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Job requirements
Essential
22 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Ability to organise and prioritise own work and that of others against competing priorities.
- Skills
Ability to interpret prescribing and performance data.
- Skills
Leadership and line-management experience.
- Skills
Experience of supervision, teaching, training or developing colleagues.
- Skills
Confident use of Microsoft Office and primary-care clinical systems, including EMIS.
- Knowledge
Able to apply clinical knowledge appropriately in a variety of practice settings and patient groups.
- Knowledge
Extensive clinical knowledge of drug therapies.
- Knowledge
Understanding of evidence-based medicine and demonstrable critical-appraisal skills.
- Experience
Minimum of five years post-registration experience.
- Experience
Substantial patient-facing clinical pharmacy experience, including medication review clinics.
- Experience
Experience working within a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience
Good understanding of primary-care structures and general practice.
- Experience
Experience of service development, project delivery, policy development and clinical audit.
- Qualifications
Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm or equivalent pre-2000 qualification) plus one years pre-registration training.
- Qualifications
Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
- Qualifications
Registered Independent Prescriber.
- Qualifications
Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
- Qualifications
Postgraduate training in clinical or pharmacy practice to Diploma level.
- Personal Qualities
Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.
- Personal Qualities
Able to prioritise and work to deadlines.
- Personal Qualities
Able to work autonomously and as part of a team.
- Personal Qualities
Strong relationship-building and influencing skills.
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job summary
Lead Clinical Pharmacist, Lewisham Division, Modality Partnership
Ready to make an impact? Seeking a fresh challenge? This could be the role for you!
Modality Partnership Lewisham Division has a full-time vacancy for a Lead Clinical Pharmacist. The postholder will be a high-performing Independent Prescribing Pharmacist, working across the Division with leadership skills to support, supervise, teach and develop pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
At Modality Partnership, our CARE values, Commitment, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence, guide everything we do. Join a team that embodies these values in every patient interaction and across the wider organisation. This role is suitable for someone who is career-driven and passionate about delivering high standards of patient care and effective medicines optimisation for patients registered with our practices.
Why join us?
- Enrolment to the NHS pension scheme
- Annual leave minimum 27 days, plus 8 bank holidays pro rata
- Employee discounts and benefits scheme
- Employee assistance programme (EAP)
- Education and career pathways
- Enhanced family-friendly policies
- Flexible working
- Wellbeing support and initiatives
If you are interested in learning more, please read on.
Main duties of the job
This is a rounded, hands-on Lead Clinical Pharmacist role combining clinical practice with leadership and management responsibility. The postholder will provide professional leadership, line management, supervision, teaching, training and development for the pharmacy team.
The postholder will work as an Independent Prescriber in a patient-facing role, clinically assessing and treating patients, undertaking structured medication reviews and medication reviews, managing medicines-related queries and supporting long-term condition care within their scope of practice.
The postholder will collaborate with the Divisional Board, practices, the ICB and the wider Modality Partnership to ensure safe prescribing, effective medicines optimisation, robust governance, audit, medicines safety and delivery of agreed performance and quality priorities.
The role is planned as a Monday-to-Friday, 9am-5pm post across Modality Lewisham sites. It requires flexibility, innovation and autonomous working, with protected leadership time alongside direct clinical delivery.
About us
Our Lewisham practices are part of Modality Partnership, one of the UKs largest GP super-partnerships, serving over 500,000 patients with a workforce of more than 1,800 staff. We continuously innovate to improve patient care and staff experience, embracing digital tools and automation to enhance how services are delivered.
This role will work directly with key stakeholders to harmonise ways of working and improve patient and staff experience while building a broad portfolio of clinical, leadership and service-development skills in primary care.
Modality Partnership is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to equal employment opportunities in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Details
- Date posted: 20 October 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: Depending on experience
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
- Reference number: E0281-26-0189
- Job locations: The Jenner Practice, Jenner Health Centre, 201-203 Stanstead Road, LONDON, SE23 1HU, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the supporting documents for the full job description and core responsibilities.
You will love this job if you have the drive to integrate clinical pharmacy skills into primary care, lead and develop a multidisciplinary medicines team, and implement practical solutions that improve patient care and the day-to-day working environment.
Please note: Modality Partnership reserves the right to close this vacancy at any point during the recruitment stage.
Pre-employment Requirements:
Vaccinations
Mandatory vaccination evidence required(Hepatitis B, MMR & Varicella) As part of recruitment, we will check the vaccination status of new starters so that individual and environmental risks can be managed. Support will be offered where appropriate, and evidence will be required where vaccination is mandatory for the role.
Right to work checks
Applicants invited for interview must provide evidence of their right to work in the UK.
References
References must be secured before employment begins; one must be from the current or most recent employer.
Employment history
Applicants must explain any employment gaps of six weeks or more.
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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