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NHS Lothian Pharmacy & Medicines Service
Royal Infirmary Edinburgh
Specialist Surgical Pharmacists
Band 7, 4 posts, 37.5 hours – Permanent
3 x rotational and 1 x static in critical care
£46,244 - £53,789
(Oncall, weekend and public holidays rota commitment included)
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. The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh is a large teaching hospital with an established reputation for offering the best practice across a wide variety of specialist services.
This is an exciting new opportunity to work as a team of pharmacists providing specialist clinical pharmacy service to surgical areas. These areas include General Surgery, Critical Care, Orthopaedics and Reproductive Medicine. The post holders will also have the opportunity to deputise for aseptic services manager as part of their commitment to technical services. They will be able to expand their specialist knowledge and develop their skills in service development, staff management, training and education. These dynamic roles will allow the post holders to be supported through cross-professional collaboration to work towards/achieve core advanced pharmacist credentials.
The post holders will contribute to the development and delivery of the clinical pharmacy service in the face of emerging challenges around site capacity and patient flow. Ideally, candidates will have experience of pro-actively influencing prescribing within a clinical setting and will have gained experience working in a patient focussed environment using their knowledge and skills to improve patient care and promote optimal outcomes from medicines.
Candidates must have a Master of Pharmacy Degree or equivalent, must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), and should have completed or have equivalent competence as mapped to the Post Registration Foundation Pharmacist Framework available at:
Post-Registration Foundation Programme for Pharmacists in Sc (scot.nhs.uk)
For further information please contact Ommar Ahmed, Lead Clinical Pharmacist, RIE, email ommar.ahmed4@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
Aseptic - The post holders will have authorised pharmacist duties and deputise for the accountable pharmacist. There will be opportunities to be in involved in service development and management. The successful candidates will be given the opportunity to undertake training and development, for example, Aseptic Preparation and Dispensing of Medicines, Aseptic Service for Managers to further their career in either Aseptic or Quality Assurance services. Please contact Fiona McGill via e-mail on: fiona.mcgill@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk |
Critical Care - The successful candidate will join our Critical Care clinical pharmacy team, where pharmacists have an established non-medical prescribing role. The post holder will work closely with members of the Critical Care multidisciplinary team to provide high quality patient care and will have valued input into the daily consultant led ward rounds.
Clinical specialties seen within the busy general Critical Care unit include Liver and Renal Transplant Medicine, Vascular and General Surgery, Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine, Toxicology, Gastrointestinal Medicine, Neurology and Hepatology.
Please contact Claire Hannah via e-mail on: claire.hannah@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk.
General Surgery - The post holder will contribute to the development and delivery of clinical pharmacy serviced to general surgery patients. You will work closely within a well established clinical pharmacy team and the wider multidisciplinary team to provide a high quality service. There are numerous opportunities for non-medical prescribing especially with regards to parenteral nutrition and peri/post operative care.
Please contact Maggie Davidson/Sarah MacInnes via e-mail on:
maggie.davidson@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk or sarah.macinnes@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
Orthopaedics - The Orthopaedic unit provides high quality multidisciplinary care to patients across trauma and elective wards. The successful candidate will be joining an experienced team of independent pharmacist prescribers working alongside a range of healthcare professionals including consultant orthopaedic surgeons, consultant ortho-geriatricians, advanced nurse practitioners, arthroplasty practitioners, physiotherapists and occupational therapists. The pharmacy team regularly participate in multidisciplinary team meetings, complex discharge planning and have an active role in practicing Antimicrobial Stewardship.
Please contact Rakhee Vasishta via e-mail on: rakhee.vasishta@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
Reproductive Medicine - The post holder will contribute to the development and delivery of the clinical pharmacy service to our Neonatal, Obstetrics, Gynaecology patients and associated services within the Simpsons Centre for Reproductive Health at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. This would be an ideal opportunity for those seeking to develop specialist knowledge with support from senior pharmacists. The post holder will be a valued member of the multidisciplinary teams with potential opportunities for developing non-medical prescribing.
Please contact Caroline O’Hare or Christine Filion Murphy via e-mail on: caroline.ohare@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk or Christine.filionmurphy@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk