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024185 Specialist Clinical Pharmacist, Pharmacy
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NHS Lothian 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. To this end, NHS Lothian welcomes applications from all sections of society. ***PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early*** Department of Pharmacy Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Clinical Pharmacist Emergency Medicine Band 7 - 37.5 hours per week £39,300 - £46,006 pro rata The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE) is a large teaching hospital with an established reputation for offering the best practice over a wide range of specialties. The Emergency Department at RIE is one of the busiest in Scotland with an average daily attendance of approximately 350 patients. It serves as a tertiary receiving centre for Lothian and Border regions. The pharmacy service at The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE) has recently extended our clinical pharmacy team into the Emergency Department at RIE. This is a new and exciting opportunity for a passionate and ambitious pharmacist to work closely with the ED multi-disciplinary team in a patient focused role to optimise medicines use, support patient flow and contribute towards ongoing development of the clinical pharmacy service to ED. The post holder will be a key member of the well established Acute Medicine Pharmacy team and will work closely with pharmacy colleagues across the service. Candidates must have a Master of Pharmacy degree or equivalent; be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and ideally have completed or be working towards a post graduate clinical diploma including an independent prescribing qualification. Ideally, candidates will have experience pro-actively influencing prescribing within a secondary care environment, and will have gained experience working in a patient focussed environment using their knowledge and skills to improve patient care and promote optimal outcomes from medicines. Public holiday, weekend service and on-call service requirements are included in this post. For further information please contact Fiona McGrehan, Clinical Lead Pharmacist Acute & General Medicine on 0131 536 1000 Bleep 5133 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.