Experienced Clinical Pharmacist General Practice

Bharani Medical Centre; Slough; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Remote or hybrid options

Job summary

Bharani Medical Centre in Slough seeks an experienced Clinical Pharmacist to join our NHS GP team. You will work with EMIS Web, Ardens, and primary care workflows to support medicines safety, optimisation and long-term condition management.

The role offers flexible working, including remote or hybrid arrangements, with potential for self-employed initial engagement and progression to salaried employment.

Qualifications

• Qualified clinical pharmacist with NHS general practice experience.
• Familiarity with EMIS Web, Ardens and primary care clinical workflows.
• Experience with medicines reconciliation and QOF.
• Ability to work with high degree of professional independence.

Responsibilities

• Review hospital discharge summaries and clinical correspondence.
• Undertake medicines reconciliation and update EMIS Web records.
• Review QOF registers and perform structured medication reviews for diabetes, hypertension, COPD, and asthma.
• Identify patients requiring monitoring and optimisation; arrange follow-up.
• Conduct prescribing safety searches for high-risk medicines.
• Perform medicines optimisation reviews including gabapentinoids and CKD.
• Use EMIS Web and Ardens to identify relevant patient cohorts.
• Conduct remote or face-to-face medication reviews with documented actions.

Skills

NHS experience

EMIS Web

Ardens

Medicines optimisation

Tools

EMIS Web

Ardens

Job description

Bharani Medical Centre is seeking an experienced and confident Clinical Pharmacist to join our established general practice team in Slough., We are looking for a pharmacist with previous NHS general practice experience who is familiar with EMIS Web, Ardens and primary care clinical workflows, and is comfortable working with a high degree of professional independence. The role will focus on clinical correspondence, medicines reconciliation, QOF and long-term-condition management, prescribing safety and medicines optimisation. Key areas include diabetes, hypertension, asthma, COPD, high-risk medicines monitoring, gabapentinoid reviews and medication optimisation in chronic kidney disease. Flexible working arrangements are available, including remote or hybrid working where appropriate. We would ideally like to engage someone on a self-employed basis initially, subject to appropriate contractual arrangements, with potential to progress to fixed-term or permanent salaried employment.,

• Reviewing hospital discharge summaries, outpatient letters and clinical correspondence through Anima Documents.
• Undertaking medicines reconciliation, updating EMIS Web records and actioning appropriate medication-related tasks.
• Reviewing QOF registers and conducting structured medication reviews for patients with diabetes, hypertension, COPD and asthma.
• Identifying patients requiring monitoring, treatment optimisation and follow-up.
• Managing prescribing safety searches, including monitoring for patients prescribed DMARDs, DOACs and other high-risk medicines.
• Undertaking medicines optimisation reviews, including gabapentinoids, polypharmacy and prescribing in chronic kidney disease.
• Using EMIS Web and Ardens searches to identify and manage relevant patient cohorts.
• Conducting remote or face-to-face medication reviews and documenting appropriate clinical actions.

Minor illness management may be included where appropriately trained. Prescribing decisions must remain within the pharmacists prescribing authority, with appropriate GP escalation where required.

Bharani Medical Centre is an established, GP-led practice providing NHS primary care to approximately 18,000 patients across three nearby sites in Slough. Our multidisciplinary team includes experienced GP partners, salaried GPs, advanced nurse practitioners, clinical pharmacists, first-contact physiotherapists, practice nurses and administrative staff. We place a strong emphasis on high-quality clinical care, medicines safety, evidence-based prescribing and proactive management of long-term conditions. Our practice uses modern digital systems, including EMIS Web, Ardens, Anima and Accurx, to support efficient clinical workflows, population health management and medicines optimisation. We value confident, proactive clinicians who can take ownership of defined responsibilities while working collaboratively with colleagues. We offer a supportive professional environment, flexible working arrangements and opportunities to contribute to clinical improvement and patient safety initiatives. We are committed to developing our clinical services and welcome pharmacists who want to make a meaningful contribution to modern general practice.