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Senior Clinical Practice Pharmacist Job at Bristol Full Time NEW

Job summary

Do you want to take your career to the next level with support to develop, and lead our enthusiastic, fun and skill mixed pharmacy team? The role of the Senior Clinical Practice Pharmacist is well embedded in the wider practice clinical team and the post would suit those ideally with primary care experience looking for the next challenge.

This post is funded through the ARRS
(Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme) through the FABB PCN. However, you would be working solely for Air Balloon Surgery and join our existing team of experienced Clinical Practice Pharmacists, one of them prescribing, and Pharmacy Technician.

You will be regularly supervised by a GP partner and will receive opportunities to grow and develop professionally.

The post could be worked as full time over five days, or part time – minimum of 22.5 hours over three days.

Competitive salary offered, negotiable depending on experience and skillset. 5.6 weeks pro rata annual leave per year with one week study leave.

We see this post as a senior clinical role within the wider clinical team and are keen to embrace and further develop the potential for clinical pharmacy in our practice vision for high quality clinical services.

The successful candidate will have a minimum of five years post graduate experience, be an independent prescriber with primary care prescribing experience, and will have completed the Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway.

Main duties of the job

Leadership of the Practice Pharmacy Team- ensuring the team delivers acomprehensive high-quality service to the patients and staff of the practice

Patient facing roles seeing patients and managing medication relatedproblems and queries. Medication reviews at point of care transfer,especially for older frail, care homes and polypharmacy

Staff facing roles – providing support to general practice staff in relation torepeat prescriptions and medication queries

Quality, governance and improvement – working with the prescribing and wider practice team on safety and medicines optimisation. Leading on initiatives, medicines audit work and local projects and schemes of work

The
team manage a complex and varied program of working across all aspects of
medicines management. This includes day to day and more developmental and
strategic work. The post holder would lead this work along with quality
improvement, audit and development of services.

All
posts are employed by the practice and working within the practice although all Pharmacy team members come under the PCN ARRS scheme. We work closely with the ICB
Clinical Pharmacist.

About us

We are supportive, friendly and innovative and value team
players with a can do attitude to join our close knit team. We have an excellent track record for
supporting the development of individuals in specialist posts.

3 Partners and 6 Associate (salaried) GPs

Home Visits done
by Frail Care Physiotherapist

Extensively skilled nursing team, including
Urgent Care Nurses and nurse prescribers

Three clinical
practice pharmacists including two prescribing

Extremely supportive and highly-trained Care
Navigator team.

CPD well supported in-house and with external
training

Modern, spacious, purpose built premises

GP Training practice

We are a registered Park-Run Practice.

Achieved overall good CQC rating

Details

Date posted

11 June 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Competitive salary negotiable depending on experience & skill set

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,

Part-time

Reference number

A0104-26-0004

Job locations

Air Balloon Surgery

Kenn Road

Bristol

BS5 7PD

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Brief summary below – please see attached Job Description for full details

Job responsibilities

The post holder is an experienced clinical pharmacist with previous experience of working in Primary Care, who acting within their professional boundaries and as part of the wider clinical team, will develop and manage medicine management services within the practice.

The post holder will lead the multi-disciplinary pharmacy team, to meet practice service requirements for medicines management.

The postholder will manage systems and be part of the workforce relating to repeat prescribing, authorisations and reauthorisation, acute prescription request, management of medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing.

The post holder will lead processes and perform medication review of patients with polypharmacy especially for older people, people in residential care homes and those with multiple co-morbidities.

The post holder will provide leadership on medicines optimisation, leading on local ICB projects and schemes of work, quality improvement and clinical audit.

See attached Job Description for full details;

Leadership of the practice pharmacy team

Line managing the team to ensure an effective high quality service is provided

Managing the practice pharmacy service

Lead and contribute to all national and local projects, initiatives contracts and schemes.

Managing change for medicines management.

Provision of clinical services.

