204343 R1 Specialist Pharmacist

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

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. 

Specialist Clinical Pharmacist

Band 7 £48,788 - £56,747 per annum

37 hours per week

(public holiday working and on-call commitment)

Permanent post

We have an opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated pharmacist to join our friendly and supportive Mental Health Pharmacy team. This post is in based at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital in Morningside in the south of Edinburgh.  It will be ideal for someone looking to further their clinical/hospital experience and will enable development of skills in both inpatient and outpatient settings.

The post-holder will be responsible for the clinical pharmacy service to one or Older Peoples Mental Health Wards including consultant ward rounds, and multi-disciplinary working with ward-based staff.  The post holder will also develop a clinical pharmacy service to the Older Peoples Mental Health Community Mental Health Teams and outpatient services.

Were involved with Scottish Universities providing regular placements for undergraduates experiential learning and have a trainee pharmacist and band 6 pharmacists on site. All hospitals in the Health Board are utilising HePMA.

Candidates must have a Master of Pharmacy Degree or equivalent, be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), and should have completed or have equivalent competence mapped to the RPS post-registration foundation pharmacist curriculum

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). There is a requirement to contribute to the on-call rota and work public holidays.  There will be opportunity to undertake further postgraduate qualifications in this post.

For further information, or an informal chat about this opportunity, please contact: Fiona Mack Advanced Clinical Pharmacist , Fiona.mack@nhs.scot  or Paul Maguiness Lead Pharmacis paul.maguiness@nhs.scot