Job Description

About the Role

Vida Healthcare has an exciting and new opportunity that has arisen. We are currently looking to employ a reliable and hard-working permanent registered pharmacist on a full or part-time basis, to provide additional pharmacy support to the practice. The role will cover work for patients registered across the four sites.



You will be responsible for providing a high-quality service to all our patients, help to achieve prescribing targets within the prescribing team and ensure patient data is accurate. In addition, you will be offering an excellent standard of support to all clinical and admin staff, ensuring good quality service delivery and confidentiality, with patient satisfaction a priority.



Main responsibilities will include;
Provide pharmaceutical consultations to patients with long term conditions as an integral part of the multidisciplinary team. Draw up structured medication reviews. Complete complex discharge and clinic letters. Improve patient and carer understanding of confidence in and compliance with their medication. Provide advice and answer medication related queries from patients and staff. Organise and oversee the work of the PCN pharmacy team, to help ensure the requirements of the practice are being fulfilled and align. Improve the quality and effectiveness of prescribing through clinical audit and education to improve performance against NICE standards, and clinical and prescribing guidance. Develop yourself and the role through participation in clinical supervision, training, and service redesign activities. Contribute to a patient safety culture through reporting and investigation of medicines incidents and undertaking proactive measures to improve patient safety. Work with community pharmacists, hospital pharmacists, and other stakeholders in the medicines supply chain to improve patient experience and manage incidents.

For more details please see job description attached.

About the Candidate

Our patients demand the highest standards of care and if you are conscientious with a strong team-working ethic, with the ability to achieve targets during lone working, then this could be the ideal role for you.

You will be a qualified pharmacist with strong experience within primary care and have the following skills and qualifications:
Applicants MUST have previous general practice experience or have prior experience working as a GP Pharmacist If not already obtained, as part of their employment, the post holder will achieve qualification from an accredited training pathway. (CPPE Clinical Pharmacist Training pathway) Independent prescribing qualification (not essential) Supervision and mentorship network will be provided The successful candidate must possess an MPharm degree or equivalent and management experience is desired but not essential. You will be required to have your GPhC registration upon your start date.

About Us

Vida Healthcare is a multi-site, part- dispensing GP partnership looking after approx. 30,300 patients across 4 sites in 3 locations in West Norfolk. We are highly organised and efficient with incredible support teams. Additionally supported by the PCN working together to deliver high quality primary healthcare.

We have a positive vision for the future with strong team working ethics.


Experienced impressive growth Competitive salary Opportunity for extended roles Flexibility for right candidate for sessions/hours/locations, PMS SystmOne High QOF achiever

We can offer: Free parking



For an informal visit, or more information, please contact nwicb.contactvida@nhs.net for the attention of Eli Coates, Management Assistant.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.