Hours: 22.2 hours/week, minimum 15 hours/week (9-12 month fixed term post)
This post may be combined with part time hours in the acute clinical pharmacy service or primary care pharmacy service if full time hours are preferred.
The post will also support weekend and public holiday service provision as part of the wider pharmacy team
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, enthusiastic and motivated pharmacist to lead our pharmacy clinical trials team for 9-12 months to cover for maternity leave This is a part-time post but there may be an opportunity to combine it with a post in the clinical pharmacy service or primary care pharmacy service if additional hours are preferred. This opportunity could also be undertaken as a secondment.
As the responsible pharmacist for clinical trials, you will lead, plan, organise and deliver the pharmacy clinical trial service across NHS Fife. You will work collaboratively with research teams to provide professional advice to aid in the planning of clinical trials and contribute to good clinical governance in the use of medicines. You will manage the operational aspects of clinical trials, line manage team members and be expected to actively participate in regional or national programmes related to clinical trials. You will have a clinical commitment and will support the Head of Pharmacy- Development & Innovation in the strategic and operational development of the pharmacy service to NHS Fife.
You will be based at either the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy or Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline however, you will be required to be flexible to work across NHS Fife hospital sites.
It is essential you have a Master of Pharmacy Degree or equivalent and are a member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). A postgraduate qualification or equivalent experience is essential and it is desirable that you are an independent prescriber. You will have significant post-registration experience of pharmacy practice including clinical trials, sound clinical knowledge, excellent communication and interpersonal skills and comprehensive IT skills.
Fixed Term/Secondment Opportunity –
Existing permanent employees must first discuss this opportunity with their substantive line manager. The secondment policy can be found here Hub • Blink (joinblink.com) If you do not have approval for a secondment from your current line manager, you will not be able to progress your application for a fixed term post. External applicants, with continuous NHS Service, must also have in place a secondment agreement, from their existing board to apply for this post.
For informal enquiries, please contact Sandee Beattie, Senior Pharmacist – Clinical Trials, (sandee.beattie@nhs.scot)or Sally Tyson, Head of Pharmacy – Development & Innovation, (sally.tyson@nhs.scot).
A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.
To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.
As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK websitehere.
For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be foundhere.
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 sponsoredBEFORE submitting your application form.
We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
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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