Job requirements
Essential
8 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-term conditions that are likely to be seen in a general medical practice
- Experience
Ability to demonstrate general pharmaceutical skills and knowledge in core areas
- Experience
Ability to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general care plans for patients with long-term conditions
- Experience
Ability to demonstrate accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision as an individuals
- Qualifications
Completion of a degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Qualifications
Post-qualification experience in pharmacy (hospital, primary care or community)
- Qualifications
Qualified independent prescriber desirable
- Qualifications
Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job summary
Two Rivers Medical Centre are looking to welcome a qualified and experienced clinical pharmacist into our busy practice, to play a full and active role within our multi-disciplinary team. The role is offered on a full or part-time basis.
Main duties of the job
- Clinically assessing and treating patients, using expert knowledge of medicines
- Providing specialist expertise in the use of medicines and medicine information
- Providing pharmaceutical medication review and health education advice to patients, by face-to-face, telephone or notes-based review, as agreed with the practice
- 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
- Undertaking minor ailments triage and directing patients, based on clinical need
- Providing clinical advice and expertise on medication
- Liaising with other providers, such as secondary care, community pharmacy and care or nursing homes, as necessary, to ensure the safe transfer of care
- Being part of a professional clinical network and having access to appropriate clinical supervision;
- 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
About us
As an Employee of Two Rivers Medical Centre, you will enjoy the following benefits:
Details
- Date posted: 12 October 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: Depending on experience - depending on experience
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
- Reference number: 30053
- Job locations: 30 Woodbridge Rd East, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 5PB, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
The main responsibilities of the role include:
UK Registration
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This advert is for Pharmacist with Primary Care Careers in Ipswich, England. It is listed as a Pharmacist role. The advertised salary is Negotiable. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 22 Oct 2026.
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