists at any stage in their career. We can provide a stable and supportive background for newly qualified Pharmacists and those in their first 5 years or equally the opportunity to grow and develop if you have more experience. The role will be based within the three Practices.

We are a dynamic, creative and forward thinking Partner led team, training practice for GPST1-GPST3s and have supported numerous ACPs and Pharmacists throughout their training. This new role will be integral to our medicines management team and involve working to provide a safe medication service as well as innovatively managing our patients with long term conditions as part of our multi-disciplinary team.

The Practice uses SystmOne and operates Monday to Friday.

Main duties of the job

To work as an autonomous practitioner, within their professional boundaries, as part of the Practice multidisciplinary team. They will be supported by the Partners and Lead Pharmacist.

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.

About us

Oakham Medical Practice is based in a thriving market town in the beautiful county of Rutland. Market Overton is a picturesque village in the North of Rutland with a branch surgery in the village of Somerby just across the border in Leicestershire. The Practices serve 20000 patients as well as providing medical cover for the local public school in Oakham.

We are part of Rutland Health PCN and work collaboratively and effectively with our local partners in general practice, the community and social care.

Rutland is consistently voted in the top 3 best places to live in the UK. Local leisure pursuits are plentiful and schooling is highly regarded in both the local state and private sector.

Details

Date posted

21 August 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£40,823 to £54,710 a year NHS Pension, car parking, 6 weeks annual leave + Bank Holidays

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

A5710-25-0000

Job locations

Oakham Medical Practice

Cold Overton Road

Oakham

Rutland

LE15 6NT


Market Overton & Somerby Surgeries

Thistleton Road

Market Overton

Oakham

Rutland

LE15 7PP


Somerby Branch Surgery

Oakham Road

Somerby

Melton Mowbray

Leicestershire

LE14 2QF


Job description

Job responsibilities

To work as an autonomous practitioner within their professional boundaries as part of the Practice Multidisciplinary Team. They will be supported by the Partners and Lead Pharmacist.

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.

Responsibilities

Reauthorise repeat prescribing by reviewing patient requests, medicines reaching review dates and flagging up those in need of a review.

Ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place.

Provide telephone advice or face to face clinics to patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines and acute medication requests.

Reconcile medicines from clinical letters and following discharge from hospitals, identifying and rectifying any changes.

Work with patients face-to-face or on the telephone who have multiple medical conditions where medicine optimisation is required and review the on-going need for each medication i.e. Long Term Conditions.

Undertake clinical medication reviews, including structured medication reviews, with patients.

Answer relevant medication related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff, other healthcare teams, hospitals, District Nurses and community Pharmacies.

Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in areas directed by the GPs and ICB, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the Practice Team.

Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance.

Work with the Team to ensure the Practice is compliant with CQC standards.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To work as an autonomous practitioner within their professional boundaries as part of the Practice Multidisciplinary Team. They will be supported by the Partners and Lead Pharmacist.

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.

Responsibilities

Reauthorise repeat prescribing by reviewing patient requests, medicines reaching review dates and flagging up those in need of a review.

Ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place.

Provide telephone advice or face to face clinics to patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines and acute medication requests.

Reconcile medicines from clinical letters and following discharge from hospitals, identifying and rectifying any changes.

Work with patients face-to-face or on the telephone who have multiple medical conditions where medicine optimisation is required and review the on-going need for each medication i.e. Long Term Conditions.

Undertake clinical medication reviews, including structured medication reviews, with patients.

Answer relevant medication related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff, other healthcare teams, hospitals, District Nurses and community Pharmacies.

Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in areas directed by the GPs and ICB, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the Practice Team.

Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance.

Work with the Team to ensure the Practice is compliant with CQC standards.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • We can provide a stable and supportive background for newly qualified Pharmacists and those in their first 5 years or equally the opportunity to grow and develop if you have more experience.

Desirable

  • Experience of working in a GP practice

Qualifications

Essential

  • Accredited pharmacy degree.

Desirable

  • .

Knowledge

Essential

  • Providing clinical expertise and being an educational resource for colleagues in relation to medicines eg doses, side-effects, alternatives etc whilst helping to address the public health and social needs of patients within NICE and other evidence-based guidelines
  • Good knowledge, awareness and understanding of relevant professional and clinical standards and guidelines
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • We can provide a stable and supportive background for newly qualified Pharmacists and those in their first 5 years or equally the opportunity to grow and develop if you have more experience.

Desirable

  • Experience of working in a GP practice

Qualifications

Essential

  • Accredited pharmacy degree.

Desirable

  • .

Knowledge

Essential

  • Providing clinical expertise and being an educational resource for colleagues in relation to medicines eg doses, side-effects, alternatives etc whilst helping to address the public health and social needs of patients within NICE and other evidence-based guidelines
  • Good knowledge, awareness and understanding of relevant professional and clinical standards and guidelines
  • Good interpersonal and communication 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

North Rutland Health Partnership

Address

Oakham Medical Practice

Cold Overton Road

Oakham

Rutland

LE15 6NT


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

North Rutland Health Partnership

Address

Oakham Medical Practice

Cold Overton Road

Oakham

Rutland

LE15 6NT


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Practice Manager

Claire Southerington

claire.southerington@nhs.net

+441572490399

Details

Date posted

21 August 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£40,823 to £54,710 a year NHS Pension, car parking, 6 weeks annual leave + Bank Holidays

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

A5710-25-0000

Job locations

Oakham Medical Practice

Cold Overton Road

Oakham

Rutland

LE15 6NT


Market Overton & Somerby Surgeries

Thistleton Road

Market Overton

Oakham

Rutland

LE15 7PP


Somerby Branch Surgery

Oakham Road

Somerby

Melton Mowbray

Leicestershire

LE14 2QF


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