Medical Education Pharmacist

Are you passionate about healthcare education and want to develop your skills in this area further? Are you interested in teaching the next generation of doctors in safe and effective prescribing and therapeutics? If so this may be the job for you! This is an exciting opportunity for a suitably qualified pharmacist to join our Medicine Governance, Education &Training team to support delivery of specialist prescribing education and training to medical students at the University of St Andrews and also medical students from Dundee and Edinburgh and foundation year doctors on placement in NHS Fife. You will support their development through the sharing of learning related to therapeutics, medicines optimisation and the principles of safe prescribing. Innovative teaching and learning pedagogies are encouraged. You are expected to have specialised pharmaceutical knowledge and extensive experience of clinical decision making around prescribing of medicines to support their role in co-ordination, design and delivery of clinical teaching. You will liaise with the 0.2WTE medical education pharmacist to agree educational needs to improve the safe prescribing of medicines. The role also provides an opportunity to engage with the wider healthcare system with strategic and operational responsibility in the patient safety agenda. You should have a Master of Pharmacy Degree or equivalent and be a member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). They should possess a postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy. A practice certificate in independent prescribing is desirable. Experience of teaching and a qualification in teaching is desirable. You will be part of the Medicines Governance and Education & Training team, and will be based at both the University of St Andrews Medical School(as honorary member of staff) and the Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy. This medical education role is based in Fife which is in easy commutable distance of Tayside and Lothian. With its vibrant fishing villages, magnificent beaches and miles of peaceful countryside, Fife is the perfect place to develop your career with the NHS. Interviews for this post will be held on Wednesday 22nd of July Informal enquiries to: Geraldine Smith, Lead Pharmacist - Medicines Governance and Education & Training NHS Fife Tel 01383 623 623 ext 35867 or 01383 565 341, email: Geraldine.smith3@nhs.net or Sophie Ali - Undergraduate Medical Education Coordinator by email sophieali@nhs.net A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment. NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. All applicants are required to confirm their right to work in the UK in their application. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK), European Community (EC) or European Economic Area National please state the visa category under which you are legally entitled to work in the UK on your application form and the expiry date of your leave to remain in the UK.