BC009160 Primary Care Clinical Pharmacist

Hours:  37.5 hours per week  (job share considered)

Location: Pharmacy, Aberdeen City HSCP.

Aberdeen City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) has an exciting opportunity for pharmacists with a background in hospital, primary care or community pharmacy to become part of the primary care pharmacy team in Aberdeen.

This post would suit pharmacists who have experience in any sector of pharmacy and wish to progress in a clinical role within primary care and, in particular, GP practices. With support from more senior pharmacists, you will undertake the following roles within GP practices and primary care: medication/polypharmacy reviews; medicines reconciliation; actioning hospital discharge letters, actioning acute and repeat prescription requests; providing prescribing advice to any member of the health care team; reviewing prescribing data; undertaking audit; answering ad-hoc queries; multi-disciplinary team meetings; and supporting social care colleagues with medication-related issues in care at home services.

Dependent on experience, you will undertake either the Pharmacist Vocational Training Programme (Foundation Framework) or the General Practice Clinical Pharmacist Competency & Capability Framework. All pharmacists with be required to qualify and then work as an Independent Prescriber.

All candidates must have a degree in Pharmacy and be on the practising register of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC); have a broad clinical knowledge; have good IT skills; have excellent communication and interpersonal skills; be a car owner and driver; and be able to work in any location in Aberdeen city.

For further information please contact:

Joan MacLeod, Lead Pharmacist, joan.macleod@nhs.net  (07772 608657)

or

Alison Davie, Lead Pharmacist, alison.davie@nhs.net (07772 580835)