Practice Pharmacist – Comprehensive Primary Care Team

About the role

The Practice Pharmacist joins ProCare’s Comprehensive Primary Care Team (CPCT) to provide expert medicines advice within a general practice setting. You will work directly with patients and whānau, delivering personalised pharmacotherapy guidance and education while supporting equitable access to medication.

Key responsibilities

• Manage, optimise and reconcile medicines for patients.
• Conduct clinical evaluations and implement best‑practice medication protocols.
• Perform medication audits and quality‑improvement activities.
• Develop and oversee standards, policies and procedures for safe and equitable medicine use.
• Participate actively in an interdisciplinary team (IDT) to enhance team functioning.
• Build partnerships with health and wellbeing providers.

Required profile

• Current APC registration with no restrictions.
• At least 2 years’ experience as a registered pharmacist in primary or secondary care.
• Postgraduate study in clinical pharmacy or pharmacist prescribing (completed or in progress).
• Strong understanding of health inequities in Aotearoa New Zealand and application of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
• Cultural competency with knowledge of at‑risk communities.

Required skills

• Medicines management and optimisation.
• Medication reconciliation.
• Clinical evaluation of pharmacotherapy.
• Audit and quality‑improvement processes.
• Interdisciplinary team collaboration.

What we offer

• Opportunity to work within a leading primary health organisation.
• Support for professional development in clinical pharmacy.
• Engagement with diverse communities and focus on health equity.