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Clinical Pharmacist

Primary Care Careers

Bedford, MK43 9JJView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

Negotiable

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

31 October 2026

12 days left

Job description

The Vale Medical Practice is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated clinical pharmacist to join our friendly and supportive GP team, across our two sit...

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

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.

The Vale Medical Practice is a forwardthinking, communityfocused GP practice serving the villages of Marston Vale and surrounding areas. We operate across two wellestablished 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.

  • 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

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

Essential

  • 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
  • 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
  • Experience or interest in research within primary care is desirable

How to apply

Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.

Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

15 October 2026

Last checked

19 October 2026

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Primary Care Careers

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