Lead Practice Pharmacist

Job Summary

Lead Practice Prescribing Pharmacist will be the driving force behind high-quality, patient‑centred prescribing across our practice. This role offers the rare chance to shape medicines optimisation at a strategic and clinical level leading innovation, improving safety, and running your own advanced clinics. You will work at the heart of a supportive, forward-thinking team where your expertise is truly valued and your ideas influence how we deliver care.

If you are ambitious, passionate about improving patient outcomes, and excited by the opportunity to lead a modern pharmacy service in primary care, this is the role for you. We offer a collaborative environment, genuine autonomy, and the scope to grow your leadership, clinical and strategic skills while making a visible difference every day.

We will mainly want you based at the Practice, but there is also some opportunity for home working a day per week.

Silverdale Medical Practice is a well‑established, forward‑thinking GP surgery based within Pendlebury Health Centre, serving a diverse and growing population in Swinton and the wider Salford area. We are known locally for our strong clinical leadership, supportive team culture and commitment to delivering high‑quality, patient‑centred care.

Our multidisciplinary team includes GPs, NPs, ACPs, pharmacists, a pharmacy technician, nurses, HCAs, care coordinators and a responsive administrative team. We embrace innovation and digital transformation, and we work closely with Swinton Primary Care Network to expand access, develop new clinical pathways and deliver enhanced services for our community.

We pride ourselves on being a welcoming, collaborative workplace where every member of staff is encouraged to contribute ideas, develop professionally and take part in continuous improvement. With excellent relationships across the PCN and strong engagement with local partners, Silverdale offers a dynamic environment where clinicians can genuinely influence service development.

Above all, we are committed to providing safe, accessible and compassionate healthcare and we are looking for colleagues who share that ethos and want to make a meaningful difference to our patients’ lives.

• Date posted: 10 Rhagfyr 2025
• Pay scheme:
  Agenda for change
• Band: 8a (or 8b depending on experience)
• Salary:
  Dependent on experience band 8a/8b
• Contract:
  
  Permanent
• Working pattern:
  Full‑time, Job share, Flexible working, Home or remote working, Compressed hours
• Reference number: A5813‑25‑0002
• Job location:
  
  Pendlebury Health Centre, 659 Bolton Road, Pendlebury, Manchester, M27 8HP

• Deliver structured medication reviews for patients with complex polypharmacy, frailty, multimorbidity or high‑risk prescribing.
• Provide independent prescribing within the scope of competency for acute and long‑term conditions.
• Run dedicated clinics for hypertension, asthma/COPD, lipid optimisation, heart failure, anticoagulation and other agreed pathways.
• Conduct face‑to‑face, telephone and digital consultations, ensuring accurate and timely documentation.
• Support safe and effective repeat prescribing, including acute requests, synchronisation and streamlining.
• Work collaboratively with GPs, nurses, NPs, ACPs, pharmacy technicians and wider MDT colleagues.

• Lead on prescribing quality improvement initiatives aligned to QOF, ICB priorities, local prescribing incentive schemes and practice objectives.
• Analyse prescribing data (ePACT2, Open Prescribing, practice dashboards) to identify trends, risks and opportunities for improvement.
• Implement NICE guidance, MHRA drug safety alerts and local prescribing policies.
• Promote safe deprescribing where appropriate, ensuring patient engagement and shared decision‑making.
• Strengthen antimicrobial stewardship and contribute to reducing unwarranted variation in prescribing.

• Lead medicines‑related governance including incident reviews, audits, action plans and learning events.
• Oversee high‑risk drug monitoring and ensure compliance with shared care arrangements.
• Maintain robust repeat prescribing systems, cold chain…