# Senior Clinical Pharmacist

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** NHS Tayside
- **Location:** Ninewells Hospital and Medical School
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Pharmacist
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £52,845 - £61,466
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-28T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-14T11:18:07.364Z
- **Source information URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=270054
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## Job Content

### Job details

- Job reference: 259642
- Salary: Band 7 (£52,845 - £61,466)
- Job closing date: 28/09/2026
- Job Type: Other Therapeutic
- Location: Ninewells Hospital
- Employment type: Permanent
- Hours Per Week: 36
- Job posted date: 14/09/2026
- Employer (NHS Board): NHS Tayside
- Department: Pharmacy

We seek a Clinical Pharmacist to join the Medicine for the Elderly Clinical Pharmacy Team and help transform pharmaceutical care across traditional boundaries. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in advancing clinical pharmacy practice while aligning with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Core Advanced Pharmacist Curriculum

### Why Join Us?

- Innovative Team: Be part of a forward-thinking clinical team that encourages creativity and innovation to deliver high-quality person-centred care.
- Collaborative Team: Work as an integral member of multidisciplinary teams dedicated to optimising medications
- Career Development: Benefit from structured learning and job plan, mentorship and continuous professional development opportunities within a supportive environment.

The Medicine for the Elderly clinical pharmacy team plays a pivotal role in enhancing care throughout the patient journey and, across interfaces of care. Older patients often present with complex health conditions and multimorbidities with polypharmacy requiring specialist expertise in medication management and optimisation.

As a Senior Clinical Pharmacist, you will provide pharmaceutical care to a case-load of patients across Ninewells Hospital and the Angus community hospitals to ensure medicines are used safely, effectively and tailored to the specific needs of frail and older adults.

### Key responsibilities

- Undertake comprehensive medication review to optimise therapy and improve patient outcomes
- Identify and manage potential medication-related harm
- Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams across the patient pathway
- Contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives

We are seeking a candidate who is passionate about improving care to older, frail patients. You will have the opportunity to thrive in a collaborative environment and will be committed to delivering high-quality person-centred care while supporting the continued development of clinical pharmacy services.

Join us and be part of a team shaping the future of medicines optimisation for older people in NHS Tayside.

You should have previous experience of working within a clinical environment. Training will be provided and you will be supported to develop a portfolio and seek accreditation in line with the RPS Core Advanced Pharmacist Curriculum. A commitment to continuing professional development is essential. You must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and possess a prescribing qualification or be prepared to work towards one.

Informal enquiries to:

Karen Lowdon, Lead Clinical Pharmacist, MFE karen.lowdon@nhs.scot

or

Chloe Tennant, Specialist Clinical Pharmacist chloe.tennant@nhs.scot

Hours of work are: 36 hours over 7 days. Part-time hours will be considered

### Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

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