# Vinay Achall

Vinay Achall is a remote worker on Himalayas, Locum Pharmacist at Various Community Pharmacies, based in United Kingdom.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@vinayachall

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Locum pharmacist across UK community pharmacies, delivering NHS clinical services and developing independent prescribing expertise.
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| Detail | Value |
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| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Authorized to work in | United Kingdom |
| Salary expectations | 50k+ GBP |
| Job categories | Pharmacist, Independent Prescriber |
| Skills | Independent Prescriber, Clinical Consultation, Medication Assessment, Prescribing Decision Making, Treatment Evaluation, Clinical Monitoring, Drug Therapy Optimization, Drug Interaction Assessment, Contraindication Assessment, Patient Counseling, Shared Decision Making, Referral and Escalation, Clinical Documentation, Safety Netting, Hypertension Case Finding |

## What I'm looking for

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I’m looking to move into a more clinically focused prescribing role, with interests in weight management, men’s health, dermatology and wellness. I’m keen to develop specialist expertise within a well-governed private or digital healthcare service.
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## About

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Across community pharmacies in England, Scotland and Wales, I practise as a locum pharmacist and deliver NHS clinical services including Pharmacy First, contraception services and common ailments care.

In my consultations, I assess symptoms and medication histories, identify interactions or contraindications, and decide when treatment, referral or escalation is appropriate. I document clinical interventions and communicate with GPs and other healthcare professionals when further assessment or clarification is needed.

I’ve completed the Practice Certificate in Independent Prescribing at the University of Hertfordshire, with 90 hours of supervised prescribing practice, and my GPhC annotation was approved in September 2026. I’m completing a postgraduate diploma in dermatology and am interested in weight management, men’s health, dermatology and wellness.
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## Experience

### Locum Pharmacist (current)

Various Community Pharmacies. Mar 2025 - Present

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Practised independently across community pharmacies in England, Scotland and Wales, delivering NHS clinical services and managing high-volume workloads autonomously.
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Skills: Clinical-Consultation, NHS-Pharmacy-First, CPCS, New-Medicine-Service, Pharmacy-Contraception-Service, Hypertension-Case-Finding, Emergency-Contraception, COVID-19-Vaccinations, Influenza-Vaccination, Drug-Therapy-Optimization, Patient-Counseling, Clinical-Documentation, PGDs, ProScript, Analyst, Pharmacy-Manager, Columbus, Titan, Apotec, PharmacyX, PharmOutcomes

### Trainee Pharmacist

Nishkam Pharmacy. Oct 2023 - Oct 2024

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Built broad patient-facing experience through minor ailments, hypertension case-finding, emergency contraception, and medicines counselling.
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Skills: Minor-Ailments, Hypertension-Case-Finding, Emergency-Contraception, Medicines-Counselling, Drug-Therapy-Optimization, Patient-Communication

### COVID-19 & Influenza Vaccinator

Aspire / Withington Pharmacy. Feb 2020 - Mar 2022

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Screened patients, administered COVID-19 and seasonal influenza vaccines, and recorded consultations on PharmOutcomes.
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Skills: COVID-19-Vaccinations, Influenza-Vaccination, Patient-Screening, PharmOutcomes

### Relief Healthcare Advisor

[Boots](https://himalayas.app/companies/boots). Nov 2019 - Sep 2020

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Worked across pharmacy settings supporting dispensing, OTC consultations, repeat prescriptions, and pharmacy services.
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Skills: Dispensing, OPD-Consultations, Prescription-Refills, Pharmacy-Services

### Pharmacy Dispenser

Thackers Pharmacy. Jul 2019 - Sep 2019

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Supported dispensing and OTC medicine queries, gaining early experience in patient communication and community pharmacy.
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Skills: Dispensing, OTC-Medicine-Queries, Patient-Communication

### Student Equality & Diversity Action Group Leader

College. Sep 2017 - Jun 2018

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Organised awareness and wellbeing events and worked with student groups to improve the college environment.
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Skills: Event-Organisation, Teamwork, Communication-Skills

### Volunteer

Khora Refugee Community Centre. May 2016 - Jun 2016

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Supported the community centre with stock, food service, and day-to-day tasks, communicating with people from diverse backgrounds.
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Skills: Stock-Management, Food-Service, Communication-Skills

## Education

### Royal College of Physicians of Ireland / iheed

Postgraduate Diploma in Dermatology, Dermatology. 2026 - Present

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Ongoing postgraduate study covering the assessment and management of common and important dermatological conditions, with further development of clinical assessment, investigation, and treatment planning skills.
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### University of Hertfordshire

Independent Prescribing Qualification, Independent Prescribing. 2025 - 2026

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Completed the Practice Certificate in Independent Prescribing, supplemented with 90 hours of supervised prescribing practice. GPhC annotation approved in September 2026.
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### The University of Manchester

Master of Pharmacy (MPharm), Pharmacy. 2018 - 2023. Grade: 2:1

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Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) degree with a 2:1 classification.
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## Tech stack

- Titan

To contact Vinay, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire).

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