Clinical Pharmacist

The New Folly Surgery in Ingatestone is currently looking to welcome an experienced locum clinical pharmacist for a maternity contract from mid April 2026 until April 2027. This will be a fixed term contract for 3 days a week two days in surgery and one day working from home.

• 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
• Monitoring long term conditions
• Managing medication reviews and DMARD protocols
• Liaising with GPs to ensure the monitoring of patient medication
• Document management
• Medicine reconciliations as well as other clinical document management letters

Those who are successfully shortlisted will be invited for an informal visit.

Interviews will be held at the beginning of March 2026.

We are a medium sized, 7100 patient list sized GMS GP surgery in the heart of Ingatestone and one of 8 practices making up Brentwood Primary Care Network (PCN). We are contracted to and work with NHS Mid & South Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB). We have an overall staff of 20 comprising 3 Partners and a salaried GP, a paramedic, a clinical pharmacist and a physician associate, a nursing team of three and a support team led and managed by our practice manager.

We are a teaching and training practice for ARU.

We offer a competitive starting pay and annual leave allowance plus access to the NHS pension scheme and development and training opportunities.

Ifyou would like to find out more information about this role, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.

• Completion of a degree in pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Masters degree in pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent
• Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience including primary care and at least one other field in pharmacy (community or hospital)

• Demonstrable experience of working within a pharmaceutical environment
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team and liaising with all members of the practice clinical and non-clinical staff for the collective benefit of the patients
• Specialist experience in the management of long term conditions asthma, COPD and diabetes in particular
• Awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-term health conditions and be able to demonstrate general pharmaceutical skills and knowledge in core areas
• Experience of planning, managing, monitoring, and advising patients on general pharmaceutical areas and assisting patients with medication reviews
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and in writing and have a strong understanding of the importance of confidentiality

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.