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South Warwickshire GP Federation

Clinical Pharmacist

The closing date is 11 November 2025

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Clinical Pharmacist - Stratford Central Primary Care Network

South Warwickshire GP Federation

Salary: Dependent on experience, £46,155.00 £55,469.00

Job type: Maternity Cover, 12 month fixed term contract

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Location:The successful candidate will be required to travel between/or based at Stratford Central PCN Practices.Due to the geography and nature of the role aclean UK driving license and full use of car is essential.

Stratford Central PCN are looking to recruit Clinical Pharmacists who are passionate for delivering a quality service to their patients. The Clinical Pharmacist role supports to improve patients health outcomes and of the efficiency of the primary care team by providing direct, accessible and timely medicines expertise, including face to face. Clinical Pharmacist proactively transfer workload relating to medicines optimisation issues to improve patients care safety and free up clinical staff to spend more time on clinical care.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the jobThe post holder will help patients to get the best from their medicines by switching medications to agreed and approved protocols, improving repeat prescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.

  • To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using extensive experience and in-depth knowledge to be directly responsible for care and prescribing of defined cohort(s) of patients
  • To deliver and develop pharmacy led medicines optimisation working with general practice and the wider multidisciplinary team, ensuring practice remains up to date
  • To lead and promote, support and facilitate medicines optimisation for specialist area in the wider medicines agenda ensuring best value, reduced harm and improved outcomes.
  • To lead and deliver evaluation and audit of service delivery for specialist area in order to ensure a high-quality service and to further develop provision.
  • To work to the principles of Medicines Optimisation and relevant up to date national guidelines and evidence base.

About us

SWGP Federation is made up of GP practices from areas including Warwick, Leamington, Stratford-upon-Avon, and Kenilworth. We work together to deliver enhanced services for the 300,000 patients we cover, as well as improving working practices for our staff. We are proud to offer high levels of patient care across South Warwickshire. Our purpose is to grow, support and enable Primary Care in South Warwickshire by offering additional services and enabling individual practices to focus more time on delivering patient care.

o 25 days annual leave + bank holidays

o NHS Pension

o Health & Wellbeing support

o Vivup Employee Assistance Programme

o Bike2work Scheme

o Access to the Blue Light card

The Stratford Central PCN consists of the following practices.

Rother House Medical Centre and Bridge House Medical Centre

Details

Date posted

28 October 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

B0062-25-0019

Job locations

Gainsborough Hall

Russell Street

Leamington Spa

Warwickshire

CV32 5QB


Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will help patients to get the best from their medicines by switching medications to agreed and approved protocols, improving repeat prescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will help patients to get the best from their medicines by switching medications to agreed and approved protocols, improving repeat prescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
  • CPPE Qualified
  • IP Qualified
  • Extensive knowledge of medicines optimisation through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training.
  • Member of GPHC.
  • Understanding of the current national policies those impacting on medicines optimisation services.
  • Considers most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery; can take actions which support and promote this agenda.
  • Sound knowledge of medicines legislation and the vision for the development of clinical pharmacists within primary care.
  • Experience of a patient focused role and consultation skills to apply knowledge in a format patients/carer can understand.
  • Demonstrates understanding of legal, governance and ethical frameworks within which pharmacists and primary/secondary.

Desirable

  • GPHC Independent Prescribing Qualification.
  • Good understanding of primary care.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
  • CPPE Qualified
  • IP Qualified
  • Extensive knowledge of medicines optimisation through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training.
  • Member of GPHC.
  • Understanding of the current national policies those impacting on medicines optimisation services.
  • Considers most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery; can take actions which support and promote this agenda.
  • Sound knowledge of medicines legislation and the vision for the development of clinical pharmacists within primary care.
  • Experience of a patient focused role and consultation skills to apply knowledge in a format patients/carer can understand.
  • Demonstrates understanding of legal, governance and ethical frameworks within which pharmacists and primary/secondary.

Desirable

  • GPHC Independent Prescribing Qualification.
  • Good understanding of 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).

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

South Warwickshire GP Federation

Address

Gainsborough Hall

Russell Street

Leamington Spa

Warwickshire

CV32 5QB


Employer's website

https://www.southwarwickshiregps.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

South Warwickshire GP Federation

Address

Gainsborough Hall

Russell Street

Leamington Spa

Warwickshire

CV32 5QB


Employer's website

https://www.southwarwickshiregps.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

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Details

Date posted

28 October 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

B0062-25-0019

Job locations

Gainsborough Hall

Russell Street

Leamington Spa

Warwickshire

CV32 5QB


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