Senior Clinical Pharmacist: Meds Optimisation for Elders

NHS Scotland; Dundee; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Ninewells Hospital, part of NHS Scotland, is seeking a Senior Clinical Pharmacist to join the Medicine for the Elderly Clinical Pharmacy Team. You will help transform pharmaceutical care across traditional boundaries and align with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Core Advanced Pharmacist Curriculum.

You will provide pharmaceutical care to a caseload of older, frail patients, work within multidisciplinary teams, and support service development and quality improvement across NHS Tayside.

Qualifications

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Prescribing qualification or willingness to work towards one
• Commitment to continuing professional development (CPD)
• Experience in elderly/frailty care is desirable but not mandatory

Responsibilities

• Undertake comprehensive medication reviews to optimise therapy and outcomes
• Identify and manage potential medication-related harm
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across the patient pathway
• Contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives

Skills

Clinical pharmacy

Multidisciplinary teamwork

CPD commitment

Portfolio development

Education

GPhC registration

Prescribing qualification or training

Job description

Ninewells Hospital, part of NHS Scotland, is seeking a Senior Clinical Pharmacist to join the Medicine for the Elderly Clinical Pharmacy Team. You will help transform pharmaceutical care across traditional boundaries and align with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Core Advanced Pharmacist Curriculum.

You will provide pharmaceutical care to a caseload of older, frail patients, work within multidisciplinary teams, and support service development and quality improvement across NHS Tayside.