Job requirements
Essential
14 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- You will be a qualified pharmacist with strong experience within primary care and have the following skills and qualifications:
Completion of a degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council;
- You will be a qualified pharmacist with strong experience within primary care and have the following skills and qualifications:
Post-qualification experience in pharmacy (hospital, primary care or community), or working towards obtaining this;
- You will be a qualified pharmacist with strong experience within primary care and have the following skills and qualifications:
Qualified independent prescriber;
- You will be a qualified pharmacist with strong experience within primary care and have the following skills and qualifications:
Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS);
- You will be a qualified pharmacist with strong experience within primary care and have the following skills and qualifications:
Awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-term conditions that are likely to be seen in a general medical practice;
- You will be a qualified pharmacist with strong experience within primary care and have the following skills and qualifications:
Ability to demonstrate general pharmaceutical skills and knowledge in core areas;
- You will be a qualified pharmacist with strong experience within primary care and have the following skills and qualifications:
Ability to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general care plans for patients with long-term conditions;
- You will be a qualified pharmacist with strong experience within primary care and have the following skills and qualifications:
Ability to demonstrate accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision as an individuals;
- You will be a qualified pharmacist with strong experience within primary care and have the following skills and qualifications:
Ability to recognise priorities when problem-solving and identify deviations from normal patterns, referring to seniors or GPs with confidence, when appropriate;
- You will be a qualified pharmacist with strong experience within primary care and have the following skills and qualifications:
Ability to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies, procedures and codes of conduct;
- You will be a qualified pharmacist with strong experience within primary care and have the following skills and qualifications:
Ability to assist patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence as per NICE guidance;
- You will be a qualified pharmacist with strong experience within primary care and have the following skills and qualifications:
Non-judgemental attitude and ability to be flexible and adaptable;
- You will be a qualified pharmacist with strong experience within primary care and have the following skills and qualifications:
Self-motivated with excellent communication skills;
- You will be a qualified pharmacist with strong experience within primary care and have the following skills and qualifications:
Understand the need for patient confidentiality.
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job summary
Tendring PCN is looking to welcome a qualified and experienced clinical pharmacist into our team at Caradoc Surgery. The role is offered on a full-time basis and is all on-site.
Main duties of the job
Please see the job description section below.
If you would like to find out more information about this role, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.
About us
Our primary care network is located on the north-east Essex coast, and strives on bringing together local health care and resources to deliver high quality, evidence-based and integrated care to all of our patients. We offer a range of benefits for staff including:
- 25 days annual leave entitlement
- NHS pension scheme
- Flexible working hours
- Peer support
- Supportive and friendly environment
Details
- Date posted: 15 October 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: £55,419 a year (up to) depending on experience
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: 30060
- Job locations: 35 Station Approach, Frinton-on-sea, Essex, CO13 9JT, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
The main responsibilities of the role include:
- Clinically assessing and treating patients, using expert knowledge of medicines, for specific disease areas;
- Providing specialist expertise in the use of medicines and medicine information (e.g. side-effects, dosage);
- Providing pharmaceutical medication review and health education advice to patients, by face-to-face, telephone or notes-based review, as agreed with the practice;
- Providing leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation and quality improvement;
- Contributing to public health campaigns, including flu vaccinations, childhood immunisation and adult immunisation programmes;
- Processing specialist treatment letters;
- Processing hospital medication discharge letters;
- Acting as a key contact, for all medication related queries;
- Supporting improvements in clinical care, through practice-based audits and implementing change;
- Running clinics where medicines are the main interventions e.g. anticoagulant monitoring clinics;
- Conducting care-planning, including: mental health, admission avoidance schemes and end-of-life patients.
- Reviewing daily pathology results and act on results.
- Undertaking minor ailments triage and directing patients, based on clinical need;
- Capturing relevant patient health information at all consultations including contributing to the quality outcomes framework;
- Monitoring patients with complex, long-term conditions such as hypertension, diabetes and COPD, ensuring that medication is optimised, titrated, monitored and complied with;
- Providing clinical advice and expertise on medication;
- Establishing ongoing professional relationships with individual patients;
- Liaising with other providers, such as secondary care, community pharmacy and care or nursing homes, as necessary, to ensure the safe transfer of care;
- Delivering on and/or overseeing relevant aspects of the PCN Directed Enhanced Service (DES).
- Taking a central role in the clinical aspects of shared-care protocols, clinical research with medicines and liaison with specialist pharmacists;
- Being part of a professional clinical network and having access to appropriate clinical supervision;
- Supporting the PCN clinical director as necessary;
- Managing the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process, by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates;
- Reviewing prescribing against local and national targets, and engaging with the wider prescribing team to rectify any issues;
- Carrying out structured medicines-optimisation reviews in care homes;
- Contributing to the reduction of medicine wastage within practices. across the PCN.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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This advert is for Clinical Pharmacist with Primary Care Careers in Frinton-on-sea, England. It is listed as a Pharmacist role. The advertised salary is £55419.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 27 Oct 2026.
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