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, including population-wide and individual face-to-face medicine reviews within those practices. This may involve prescribing of medication.
Responsibilities
* Help to manage the delivery of acute and repeat prescriptions, medicines reconciliation, serial prescriptions, undertaking poly-pharmacy reviews and completing quality prescribing work, to support and facilitate the delivery of NHS Borders strategic and operational prescribing priorities within practices and localities.
* Provide education, advice and support to the GP practice multidisciplinary team on medicine related issues and provide advice to patients and/or carers regarding medicine related issues and health promotion material, so that patients are treated holistically.
* The successful candidate will work Monday to Friday for 37 hrs per week.
Additional information
Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. For more details on these changes please see the Disclosure Scotland Changes information.
To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement to demonstrate that you have the relevant permission to work in the country. NHS Scotland Boards will check entitlement to work and it can be evidenced through various routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status.
For specific types of post, sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa may be possible if the employer is a licensed sponsor and if the post meets minimum salary requirements.
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.
PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early
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.
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