• Job Description

  Req#: A3155-25-0003?language=en&page=1241&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Grovelands Medical Centre are looking for an enthusiastic Practice Clinical Pharmacist with General Practice experience to work closely with our practice teams - to deliver our pharmacy vision, delivering excellent pharmacy-led services for patients registered with the practice. Experience in General Practice is desirable.

  Essential Requirements

  Registered with the GPHC

  Degree or equivalent in pharmacy

  Desirable Requirements

  Previous experience in primary care setting

  Clinical Diploma

  Independent prescribing qualifications

  Main duties of the job

  • Up-to-date clinical knowledge, a thorough understanding of primary care prescribing, medication reviews, experience of designing and implementing strategies for improving prescribing.
  • To uphold the NHS commitment to addressing health inequalities and be involved in ensuring care is available to people from all communities.
  • The ability to recognise their personal limitations and boundaries, to understand those of their colleagues, and refer to other colleagues when necessary.
  • The ability to thrive when working in a devolved, flexible, autonomous environment.
  • have excellent written and verbal communication skills, experience of influencing others, conducting, and managing face to face and remote clinical caseloads in primary care.

  About us

  • Deal with the repeat prescription system, acute prescription requests, management of medicines on transfer of care: discharge letters, treatment advice notes and medicines reconciliation.
  • Provide telephone clinics for patients with questions, queries, and concerns about their medicines.
  • Perform structured medication reviews, manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.
  • Work with the practice in enabling them to develop and apply systems for safer prescribing.
  • Develop good relationships between local community pharmacies, and the PCN pharmacy team.
  • Involvement with periodic meetings for identifying and reviewing prescribing and patient safety issues.
  • Involvement in the Prescribing Quality Scheme, PINCER and QOF aspects for prescribing and audits.
  • Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration and conduct periodic care home visits to help achieve this.
  • To work efficiently with other members of the pharmacy team, clinicians, and the admin team.

  The role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and passion to deliver excellent service within general practice.

  Experience within General Practice is essential.

  Details

  Date posted

  29 April 2025

  Pay scheme

  Other

  Salary

  Depending on experience

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Flexible working

  Reference number

  A3155-25-0003

  Job locations

  701 Oxford Road

  Reading

  RG30 1HG

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • Up-to-date clinical knowledge, a thorough understanding of primary care prescribing, medication reviews, experience of designing and implementing strategies for improving prescribing.
  • To uphold the NHS commitment to addressing health inequalities and be involved in ensuring care is available to people from all communities.
  • The ability to recognise their personal limitations and boundaries, to understand those of their colleagues, and refer to other colleagues when necessary.
  • The ability to thrive when working in a devolved, flexible, autonomous environment.
  • You will be practicing at a senior level, have excellent written and verbal communication skills, experience of influencing others, conducting, and managing face to face and remote clinical caseloads in primary care.

  • Undertake a patient facing role in managing long-term conditions; working directly with patients to assess and treat conditions, as well as promote self-care.
  • Deal with the repeat prescription system, acute prescription requests, management of medicines on transfer of care: discharge letters, treatment advice notes and medicines reconciliation.
  • Provide telephone clinics for patients with questions, queries, and concerns about their medicines.
  • Perform structured medication reviews, manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.
  • Work with the practice in enabling them to develop and apply systems for safer prescribing.
  • Develop good relationships between local community pharmacies, and the PCN pharmacy team.
  • Develop and deliver medicines-related training for GP and ACP prescribers in the PCN, and education events for clinicians and patients.
  • Conduct periodic meetings for identifying and reviewing prescribing and patient safety issues.
  • Lead and own the Prescribing Quality Scheme, PINCER and QoF aspects for prescribing and audits.
  • Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration and conduct periodic care home visits to help achieve this.

  The role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and passion to deliver excellent service within general practice.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • Up-to-date clinical knowledge, a thorough understanding of primary care prescribing, medication reviews, experience of designing and implementing strategies for improving prescribing.
  • To uphold the NHS commitment to addressing health inequalities and be involved in ensuring care is available to people from all communities.
  • The ability to recognise their personal limitations and boundaries, to understand those of their colleagues, and refer to other colleagues when necessary.
  • The ability to thrive when working in a devolved, flexible, autonomous environment.
  • You will be practicing at a senior level, have excellent written and verbal communication skills, experience of influencing others, conducting, and managing face to face and remote clinical caseloads in primary care.

  • Undertake a patient facing role in managing long-term conditions; working directly with patients to assess and treat conditions, as well as promote self-care.
  • Deal with the repeat prescription system, acute prescription requests, management of medicines on transfer of care: discharge letters, treatment advice notes and medicines reconciliation.
  • Provide telephone clinics for patients with questions, queries, and concerns about their medicines.
  • Perform structured medication reviews, manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services.
  • Work with the practice in enabling them to develop and apply systems for safer prescribing.
  • Develop good relationships between local community pharmacies, and the PCN pharmacy team.
  • Develop and deliver medicines-related training for GP and ACP prescribers in the PCN, and education events for clinicians and patients.
  • Conduct periodic meetings for identifying and reviewing prescribing and patient safety issues.
  • Lead and own the Prescribing Quality Scheme, PINCER and QoF aspects for prescribing and audits.
  • Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration and conduct periodic care home visits to help achieve this.

  The role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and passion to deliver excellent service within general practice.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • GCSE grade A to C

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • GCSE grade A to C

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  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.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  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.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Grovelands Medical Centre

  Address

  701 Oxford Road

  Reading

  RG30 1HG

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.grovelandsmedicalcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Grovelands Medical Centre

  Address

  701 Oxford Road

  Reading

  RG30 1HG

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.grovelandsmedicalcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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