Running own long term conditions work

Working as part of the urgent care team

Managing patients referred by other members of the wider practice team

Medication reviews


Job description

Job responsibilities

Brief summary below – please see attached Job Description for full details

Job responsibilities

The post holder is an experienced clinical pharmacist with previous experience of working in Primary Care, who acting within their professional boundaries and as part of the wider clinical team, will develop and manage medicine management services within the practice.

The post holder will lead the multi-disciplinary pharmacy team, to meet practice service requirements for medicines management.

The postholder will manage systems and be part of the workforce relating to repeat prescribing, authorisations and reauthorisation, acute prescription request, management of medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing.

The post holder will lead processes and perform medication review of patients with polypharmacy especially for older people, people in residential care homes and those with multiple co-morbidities.

The post holder will provide leadership on medicines optimisation, leading on local ICB projects and schemes of work, quality improvement and clinical audit.

See attached Job Description for full details;

Leadership of the practice pharmacy team

Line managing the team to ensure an effective high quality service is provided

Managing the practice pharmacy service

Lead and contribute to all national and local projects, initiatives contracts and schemes.

Managing change for medicines management.

Provision of clinical services.

Running own long term conditions work

Working as part of the urgent care team

Managing patients referred by other members of the wider practice team

Medication reviews

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
  • Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent)
  • Independent prescriber

Desirable

  • A member of or working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
  • Specialist knowledge acquired through post- graduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience

Experience

Essential

  • Minimum of 5 years post qualification experience;
  • In-depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of theprinciples of evidence based healthcare;
  • Gain acceptance for recommendations and influence/motivate/ persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations/agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers;
  • Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision;

Desirable

  • Previous line management experience

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

  • An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practices
  • An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
  • Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients)
  • Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions
  • Good IT skills
  • Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
  • Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate

Desirable

  • Specialist knowledge in a clinical area such as heart failure, diabetes etc.
  • Familiar with EMIS

Personal qualities and attributes

Essential

  • Ability to motivate others;
  • Is able to manage multiple and complex numerous workstreams across ateam;
  • Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills;
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
  • Adaptable, self-motivating and hard working;
  • Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines;
  • Produce timely and informative reports;
  • Work effectively independently and as a team member;
  • Is able to bring qualities of innovative thinking, enthusiasm and commitment to the post;

Other

Essential

  • Enhanced level Disclosure and Barring Service clearance

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
  • Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) (or equivalent)
  • Independent prescriber

Desirable

  • A member of or working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
  • Specialist knowledge acquired through post- graduate diploma level or equivalent training/experience

Experience

Essential

  • Minimum of 5 years post qualification experience;
  • In-depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of theprinciples of evidence based healthcare;
  • Gain acceptance for recommendations and influence/motivate/ persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations/agreed course of action where there may be significant barriers;
  • Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision;

Desirable

  • Previous line management experience

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

  • An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practices
  • An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
  • Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients)
  • Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions
  • Good IT skills
  • Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
  • Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate

Desirable

  • Specialist knowledge in a clinical area such as heart failure, diabetes etc.
  • Familiar with EMIS

Personal qualities and attributes

Essential

  • Ability to motivate others;
  • Is able to manage multiple and complex numerous workstreams across ateam;
  • Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills;
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
  • Adaptable, self-motivating and hard working;
  • Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines;
  • Produce timely and informative reports;
  • Work effectively independently and as a team member;
  • Is able to bring qualities of innovative thinking, enthusiasm and commitment to the post;

Other

Essential

  • Enhanced level Disclosure and Barring Service clearance

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

Air Balloon Surgery

Address

Air Balloon Surgery

Kenn Road

Bristol

BS5 7PD

United Kingdom

Employer’s website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Air Balloon Surgery

Address

Air Balloon Surgery

Kenn Road

Bristol

BS5 7PD

United Kingdom

Employer’s website

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

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