260470 Specialist Pharmacist

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Specialist Pharmacist

NHS Lothian Pharmacy & Medicines Service

Western General Hospital

Band 7 | 1.0 WTE | 36 Hours

Permanent Post

£52,845 - £61,466 per annum (includes weekends, on call and public holiday commitment)

Are you keen to broaden your clinical experiences or perhaps try a new sector of practice?

Are you a pharmacist ready to take the next step in your career by working with a caring and dynamic multidisciplinary team in Medicine of the Elderly?

Are you searching for a role that will challenge, inspire, and reward you every day?

This position offers you the chance to make a meaningful impact on the care of frail older people across our admissions and downstream MOE wards.

About The Role

This post is an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist looking to gain experience, specialise or advance in MOE. You will:

• Play a key role in the pharmaceutical care of older people.
• Collaborate closely with the MOE pharmacy team and supportive wider multidisciplinary team (MDT) to optimise patients’ medicines and care.
• Support and develop other members of the pharmacy team.
• Undertake service improvement, quality improvement, research and leadership activities, supported by experienced senior pharmacists.
• Develop your practice in line with the Royal College of Pharmacy Advanced Pharmacy Practice Curriculum, working towards and achieving credentialling as part of your professional development.

Why Join Us?

The Western General Hospital (WGH) is a large teaching hospital offering best practice across a wide variety of specialist services. It is conveniently located near the city centre with easy access to local facilities and transport routes.

This is an exciting time for the WGH MOE service with significant developments and new investment in the MOE pharmacy team. This allows us to deliver care earlier in the patient journey, avoiding unnecessary admissions and minimising length of stay, as part of ongoing Healthcare Improvement Scotland Frailty work developing the front door frailty service.

You Will Have The Chance To Work On

• MOE ward rounds in the Medical Assessment Unit and in the specialist MOE admissions unit.
• Downstream ward multidisciplinary team meetings / ward rounds.
• Service development projects aimed at improving patient care and modernising service delivery.

This is an ideal progression opportunity for a rotational pharmacist, or a specialist pharmacist looking to provide holistic care to frail older adults.

About You

• A Master of Pharmacy Degree (or equivalent) and General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) registration.
• Completion of or have equivalent competence mapped to the RPS post-registration foundation pharmacist curriculum.
• A commitment to improving patient care through pro-active, evidence-based pharmaceutical services.
• Experience in influencing prescribing practices and working in a patient-focused environment.

About NHS Lothian

At NHS Lothian, we are committed to fostering equality, diversity, and inclusion in our workforce. Serving a population of 900,000, we are the second-largest health system in Scotland and home to one of its four teaching boards. Join a dynamic organisation that values innovation, research, and excellence in healthcare delivery.

This is more than just a jobit’s an opportunity to elevate your career while making a real difference in the lives of patients.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

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This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.

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