Clinical Pharmacist – Framlingham Surgery

We are part of Suffolk Primary Care, which is a group of GP practices delivering patient care across Suffolk. We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and flexible Clinical Pharmacist, with excellent interpersonal skills, to join our fantastic team at Framlingham Medical Practice in Framlingham, Suffolk.

The vacancy is for between 25-30 hours a week; however, this may be negotiable for the right candidate. Flexibility is crucial to accommodate training, holidays and occasional sickness.

Framlingham Medical Practice supports in excess of 9,000patients from a diverse range of backgrounds. We have an established team with a strong focus on customer service and on developing and nurturing staff in order to deliver excellent standards of patient care. We would love to hear from candidates with healthcare experience. We are also keen to hear from those that can show flexibility and a range of transferable skills.

We use SystmOne and Anima to facilitate effective and efficient ways of working.

You should be able to work calmly and professionally as part of a team, with the ability to multi-task. A strong command of written and spoken English with an excellent telephone manner is a must. Good time management skills and the ability to follow protocols and or instruction and attention to detail is essential.

We offer a competitive salary along with other employee benefits, and the opportunity to join the NHS pension scheme.

Main duties of the job

• To reduce the medicines related workload on doctors
• Increase safety and quality of prescribed medicines
• Provide support on medicines related issues to the whole practice team
• Be a point of contact for patients regarding medicines queries
• Clinical Medication Review
• Chronic Disease Management (for example, managing hypertension/Type 2
• Diabetes/Asthma/COPD patients, polypharmacy review)
• Medicines reconciliation on transfer between care providers
• Care home/Frailty medication review
• Focusing on QOF Domains, improving disease registers
• Prescribing Safety audits, Clinical audit, Local Enhanced Services support
• Lead on prescription management (systems and processes, ensuring monitoring is being done, support clerical staff)
• Actioning of MHRA safety alerts
• To develop and facilitate a good working relationship with community pharmacists and other local providers of healthcare.
• To plan and organise own workload, including audit and project work, and training sessions for members of the practice team, patients, and carers.
• To maintain registration as a pharmacist and comply with appropriate professional codes.
• As appropriate to the post, to maintain and develop professional competence and expertise, keep up to date with medical/therapeutic evidence and opinion, and local and national service, legislation and policy developments,
• To undertake any other duties commensurate with the post holders grade as agreed with the post holders line manager.

About us

Framlingham Medical Practice is a 2 partner practice.

• 2 GP partners
• 4 Salaried GP’s
• Clinical pharmacist
• 1 Advanced Nurse Practitioner
• 1 Paediatric Advanced Nurse Practitioner
• 1 Paramedic
• 3 Practice nurses
• 2 Healthcare assistant
• Phlebotomist
• Dispensary team

The clinical team is supported by our experienced Administration and Reception teams.

The practice is an established GP Training practice.

The practice also offers placements to final year medical students from the University of Cambridge and the University of East Anglia.

In addition to our regular team we have an extended team consisting of

• physiotherapist
• CMAS (Community Memory Assessment Service)
• Midwife
• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) scanners
• Chiropodist

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Closing date: 31st May 2026