NHS Scotland
Specialist Clinical Pharmacist, Mental Health (LW)
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NHS Fife Pharmacy and Medicines Directorate
Specialist Clinical Pharmacist in Mental Health Services
This role provides a unique opportunity to manage a caseload of patients within inpatient and outpatient mental health settings, and with a variety of mental health conditions, ideally working as an independent prescriber (or working towards independent prescribing qualification), to provide support and advice to patients, carers/families, and multidisciplinary teams.
- Showcase your pharmacy expertise in safety of prescribing, administration, and governance of medicines.
- Accountable to the senior Mental Health Pharmacist in developing the medication governance of high-risk medicines within inpatient mental health services.
- Work closely with the multidisciplinary team to provide specialist pharmacy advice to ensure safe, appropriate, and clinically effective use of medicines in line with national and local guidance.
- Collaborate across a range of specialist mental health teams, and cross-sector colleagues including community mental health teams, primary care, and community pharmacies, in providing patient-centred and seamless care.
Requirements:
- An independent prescribing qualification (or working towards it) is essential.
- Completion of the pharmacy foundation programme is desirable.
Support:
- You will be supported by the lead pharmacists.
- Participation in peer-support networks for independent prescribers and specialist-interest pharmacists.
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Location:
- Predominantly based at Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline.
- Applicants should be able to travel throughout Fife based on service demand.
About NHS Fife Pharmacy and Medicines Service:
- Provide an ambitious programme of integrated care to the persons of Fife.
- Serves a population of approximately 380,000 people.
- A team of around 300 Pharmacy staff, including Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Support Workers, Nurses, and Administrators.
- Operate across Acute and Community hospital sites, General Practices, Mental Health services, and a range of specialist teams.
- Partnership working is at the core of our values.
Informal Enquiries:
- Amina Silmani-Fersia, Head of Pharmacy- governance and Therapeutics (amina.slimani-fersia@nhs.scot)
- Silvia Aleksieva- Senior ADHD Pharmacist; silvia.aleksieva@nhs.scot
- Kirstin Grady- Senior Mental Health Pharmacist, kirstin.grady@nhs.scot
Estimated Interview Date:
- September 2026
Requirements:
- Become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.
Right to Work in the UK:
- It is essential that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.
- NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK as part of the pre-employment checks.
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Benefits:
- We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies.
- Fully support disabled candidates and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
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Equality and Diversity:
- 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.
- NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
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