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NHS Lothian
Specialist Clinical Pharmacist - Primary Care Pharmacist
West Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP)
Please note: As this post is part-time, the salary will be pro-rata.
NHS Lothian serves a population of around one million people and employs approximately 35,000 staff, all committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.
Our Primary Care Pharmacy and Medicines Service is currently undergoing an ambitious programme of transformation and integration. We deliver pharmaceutical care through a team of around 50 pharmacy professionals — pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and administrators — working across General Practices and Pharmacotherapy Hub throughout West Lothian.
Partnership working is central to our values. We collaborate closely with the wider multidisciplinary team, including Community Pharmacy colleagues, to ensure the highest quality care for everyone in Lothian.
Do you want to be part of a service that is redefining how pharmaceutical care is delivered? Do you want to work in an environment that values its staff and supports learning, growth and wellbeing? Do you want to join a dynamic team with the ambition to become “the best Pharmacy service in Scotland”?
Who You Are
You are a dynamic, motivated and enthusiastic GPhC-registered pharmacist. You may come from a community or hospital background, or you may already be working within a GP practice.
You Will Bring
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- A commitment to leadership, innovation and continuous improvement
- Alignment with NHS Lothian’s values: quality, teamwork, care and compassion, dignity and respect, openness, honesty and responsibility
- Experience in supporting the development and education of others
- The ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team
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What We Offer
We are developing innovative career pathways designed to nurture future clinical leaders.
In These Roles, You Will
- Develop and expand your clinical skills across an average of 2 GP practices within West Lothian
- Provide holistic, patient-centred pharmaceutical care to improve the safety and effectiveness of medicines
- Support the clinical workings of the technician-led pharmacy hub ensuring safe and appropriate pharmaceutical interventions
- Contribute to joint projects and initiatives within the HSCP aligned with local and national priorities
We will support your professional development, including opportunities to complete:
- The RPS Core Advanced Curriculum
- The independent prescribing qualification
You will receive support from senior pharmacists and benefit from strong peer networks across the wider pharmacy team. Dedicated development time will be built into your working week.
You will also have access to a comprehensive range of NHS benefits, including a generous holiday allowance, NHS pension and parental leave.
Selection process
Eligibility
Candidates should have postgraduate experience in a patient-focused clinical environment, using their skills to improve care and optimise medicines. Completion of the NES Post-Registration Foundation Training (PRFT) programme (or equivalent) is expected. If you have not completed PRFT, you must be ready to be signed off as “fit to prescribe” and complete a mapping document (sent prior to interview). If you have not had the opportunity to enrol in PRFT, you must be able to map your experience to the mapping document (sent prior to interview). PRFT has been available to early years Scottish pharmacists since late 2021.
Interview
Candidates meeting the essential criteria will be invited to a competency-based interview with knowledge-based scenarios.
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If you are unable to select an interview slot due to work commitments, please contact Stewart McNair or Hazel Brown to discuss possible alternative arrangements.
Find out more
For Further Information Or An Informal Discussion, Please Contact
- Hazel Brown, Advanced Clinical Pharmacist – Hazel.Brown@nhs.scot
- Stewart McNair, Advanced Clinical Pharmacist – Stewart.McNair@nhs.scot
For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification.
To work in the United Kingdom
There is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigration Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy.
Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.
We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
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.
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