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Overview
The Pharmacotherapy Team are looking to recruit a Clinical Pharmacist to provide a specialist pharmacotherapy service to NHS Borders GP practices, ensuring safe, appropriate and cost-effective use of medicines in line with local and national guidelines. This includes population-wide and individual face-to-face medicine reviews within those practices. This may involve prescribing of medication.
Responsibilities
* Manage the delivery of acute and repeat prescriptions, medicines reconciliation, serial prescriptions, and poly-pharmacy reviews.
* Complete quality prescribing work to support and facilitate the delivery of NHS Borders priorities within practices and localities.
* Provide education, advice and support to the GP practice multidisciplinary team on medicine-related issues.
* Provide advice to patients and/or carers regarding medicine-related issues and health promotion material, supporting holistic care.
* Work Monday to Friday for 37 hours per week.
Qualifications / Requirements
* Role involves prescribing of medication (where applicable) as part of clinical duties.
* The successful candidate will provide education and advice to the GP practice team and patients as described above.
Working in the UK
There is a legal requirement to have permission to work in the UK. NHS Scotland Boards will check entitlement to work in the UK as part of pre-employment checks. For details about visa routes, sponsorship, and the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme, refer to the GOV.UK guidance. If sponsorship is possible, it depends on the employer being a licensed sponsor, the post meeting salary thresholds, and other criteria.
It is essential that you have the right to work in the UK or that the post is eligible for sponsorship before submitting your application form.
We cannot accept late applications; please submit early.
Employment details
* Seniority level: Entry level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Health Care Provider
* Industries: Hospitals and Health Care
NHS Scotland is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of society.
For further information about the post, please email mairi.struthers2@nhs.scot.
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