Job requirements
Essential
8 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Excellent communication skills
- Skills
Strong IT skills
- Skills
Ability to prioritise, delegate and work to deadlines
- Skills
Effective time management
- Skills
Have an awareness of the breadth of common acute and long term conditions that are likely to be seen in general medical practice
- Experience
Minimum of 2 years' post graduate experience in pharmacy.
- Qualifications
Completion of an undergraduate degree in pharmacy and registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Qualifications
Good standard of education with excellent literacy and numeracy skills.
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Able to use EMIS Web
- Qualifications
To hold or be willing to work towards an independent prescribing qualification.
- Qualifications
Have a specialism in diabetes and able to conduct diabetic reviews.
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Practice Pharmacist to join our dynamic and forward-thinking team at Brookside Group Practice. We are looking for 17 hours per week.
The Practice Pharmacist will be responsible for support to the practice with medication reviews, queries and the delivery of the repeat prescription service. Also, part of the group that implements effective medicine management within the practice, identifying areas for improvement, and initiating and managing change.
Main duties of the job
To provide a medication review and query services to patients via the telephone or face to face clinics as appropriate in the practice.
Ensure data is recorded so that patient care is enhanced (eg coding, reminders) and so that it can be retrieved in a meaningful way to help manage patient care and help with data analysis.
It will be necessary to attend and contribute to various practice meetings as requested.
About us
The Practice serves approximately 31,000 patients from our 4 surgeries in Earley, Lower Earley, Winnersh and Wilderness Road.
Due to our size, we value communication and teamwork. We operate a strongly relational team structure and endeavour to listen well, encourage ownership and involvement and enable staff to grow in their individual development. We, therefore, spend a lot of time investing in team meetings and communication across the organisation. We are a member of Berkshire West Clinical Commissioning Group.
We recently won the HSJ (Health Services Journal) Digital Award for our innovative work we've done to refine our triage processes and model of care.
Other key aspects of the Practice include:
Use of Anima to aid triage/consultation
Strong IT and systems including Emis Web, Accu-Rx, DXS, ANIMA Documents
Longstanding Training Practice with GP Registrars, Physician Assistants trainees and others
Opportunities for clinical leadership and development
Specialist gynaecological, dermatology and physio services on site
Our own Primary Care Network, serving 31,000 patients
High Achieving QOF and highly successful PCN
Details
- Date posted: 12 October 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: Depending on experience
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Part-time
- Reference number: A0481-26-0021
- Job locations: The Brookside Group Practice, Brookside Close, Earley, Reading, RG6 7HG, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
Patient Services:
- To provide a medication review and query services to patients via the telephone or face to face clinics as appropriate in the practice.
- See (where appropriate) patient with single or multiple medical problems, including patients with long term conditions, where medicine optimisation is required.
- Provide pharmacist support to clinicians attending care home or to attend themselves as appropriate. Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration.
- Managing caseload of patients with common /minor/self-limiting ailments while working within a scope or practice and limits of competence. Signposting to community pharmacy and referring to GPs or other healthcare professionals where appropriate.
Please see the attached Job Description for further information.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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This advert is for Practice Pharmacist with Brookside Group Practice in Reading, England. It is listed as a Pharmacist role. The advertised salary is Negotiable. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 23 Oct 2026.
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