MG) Specialist Pharmacist

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Specialist Pharmacist

NHS Lothian Pharmacy & Medicines Service

St John's Hospital

Band 7 | 1.0 WTE | 36 hours

Permanent

£52,769 - £61,377

(including evening, weekend, on-call and public holidays commitment)

Join our dedicated Pharmacy & Medicines team and play a key role in delivering high-quality service to patients in NHS Lothian. We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic pharmacist to contribute to clinical pharmacy service delivery across surgical, women's and children's specialities based at St John's Hospital in Livingston.

This is an opportunity to work as a team of pharmacists providing specialist clinical pharmacy service to our Surgical and Women's and Children's wards.

Surgery at St John's Hospital provides specialist regional services for ENT, Maxillofacial and Plastic Surgery, including Burns patients. Our 24 hour stay surgical unit undertakes a high volume of elective surgical procedures across 4 additional specialities: urology, colorectal, general surgery and orthopaedics. The post holder will also be trained on our intensive care unit.

St John's delivers gynaecology and perinatal services for West Lothian. We have a general paediatric ward providing inpatient care alongside elective paediatric surgeries, medical day care and medical investigations. In addition we support neonatal services via our Special Care Baby Unit, which is closely aligned to neonatal services in Edinburgh.

The post holder will be able to expand their specialist knowledge and develop their skills in service development, staff management, training and education. This dynamic role will allow the post holder to be supported through cross-professional collaboration to work towards/achieve core advanced pharmacist credentials.

The post holder will contribute to the development and delivery of the clinical pharmacy service.

We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist with a passion for delivering exceptional clinical care.

• A Master of Pharmacy Degree (or equivalent).
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Completed training or equivalent competence mapped to

• Experience in proactively influencing prescribing, using clinical knowledge to optimise patient care.
• A strong patient-focused approach, with the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, enabling effective decision-making in an acute medical setting.
• A proactive attitude, with a commitment to continuous learning and professional development.

At NHS Lothian, we are committed to fostering equality, diversity, and inclusion in our workforce. Serving a population of 900,000, we are the second-largest health system in Scotland and…