247633 - Specialist Clinical Pharmacist

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NHS LOTHIAN

MIDLOTHIAN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PARTNERSHIP

SPECIALIST CLINICAL PHARMACIST

Band 7: £52,845 - £61,466

1.0 WTE Posts

Permanent

Looking for new challenges and opportunities to develop your skills?

Midlothian is growing clinical capacity across Primary Care in fulfillment of the delivery of a pharmacotherapy service for General Practice.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our award-winning primary care team, which is fully engaged in the delivery of a range of primary care, hospital and pharmacotherapy activities. The successful post holder will work in general practices delivering services locally as well as centrally with our team in the medicine’s reconciliation hub. 50% of the post has commitment to the Midlothian Community Hospital, allowing the successful candidate to work with our hugely respected pharmacy team delivering services to inpatients.

We require experienced pharmacists to deliver a range of clinical pharmacy services including polypharmacy reviews and assessment of patient medicines, with services delivered to patients living at home and in care homes around the county as well as hospital inpatients. You will be responsible for monitoring service delivery and providing reports to key stakeholders including Health and Social Care Partnership clinical leads. The Midlothian Pharmacy service is a supportive and nurturing team fostering an environment that allows individuals to flourish. We promote leadership at all levels.

The Primary Care Pharmacy Service is enthusiastic about participating in practice-based research using quality improvement methodology

Work life balance and wellbeing are hugely important in the modern workplace and Midlothian makes the perfect base. Local transport, including the Border’s Railway, mean Edinburgh city centre is only 20 minutes away, and we are ideally situated to access both the Pentland Hills as well as the stunning East Lothian coastline. The Scottish borders region is also easily accessible from Midlothian.

Excellent leadership, communication and interpersonal skills are required. This post requires Enhanced PVG Scheme Membership.

Informal enquiries are welcomed, and further information may be obtained from Marjory Neill, Advanced Pharmacist – Midlothian Primary Care, marjory.neill@nhs.scot

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.

Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes.

Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.