Clinical Pharmacist - Parkside Practice
The closing date is 24 November 2025
Job summary
Clinical Pharmacist
Salary - Dependent on experience
Hours 30 hours minimum
Location Parkside Family Practice, Green Road, Reading no hybrid working available
An exciting opportunity for a Clinical Pharmacist has arisen to join our Primary Care Network team.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and proactive individual who enjoys challenging and varied work and who will share our vision of providing excellent patient care.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will have completed their CPPE pathway and be joining an established Pharmacy Team and work closely with the wider clinical team to help deliver safe and high-quality medicines management for our patients.
As well as having up to date clinical knowledge, preferred candidates will have an understanding understand primary care medicines management.We are also seeking a commitment to addressing health inequalities and proactively reaching people from all communities.
About us
Overview of your organisation
Wokingham North PCN limited comprises 3 GP surgeries with a total population of 38,000 patients and we aspire to be a progressive and innovative team, working collaboratively to share best practice and to delivery excellent clinical pharmacy services to our patients.
Details
Date posted
04 November 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
A5622-25-0013
Job locations
Parkside Family Practice
224 Wokingham Road
Reading
RG6 1JS
Job description
Job responsibilities
Develop and manage a medicines management plan and deliver patient services as determined by Network policy and local and national guidance. Maximise cost-effective prescribing and improve the quality of patient care.
JOB PURPOSE
Provide expertise in clinical medicines review and address public health and social needs of patients in GP practices
Reduce inappropriate poly-pharmacy and wasteful prescribing through clinical medication review
Reconcile medicines following hospital discharge and work with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines You need post discharge.
Contribute to reductions in medicine related hospital admissions and readmissions by supporting patients to get the best outcomes from their medicines and identifying and addressing medicines related issues
Interface with community and hospital pharmacy colleagues and develop referral processes between primary care professionals including the promotion of the repeat dispensing service
Manage the repeat prescribing re-authorisation process by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates
Manage patients and health care professionals medicine queries
Increase quality and safety of prescribing through mechanisms such as audit and PDSA cycles
Manage practice formularies to improve the quality, safety and cost effectiveness of prescribing
Support achievement of PQS and QOF targets.
Implement drug withdrawals and alerts e.g. MHRA aimed at improving medicines safety
Work with primary care professionals and patients to implement NICE and other evidence based guidelines
Run clinics where medicines are the main interventions.
Contribute to multi-morbidity reviews and multidisciplinary reviews
Provide medicines information and training to Practice healthcare professionals and admin staff
Act as a source of medicines information for all of the practice team and patients (e.g. around doses, side effects, adverse events, possible alternatives e.g. around out of stocks)
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
Working with the practice based teams to undertake medication reviews particularly in high risk groups.
Improve prescribing practice through educational support for all prescribers within the practices
Lead on where changes in evidence require changes in prescribing across patient population e.g. where a drug is withdrawn or indications change
Liaise with colleagues in community pharmacies to align support for medicines adherence such as NMS
Support improvements in clinical care through practice based audits
Prescribing advice to prescribers in practice e.g. temporary non availability of drugs
Ensure patient safety when you are transferred between care providers through reconciliation of prescribed medicines
It is anticipated that the level of qualification held may vary according to the level of position and the components of the role being carried out
Completion of an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy, and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Minimum of 2 years post graduate experience in pharmacy, as demonstrated within a practice portfolio
Completion of the CPPE pathway.
Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
Member of or working towards (through foundation) RPS Faculty membership
May hold or be working towards a prescribing qualification
May hold or be working towards a postgraduate pharmacy qualification Has an awareness of the breadth of common acute and long term conditions that are likely to be seen in a general medical practice
Complete appropriate Continuing Professional Education and Development and remain in good standing with pharmacist registration and regulation bodies.
Maintain appropriate professional insurance.
Responsibility for administration
To provide regular support and feedback to practices on prescribing action plans
To update and maintain accurate patient medication records on the practices clinical computer systems, including advice given and action taken.
To advise the primary health care team on the safe and secure handling of controlled drugs and other medicines.
If appropriate to organise appraisal reviews for the dispensary staff
Communication
The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:
Communicate effectively with other team members,patients and carers.
Confidentiality:
you may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. You may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation.
Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures.
