About the Role

The Vale Medical Practice is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated clinical pharmacist to join our friendly and supportive GP team, across our two sites: Wootton Vale Surgery and Shortstown Surgery. The role is offered on a full-time basis, with flexible working considered.

You will play a key role in medicines optimisation, long‑term condition management, and improving prescribing quality, while working closely with GPs, nurses, trainees, and the wider multidisciplinary team. This is an excellent opportunity for a pharmacist who is passionate about patient care, enjoys clinical variety, and is keen to contribute to service development, teaching, and innovation within primary care.

Key responsibilities include:

Undertake structured medication reviews (SMRs), particularly for patients with polypharmacy, frailty, or complex long‑term conditions
Support medication reconciliation following hospital discharge
Provide expert medicines advice to clinicians and patients
Contribute to long‑term condition management within your scope of competence
Support repeat prescribing processes, medication queries, and prescribing safety checks
Promote evidence‑based prescribing and contribute to audit and quality improvement work
Implement local and national prescribing priorities (e.g. ICB initiatives, QOF, IIF)
Review high‑risk medicines and support appropriate monitoring
Deliver patient‑facing clinics (e.g. hypertension reviews, inhaler technique, medicines counselling), depending on experience
Work collaboratively within the MDT, including supporting trainees and junior colleagues
Opportunity to be involved in practice‑based projects, including research and innovation initiatives

About the Candidate

You will be a proactive, patient‑focused clinical professional who enjoys working as part of a team and is motivated by improving systems, services, and outcomes. You will be comfortable with change, keen to develop others, and enthusiastic about using new approaches to optimise medicines management and patient care.

All applicants should have the following qualifications, skills and experience:

Registered pharmacist with the GPhC
Strong clinical knowledge with a genuine interest in primary care
Sound understanding of medicines optimisation principles
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively within an MDT
Independent prescriber qualification (or actively working towards)
Experience in primary care settings (e.g. GP practice, PCN, ICB role)
Familiarity with primary care systems such as SystmOne, AccuRx, or similar
Postgraduate clinical qualification or progress through CPPE pathways
Experience or interest in research within primary care is desirable

About Us

The Vale Medical Practice is a forward‑thinking, community‑focused GP practice serving the villages of Marston Vale and surrounding areas. We operate across two well‑established sites and pride ourselves on delivering high‑quality, patient‑centred care through collaboration, innovation, and continual improvement.

We are a training practice, recently research‑ready, and actively investing in the development of our multidisciplinary team. As part of an exciting phase of organisational change, we are moving away from traditional, siloed ways of working towards a competency‑based, whole‑patient model of care. This role is ideal for someone who embraces change, enjoys shaping services, and wants to help redefine how primary care is delivered.

What we offer:

A supportive, innovative, and welcoming GP team
Opportunities for training, CPD, and career progression
Competitive salary and NHS pension scheme
Flexible working options, including opportunities within Enhanced Access services
A positive team culture that genuinely values innovation, learning, and patient‑centred care

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.

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