211158 General Practice Clinical Pharmacist

TN United Kingdom; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an award-winning pharmacy team at Waverley Medical Centre in Dumfries & Galloway as a pharmacist. This role involves direct patient care, clinical assessments, and medication management, providing a rewarding opportunity to enhance your career in a beautiful location.

Qualifications

• Motivated, proactive, and enthusiastic pharmacist required.
• Experience in clinical assessment and polypharmacy medication reviews.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical pharmacy service directly to patients.
• Perform complex polypharmacy medication reviews.
• Joint working with GP practice staff and multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Clinical Assessment

Medication Review

Patient Management

Job description

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Client:

NHS Scotland

Location:

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

69ef8b538698

Job Views:

3

Posted:

17.05.2025

Expiry Date:

01.07.2025

Job Description:

Waverley Medical Centre

Pharmacists, are you ready for a change or to try something new?

Wigtownshire Community Health and Social Care (CHSC) team is looking to recruit a motivated, proactive, and enthusiastic pharmacist to work within our Pharmacy Hubs and GP practices. Our team of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacy support workers make up the GP practice clinical pharmacy service, taking a leading role in medicines management and medication review as part of the primary care multidisciplinary team. It is a rewarding role, helping patients in Dumfries and Galloway to safely manage their medicines.

You will provide a clinical pharmacy service directly to patients. Day-to-day responsibilities might include: clinical assessment and review of patients, performing complex polypharmacy medication reviews with patients, dealing with medicines-related queries, assessing patients' ability to manage their medicines (including in the patients' home), medicine reconciliation, and prescribing medication. Joint working with GP practice staff will be routine, as well as with the multidisciplinary teams within the local hospitals, community pharmacies, and home teams.

This is an incredibly exciting time to be joining the award-winning team here in Dumfries & Galloway. It's a fantastic place to live and work, and we are committed to providing opportunities for you to develop your career here with us.

For further information on the role and the skills/experience required, refer to the job description and person specification.

This post is fixed-term for 9 months, commencing 5 May 2025.

Please do not hesitate to contact Leanne Drummond (Cluster Lead Pharmacist Wigtownshire) by email at d@- for more information.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES

To learn more about working with NHS Dumfries and Galloway and to get an insight into our friendly, beautiful corner of Scotland, please visit our Work With Us web pages.

APPLICATION PROCESS: Please follow the application instructions at how-to-apply/application-process/. Ensure your email address is accurate, and check your email (including junk folders) and your Jobtrain account regularly for updates.