Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Women's and Children's Services

Job details

• Job reference: 261641
• Salary: Band 8A (£65,125 - £70,303)
• Job closing date: 20/10/2026
• Job Type: Other Therapeutic
• Location: Borders General Hospital
• Employment type: Permanent
• Hours Per Week: 21.6
• Job posted date: 06/10/2026
• Employer (NHS Board): NHS Borders
• Department: Pharmacy

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Advanced Clinical Pharmacist Women’s and Children’s Service

Band 8a (0.6WTE) at Borders General Hospital

Following a comprehensive service review, NHS Borders is making a significant investment in our Pharmacy team. This reflects a clear recognition of the vital role pharmacists play in ensuring that treatments are safe, effective, and deliver the best possible value for patients and the wider health system.

This is an exciting moment to join us as we develop and enhance our pharmacy services in line with the new NHS Borders Clinical Strategy, an opportunity to develop advanced clinical expertise while playing a key role in delivering high-quality pharmacy services across Women and Children's services.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Clinical Pharmacist with a passion for Paediatrics and Women's services to join our forward-thinking and highly respected team. You will be embedded within the multidisciplinary team, working alongside clinicians, nurse specialists and allied health professionals to deliver outstanding patient care.

This post provides an excellent opportunity to further develop leadership skills within a supportive environment and to contribute to multi-disciplinary improvement work around the cost effective and safe use of medicines.

We are a friendly, supportive, and forward-thinking department, committed to helping you achieve your career ambitions. You'll be encouraged to:

• Develop advanced and enhanced advanced practice capabilities, with opportunities to pursue consultant-level credentialing where appropriate.
• Utilise and expand your skills as a non-medical prescriber
• Pursue further study with full support from the team
• Engage in practice-based research to drive innovation and improve patient care
• Take an active role in the supervision and training of staff and students, to act as a role model

Working closely with the Lead Clinical Pharmacist, you will provide specialist clinical pharmacy services and advice to the clinical specialities within the Women and Children's Directorates including Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU), Acute Paediatrics, Maternity and Obstetric Services, Community Paediatrics and Gynaecology, demonstrating a high level of clinical effectiveness.

We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants for part-time working (0.6WTE post). Days of the week and working hours are negotiable.

This role includes a small commitment to on-call and weekend working.

Informal enquiries about this post should be directed to Andy Parker, andy.parker2@nhs.scot

Whether you’re early in your career or looking to take the next step into a more senior role, NHS Borders offers a supportive environment where you can grow, influence change, and make a real impact.

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