Health & safety:
The post-holder will implement and lead a full range of promotion and management of their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice Health & Safety policy, the practice Health & Safety manual, and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):
Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines
Correct use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Use and monitoring of the correct use of Standard Operating Procedures for cleaning and infection control
Ownership of infection control and clinically based patient care protocols, and implementation of those protocols within the team
Active observation of current working practices across the team in relation to infection control, cleanliness and related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed.
Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical and patient process
Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others.
Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in relation to infection control, ensuring that provision of hand-cleansing facilities, wipes etc. are sufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment.
Safe management of sharps procedures, including training, use, storage and disposal
Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards.
Actively identifying, reporting, and correcting health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately.
Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, sterile, identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business.
Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum twice annually)
Routine management of own team / team areas, and maintenance of work space standards
Waste management, including collection, handling, segregation, container management, storage and collection
Spillage control procedures, management and training
Decontamination control procedures, management and training, and equipment maintenance
Maintenance of sterile environments
Correct cleaning of equipment used for near patient testing, such as blood glucose monitoring equipment and smokelysers, using the manufacturers instructions as appropriate
Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
Equality and diversity:
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Personal/Professional development:
The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice, with such training to include:
Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development as well as taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others.
Quality:
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:
Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions
Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve
Work effectively with individuals in other agencies
Effectively manage own time, workload and resources
Communication:
The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team:
Communicate effectively with other team members,patients and carers
Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication.
Contribution to the Implementation of Services:
- Apply practice policies, standards and guidance
- Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
Additional responsibilities for practice participating in the Dispensing Services Quality Scheme,
staff competency recording,development and maintenance of standard operating procedures, and recording and analysis of medication dispensing and prescribing significant events.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Develop and manage a medicines management plan and deliver patient services as determined by Network policy and local and national guidance. Maximise cost-effective prescribing and improve the quality of patient care.
JOB PURPOSE
Provide expertise in clinical medicines review and address public health and social needs of patients in GP practices
Reduce inappropriate poly-pharmacy and wasteful prescribing through clinical medication review
Reconcile medicines following hospital discharge and work with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines You need post discharge.
Contribute to reductions in medicine related hospital admissions and readmissions by supporting patients to get the best outcomes from their medicines and identifying and addressing medicines related issues
Interface with community and hospital pharmacy colleagues and develop referral processes between primary care professionals including the promotion of the repeat dispensing service
Manage the repeat prescribing re-authorisation process by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates
Manage patients and health care professionals medicine queries
Increase quality and safety of prescribing through mechanisms such as audit and PDSA cycles
Manage practice formularies to improve the quality, safety and cost effectiveness of prescribing
Support achievement of PQS and QOF targets.
Implement drug withdrawals and alerts e.g. MHRA aimed at improving medicines safety
Work with primary care professionals and patients to implement NICE and other evidence based guidelines
Run clinics where medicines are the main interventions.
Contribute to multi-morbidity reviews and multidisciplinary reviews
Provide medicines information and training to Practice healthcare professionals and admin staff
Act as a source of medicines information for all of the practice team and patients (e.g. around doses, side effects, adverse events, possible alternatives e.g. around out of stocks)
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
Working with the practice based teams to undertake medication reviews particularly in high risk groups.
Improve prescribing practice through educational support for all prescribers within the practices
Lead on where changes in evidence require changes in prescribing across patient population e.g. where a drug is withdrawn or indications change
Liaise with colleagues in community pharmacies to align support for medicines adherence such as NMS
Support improvements in clinical care through practice based audits
Prescribing advice to prescribers in practice e.g. temporary non availability of drugs
Ensure patient safety when you are transferred between care providers through reconciliation of prescribed medicines
It is anticipated that the level of qualification held may vary according to the level of position and the components of the role being carried out
Completion of an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy, and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Minimum of 2 years post graduate experience in pharmacy, as demonstrated within a practice portfolio
Completion of the CPPE pathway.
Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
Member of or working towards (through foundation) RPS Faculty membership
May hold or be working towards a prescribing qualification
May hold or be working towards a postgraduate pharmacy qualification Has an awareness of the breadth of common acute and long term conditions that are likely to be seen in a general medical practice
Complete appropriate Continuing Professional Education and Development and remain in good standing with pharmacist registration and regulation bodies.
Maintain appropriate professional insurance.
