Practice Medicines Manager

This role supports the safe, effective, and well-organised use of medicines within the practice. It combines medicines management with responsibility for the smooth and financially sustainable running of the dispensary. You will work closely with GPs, pharmacists, the dispensary team, and the Practice Manager.

Dispensary Business Lead

You will help ensure the dispensary runs smoothly, efficiently, and sustainably.

This role may be split into 2 different roles dependent on the applicant.

You will help make sure medicines are used safely, appropriately, and efficiently for patients and the practice.

Key tasks include

• Acting as a main point of contact for medicines-related queries in a patient-friendly way
• Supporting patients and clinicians to make informed treatment choices
• Helping ensure medicines are used safely and effectively
• Supporting quality improvement
• Responding to queries from pharmacies, hospitals, and patients
• Supporting shared care arrangements

Monitoring and safety

• Collecting simple monthly data to track medicines management and identify improvements
• Keeping an up-to-date register of patients on higher risk medicines and arranging regular blood tests
• Managing medicine safety alerts
• Monitoring the use of certain medicines and working with clinicians to improve safety

Improvement and teamwork

• Taking part in audits and quality improvement cycles, sharing learning with the wider team
• Attending medicines meetings and training, and sharing key learning within the practice
• Helping the practice follow agreed medicine guidelines and formularies

Patient support and systems

• Improving patient information about medicines
• Supporting patients with questions or concerns about their medicines
• Using digital systems to support medicines management and reporting
• Keeping up to date with medicine changes and contacting patients where needed

We are a welcoming, patient-centred GP practice caring for a rural community of around 4,300 patients
. As a proud training practice
, we are committed to developing future GPs and clinicians, fostering a supportive learning environment and a culture of continuous improvement.

Our team is known for being friendly, supportive, and highly focused on delivering excellent patient care
. We work collaboratively across clinical, administrative, and community roles to provide safe, compassionate, and high-quality services.

We are rated CQC Outstanding
, reflecting our dedication to innovation, quality, and the wellbeing of our patients and staff.

We also work as part of the Keswick and Solway Primary Care Network (PCN), enabling us to deliver enhanced services, share expertise, and provide wider support for our local communities.

(Full job description details provided in the attached file is not included here.)

• We are a rural practice with no public transport links.
• It is essential to have a full driving licence and access to a car

• GCSE A - C Maths and English
• Previous NHS or Healthcare Experience

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.