Job requirements
Essential
15 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;
- You will be a qualified pharmacist with strong experience within primary care and have the following skills and qualifications:
Current UK professional registration, with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC);
- 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
Cuffley and Goffs Oak Medical Practice is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated clinical pharmacist to join our practice team. The position is part-time for three days a week - ideally Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Main duties of the job
If you would like to find out more information about this role, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.
About us
We are a large practice, based over two sites (just one mile apart) which are Valley View Health Centre and Cuffley Village Surgery - collectively known as Cuffley and Goffs Oak Medical Practice. We provide care to over 13,500 patients.
We have a happy, established team that consists of GPs, nurses and HCAs who are all supported by an experienced and organised admin team. We are also joined regularly and supported by colleagues from our PCN. We use Ardens templates, Accurx and SystmOne.
Details
- Date posted: 29 September 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: Depending on experience - depending on experience
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Part-time
- Reference number: 29894-1
- Job locations: Goffs Lane, Goffs Oak, Cuffley, Herts, EN7 5ET, 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;
- Supporting practice dispensary;
- 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
- Conducting care-planning, including: mental health, admission avoidance schemes and end-of-life patients.
- 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;
- 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.
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 Prescribing Pharmacist with Primary Care Careers in Cuffley, England. It is listed as a Pharmacist role. The advertised salary is Negotiable. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 14 Oct 2026.
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