Responsibility for administration
To provide regular support and feedback to practices on prescribing action plans
To update and maintain accurate patient medication records on the practices clinical computer systems, including advice given and action taken.
To advise the primary health care team on the safe and secure handling of controlled drugs and other medicines.
If appropriate to organise appraisal reviews for the dispensary staff
Communication
The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:
Communicate effectively with other team members,patients and carers.
Confidentiality:
you may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. You may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation.
Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures.
Health & safety:
The post-holder will implement and lead a full range of promotion and management of their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice Health & Safety policy, the practice Health & Safety manual, and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):
Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines
Correct use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Use and monitoring of the correct use of Standard Operating Procedures for cleaning and infection control
Ownership of infection control and clinically based patient care protocols, and implementation of those protocols within the team
Active observation of current working practices across the team in relation to infection control, cleanliness and related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed.
Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical and patient process
Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others.
Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in relation to infection control, ensuring that provision of hand-cleansing facilities, wipes etc. are sufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment.
Safe management of sharps procedures, including training, use, storage and disposal
Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards.
Actively identifying, reporting, and correcting health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately.
Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, sterile, identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business.
Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum twice annually)
Routine management of own team / team areas, and maintenance of work space standards
Waste management, including collection, handling, segregation, container management, storage and collection
Spillage control procedures, management and training
Decontamination control procedures, management and training, and equipment maintenance
Maintenance of sterile environments
Correct cleaning of equipment used for near patient testing, such as blood glucose monitoring equipment and smokelysers, using the manufacturers instructions as appropriate
Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
Equality and diversity:
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Personal/Professional development:
The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice, with such training to include:
Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development as well as taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others.
Quality:
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:
Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions
Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve
Work effectively with individuals in other agencies
Effectively manage own time, workload and resources
Communication:
The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team:
Communicate effectively with other team members,patients and carers
Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication.
Contribution to the Implementation of Services:
- Apply practice policies, standards and guidance
- Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
Additional responsibilities for practice participating in the Dispensing Services Quality Scheme,
staff competency recording,development and maintenance of standard operating procedures, and recording and analysis of medication dispensing and prescribing significant events.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Qualifications Completion of an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy, and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council Minimum of 2 years post graduate experience in pharmacy, as demonstrated within a practice portfolio Completion of the CPPE pathway. Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) Member of or working towards (through foundation) RPS Faculty membership Has an awareness of the breadth of common acute and long term conditions that are likely to be seen in a general medical practice Complete appropriate Continuing Professional Education and Development and remain in good standing with pharmacist registration and regulation bodies. Maintain appropriate professional insurance.
Desirable
- May hold or be working towards a prescribing qualification May hold or be working towards a postgraduate pharmacy qualification
Qualifications
Essential
- Thorough and pay attention to detail. Work well under pressure. Sensitivity and understanding. Customer service skills. Patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations. Excellent verbal communication Maths knowledge skills
Desirable
- Experience of working in primary care Experience of working in a GP practice
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Qualifications Completion of an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy, and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council Minimum of 2 years post graduate experience in pharmacy, as demonstrated within a practice portfolio Completion of the CPPE pathway. Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) Member of or working towards (through foundation) RPS Faculty membership Has an awareness of the breadth of common acute and long term conditions that are likely to be seen in a general medical practice Complete appropriate Continuing Professional Education and Development and remain in good standing with pharmacist registration and regulation bodies. Maintain appropriate professional insurance.
Desirable
- May hold or be working towards a prescribing qualification May hold or be working towards a postgraduate pharmacy qualification
Qualifications
Essential
- Thorough and pay attention to detail. Work well under pressure. Sensitivity and understanding. Customer service skills. Patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations. Excellent verbal communication Maths knowledge skills
Desirable
- Experience of working in primary care Experience of working in a GP practice
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
Wokingham North PCN
Address
Parkside Family Practice
224 Wokingham Road
Reading
RG6 1JS
Employer's website
Employer details
Employer name
Wokingham North PCN
Address
Parkside Family Practice
224 Wokingham Road
Reading
RG6 1JS
Employer's website
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Charlotte Kidd
Details
Date posted
04 November 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
A5622-25-0013
Job locations
Parkside Family Practice
224 Wokingham Road
Reading
RG6 1JS