General Practice Clinical Pharmacist

NHS National Services Scotland; Dundee; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Scotland is seeking an experienced clinical pharmacist to enhance the pharmacy services in Dundee. The successful candidate will work alongside a multidisciplinary team to ensure high quality patient care and medication management, focusing on continuous professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experienced clinical pharmacist with a commitment to patient care.
• Must have excellent clinical and interpersonal skills.
• Willingness to engage in continuous personal and service development.

Responsibilities

• Support pharmacy technicians with medicines reconciliation.
• Deal with medication-related queries from patients.
• Undertake medication reviews in GP practices including independent prescribing.

Skills

Clinical skills

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Education

Pharmacist qualification

Job description

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.

We are looking for an experienced clinical pharmacist to join our team of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and support staff working alongside the wider multidisciplinary teams supporting General Practices in Dundee.

The successful candidate will be a team player with excellent clinical and interpersonal skills, keen to develop them self and the Pharmacy service, and have a commitment to providing high quality care to support our patients achieve the best outcome from their medicines

In a typical working week you will:

• Support pharmacy technicians and assistants to undertake medicines reconciliation post discharge or outpatient review
• Deal with medication related queries from patients or other healthcare professionals
• Undertake medication reviews or other clinical activities in GP practices including independent prescribing
• Attend practice or other multidisciplinary meetings
• Line manage and supervise pharmacists undertaking training and development e.g. independent prescribing, post-registration foundation
• Support personal and service development based on your own interest e.g. QI project, sustainability, a specific clinical specialism, leadership or identified service need

You will be supported and encouraged to demonstrate continuous development of advanced clinical practice through education and training opportunities.

If you a pharmacist interested in General Practice Pharmacy and Primary Care but looking for a bit more and want to develop your clinical skills working as part of a multidisciplinary team while also having the opportunity to pursue your own professional development interests this could be the post for you.

The job description for this post is currently under review and does not accurately describe the role therefore please contact [e-mail] for more information.

Informal enquiries to: Michelle Logan, Head of Clinical Pharmacy, telephone [phone], or email [e-mail]

Hours of work are: 37 hours over 5 days. Part-time applicants will be considered.

Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

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