Specialist Pharmacist – Hospital at Home Prescriber

NHS Borders; Scotland; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Borders is seeking a Specialist Pharmacist – Hospital at Home to lead a high-quality clinical pharmacy service, delivering hospital-level care in patients' homes and supporting safe, cost-effective use of medicines across settings.

You will provide expert medicines optimisation, conduct pharmacist-led reviews and patient consultations, and contribute to service development within a supportive multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Provide specialist medicines optimisation advice for Hospital at Home patients.
• Lead pharmacist-led medication reviews and patient consultations (in person, by telephone and/or video).
• Practise as an independent prescriber or be willing to undertake prescribing training.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist pharmaceutical advice and medicines optimisation for patients supported by the Hospital at Home service.
• Undertake pharmacist-led medication reviews and patient consultations (in person, by telephone and/or by video), including polypharmacy reviews.
• Practise as an independent prescriber (or be willing to undertake prescribing training) to manage a defined patient caseload.
• Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to improve medicines safety, support safe transfer of care and reduce avoidable admissions/readmissions.
• Contribute to service development, including medicines-related policies, pathways and governance (e.g. audit, incident learning, antimicrobial stewardship).
• Support education, training and supervision of colleagues and learners, contributing to the wider pharmacy service.

Skills

Medicines optimisation

Medication reviews

Polypharmacy reviews

Independent prescriber

Job description

NHS Borders is seeking a Specialist Pharmacist – Hospital at Home to lead a high-quality clinical pharmacy service, delivering hospital-level care in patients' homes and supporting safe, cost-effective use of medicines across settings.

You will provide expert medicines optimisation, conduct pharmacist-led reviews and patient consultations, and contribute to service development within a supportive multidisciplinary team.