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NHS Lothian Pharmacy & Medicines Service
St John’s Hospital
Lead Pharmacist Care of the Elderly
Band 8A, 1.0 WTE, 37.5 hours
(including evening, weekend working, oncall and public holidays commitment)
NHS Lothian covers Edinburgh city, East Lothian, Midlothian and West Lothian. We are the second largest health system in NHS Scotland and one of only four teaching Boards. We have strategic partnerships with local Universities, Local Authorities and our four Integration Joint Boards. We serve a population of 900,000, providing a range of primary, community based and acute hospital services. We also provide regional and national services across a range of clinical specialties.
The vision for the Pharmacy & Medicines service is to deliver clinically led, person-centred services to ensure patients across Lothian get the best from their medicines and pharmacy services. We are focussed on creating an environment where each person in the team has the opportunity to flourish, develop and make best use of their skills.
St John’s Hospital is a modern teaching hospital that provides a comprehensive and expanding range of services, including a 24-hour Accident and Emergency department and the future home of the National Treatment Centre in NHS Lothian.
We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and motivated pharmacist, with a passion in caring for elderly patients, to undertake a leadership role in transforming clinical pharmacy in this specialist area. The clinical portfolio for this post includes: medicine of the elderly, stroke, frailty and orthopaedic rehabilitation. The individual will be pioneering the pharmacist role in multidisciplinary team (MDT) ward rounds as part of the frailty service, building on a proactive role to optimise patients’ medicines and improving their stay in the hospital through effective discharge planning. We are also keen to build on the integration of clinical pharmacy service with primary care to ensure a smooth transition when patients move across different care settings. The postholder will also be participating in the clinical pharmacy team in A&E with particular focus on frail patients.
Applications for jobshares, part-time and flexible working considered. Please note for part time hours the salary will be pro rata.
Candidates should have excellent clinical, organisational and interpersonal skills. Experience in working in a patient-focused environment and proactively influencing prescribing within the MDT is highly desirable. There will also be opportunities to lead on service and personal development roles within the care of the elderly/frailty teams as well as in Pharmacy.
Candidates must have a Master of Pharmacy Degree or equivalent, be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), and should have completed a Clinical Diploma or Masters in Clinical Pharmacy. Due to the nature of this role, independent prescribing qualification is essential.
For further information please contact: Lynne Merchant, Site Lead Pharmacist at St John’s Hospital at 01506 522033. Alternatively you can email at lynne.merchant@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
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.