AW) Advanced Clinical Pharmacist

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NHS Lothian serves a population of approximately 1 million people, employs 35,000 people and is fundamentally focussed on improving the health and wellbeing of the population. Some of the benefits of working in NHS Lothian are captured in the video below;

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The NHS Lothian Primary Care Pharmacy and Medicines Service is undergoing an ambitious programme of transformation and integration. Pharmaceutical care is provided by a team of around 100 pharmacy staff, including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and administrators, working across General Practices covering the whole of Edinburgh. We also provide a service to each of the HSCPs Community Hospitals, Hospital @Homes services and the two Edinburgh Hospices.

To strengthen our pharmacy team, we have created this advanced clinical pharmacist post to provide leadership to the pharmacy team who provide clinical support to the Community Hospitals, Hospital @Home and Hospice team.

Partnership working is at the core of our values, and we work closely with other members of the multi-disciplinary team, to deliver the highest quality care for everyone in Lothian.

Do you want to be at the forefront of transforming the delivery of pharmaceutical care? Do you want to work in an environment that values staff and supports their learning, growth and wellbeing? Do you want to work with a dynamic team who have the ambition to be “the best Pharmacy service in Scotland”?

You are a dynamic, highly motivated and enthusiastic, GPhC registered pharmacist.

You will provide leadership to the pharmacy team supporting Edinburgh’s community hospitals which consist of Ellen’s Glen Community Hospital (34 beds), Findlay Community Hospital (45 beds), and Ferryfield Hospital (48 beds) and Hospital  will also work alongside the Hospice pharmacy team. You will also have close alignment with the wider clinical pharmacy team, with Royal Edinburgh Hospital and Associated Services (REAS) and the other Community hospital and H@H teams across NHS Lothian, ensuring strong professional support and development.

An on call commitment to support the community hospitals may be required.

You must be innovative, with strong leadership skills to manage and support the pharmacy team in primary care. You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills to support patient care, staff management and engagement and close working with GP Practice Teams. You should always be promoting NHS Lothian's values of quality, teamwork, care and compassion, dignity and respect, and openness, honesty and responsibility.

You will have experience of involvement in the development and education of others.

The ideal candidate will be able to work autonomously as well as part of a team.

• Candidates who have not completed a Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma or MSc in Clinical Pharmacy must demonstrate substantial progress across the four pillars of the RPS Core Advanced Pharmacist Curriculum through:
• Engagement with the RPS Core Advanced Curriculum
• Active participation in a community of practice/peer network
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