We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic pharmacist to lead clinical pharmacy services. This new post gives you the opportunity to work at an advanced level clinically, develop clinical pharmacy services and make a tangible improvement to patient care.
Clinical Pharmacy is transforming and is looking for pharmacists who are engaged in driving improvements in patient care including through identifying and focussing on clinical priorities, developing the pharmacy team, utilising technology, improving governance processes and collaborating with a wide variety of stakeholders to improve workflows and systems. There is a broad pharmacy team and multidisciplinary team to support you to achieve this.
The post holder will have significant clinical experience and be working at an advanced level. Providing direct patient care will account for 40-50% of the job plan with 50-60% of time taken with leadership, quality improvement and management tasks.
Surgical Division - We have a range of surgical specialities plus ICU and SHDU. This post would include the National Treatment Centre which opened in April. The NTC provide services for Ophthalmology and Orthopaedics. There is also a Paediatric and Maternity unit. There are currently 3 Lead Pharmacists plus Specialist and Rotational Pharmacists. We are working to develop a Clinical Technician and Support Worker team.
The Rural General Hospital in Fort William and Wick are part of the Acute Pharmacy Team. The post holder will work with the RGH teams to provide specialist advice, information share and to support standardised working across the three sites.
There has been significant investment in pharmacy services in NHS Highland. We introduced robotics in 2021 and HEPMA is currently being rolled out across the board with 2 sites have gone live already and active planning in place for other sites. The Highlands and Islands Pharmacy Research and Education Centre is also on site.
You will be required to participate in an on-call rota (currently approximately 1 in 25) and weekend working (currently approximately 6 weekend days per year) and public holidays.
A relocation package may be available for the right candidate. Part-time working would be considered.
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. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.