Senior Clinical Pharmacist, Therapeutics and Medicines Utilisation

NHS National Services Scotland; Kirkcaldy; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Fife Pharmacy and Medicines Directorate seeks a motivated pharmacist for the Medicines Management team. This role offers a unique opportunity to influence prescribing practices and manage medicines utilization while working autonomously. Candidates should have a Masters in Pharmacy, clinical experience, and a commitment to patient care.

Benefits

Flexible working policies

Family-friendly policies

Support for disabled candidates

Qualifications

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as an independent prescriber or willing to work towards it.
• Demonstrable clinical pharmacy experience.
• Regular clinical commitment to a designated patient group.

Responsibilities

• Influence cost-effective, safe, and evidence-based prescribing.
• Manage formulary and homecare medicines.
• Transition local NHS Board formulary to regional governance.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Influencing skills

Education

Masters degree in Pharmacy

Postgraduate qualification in Clinical Pharmacy

Job description

NHS Fife Pharmacy and Medicines Directorate is seeking a motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist to join our Medicines Management team.

The post provides an excellent opportunity for a pharmacist to enter the world of Medicines Management to influence cost effective, safe and evidence based prescribing, medicines utilisation, and evaluation of medicines, including new and novel medicines, formulary management and homecare medicines.

You will have highly effective interpersonal, communication and influencing skills. You will operate with a high degree of autonomy in decisions and judgments relating to Medicines Utilisation and Therapeutics.

You will have a unique opportunity to be part of the transition from local NHS Board formulary and governance to regional working and governance procedures.

You will have a Masters degree in Pharmacy or equivalent and be on the practicing register of the General Pharmaceutical Council and annotated as an independent prescriber, or be willing to work towards this within a given timeframe. You will have demonstrable clinical pharmacy experience and will have completed a postgraduate qualification in Clinical Pharmacy or be able to demonstrate that you have equivalent experience. You will have a regular clinical commitment to a designated group of patient, based on service need and previous skills and experience.

Informal enquiries and visits to the department are welcomed and should be directed to:
Fraser Notman – Lead Pharmacist – Medicines Utilisation & Therapeutics by email or via Microsoft Teams at [e-mail] or
Hazel Close – Deputy Director of Pharmacy and Medicines by email or via Microsoft Teams [e-mail]

NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application. 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 Fife welcomes applications from all sections of society.

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.