Fixed term 12 months

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.

NHS Lothian Pharmacy & Medicines Service

Advanced / Lead Pharmacist Health & Care Staffing

Waverley Gate / Band 8A / 1.0WTE (37.5 hours)

Fixed Term / Secondment for 12 months

£56,992 - £61,522

(Weekend and Public Holiday commitments may be required)

NHS Lothian covers Edinburgh city, East Lothian, Midlothian and West Lothian. We are the second largest health system in NHS Scotland and one of only four teaching Boards. We have strategic partnerships with local Universities, Local Authorities and our four Integration Joint Boards. We serve a population of 900,000, providing a range of primary, community based and acute hospital services. We also provide regional and national services across a range of clinical specialties.

The vision for the Pharmacy & Medicines service is to deliver clinically led, person-centred services to ensure patients across Lothian get the best from their medicines and pharmacy services. We are focussed on creating an environment where each person in the team has the opportunity to flourish, develop and make best use of their skills.

This is an exciting new post to lead scoping and planning for the enactment of the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 across our single system pharmacy service. We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic leader who demonstrates a high level of professional practice to implement local and national strategies and work collaboratively with other professions to develop a robust and systematic approach to the enactment of the legislation. The post maintains a clinical commitment which can be agreed in accordance with the successful candidate’s previous experience and service need in primary care or hospital sites.

This post also offers the opportunity to undertake personal practice-based research and commission, supervise and support others undertaking research, audit or quality improvement work in the area of workforce planning. This post is excellent for candidates looking to develop their Advanced Practice Portfolio in line with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society framework.

You must be registered as a Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council and have a post-graduate qualification in clinical pharmacy or equivalent.

The job plan for this post is:

• 0.5WTE Health & Care Staffing Lead
• 0.2WTE Research
• 0.3WTE Clinical Practice

For further information please contact Alexa Wall, Associate Director of Pharmacy, Specialist Services, Development & Innovation at alexa.wall@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.