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Have you ever considered a career in forensic mental health pharmacy?
The State Hospital (TSH) is one of only four high secure hospitals in the UK with 140 beds and the principle aim of rehabilitating patients, ensuring safe transfer to appropriate lower levels of security. We are seeking a highly motivated, enthusiastic pharmacist to join our small, dedicated clinical team.
You will play a key role in delivering a proactive and high-quality specialist clinical pharmacy service. Your role will be interesting and varied. Patients often have co-morbid mental illness and chronic physical health conditions, with lots of opportunity to provide excellent pharmaceutical care and improve patients’ quality of life. Pharmacists at TSH have established working relationships with all other members of the multidisciplinary team, who have a real appreciation of the key role we play in ensuring safe and appropriate use of medicines.
TSH is located in a beautiful, scenic part of South Lanarkshire in central Scotland with excellent facilities for staff and ample free parking. NHS Lothian provide the pharmacy services under Service Level Agreement. This comprises the onsite clinical pharmacy team with medicine supply co-ordinated via St John’s Hospital, Livingston and support from the Royal Edinburgh and Associated pharmacy services. We’re focussed on creating an environment where every team member has the opportunity to develop and best use their skills.
Candidates must have a Master of Pharmacy Degree or equivalent and be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). Candidates should also have completed the NES Post-Registration Pharmacist Foundation Programme or have documented evidence of equivalent competency.
You will have experience of pro-actively influencing prescribing in a patient-centred environment, using your knowledge and skills to improve patient care and promote optimal outcomes from medicines.
There is no weekend or on call commitment for this post. Applications for part-time work will be considered, as will job share opportunities. Salary and allowances will be pro rata for part-time.
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.
For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions please contact Alice Boron, Advanced Pharmacist, 01555 842075, alice.boron2@nhs.scot