Clinical Pharmacist Frailty

NHS Scotland; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join NHS Scotland's clinical pharmacy team at Borders General Hospital to provide essential pharmaceutical care for elderly patients. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, engage in geriatric assessments, and promote patient safety initiatives while continuously developing your professional skills.

Benefits

Continuous professional development opportunities

Commitment to equality and diversity in the workforce

Qualifications

• Relevant clinical experience required.
• Completion of Post Registration Foundation Training or equivalent.
• You will be an independent prescriber or working towards this qualification.

Responsibilities

• Provide pharmaceutical care to elderly patients.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams on geriatric assessments.
• Develop and review referral pathways for ongoing pharmacy input.

Skills

Clinical experience

Independent prescribing

Education

Post Registration Foundation Training

Job description

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An exciting opportunity exists to join our clinical pharmacy team at the Borders General Hospital, providing pharmaceutical care to our frail elderly population throughout NHS Borders. This will involve working with the multidisciplinary team providing comprehensive geriatric assessment with our Frailty services at the Front Door, inpatients on the Care of the Elderly wards, and through referral pathways our frail patients within our other specialities, including Cancer care, Palliative care, Mental Health, Medicine and Surgery.

You will also help develop and review referral pathways for frail patients on discharge for ongoing pharmacy input by the wider team across NHS Borders within Hospital at Home, Care Homes, and our Integrated Care and Primary Care teams.

As part of our clinical team, you will work closely with multidisciplinary staff and also contribute to the developing role of our clinical technicians and pharmacy support staff. You will promote robust medicines governance, patient safety initiatives and future developments such as electronic medicines management.

You should have relevant clinical experience and have completed Post Registration Foundation Training or demonstrate evidence of clinical knowledge equivalent to that level. You will be an independent prescriber or working towards this qualification. You will be encouraged to undertake continuous professional development or further postgraduate study depending on your level of experience and needs.

For further information, or to arrange an informal visit please contact:

Gillian Elkin, Lead Pharmacist, Department of Medicine for the Elderly

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**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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