Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Blood Borne Virus (LW)

Nhsayrshireandarran; Scotland; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in Scotland is seeking a motivated pharmacist to join their Blood Borne Viruses team. In this role, you will manage a caseload of patients in an outpatient setting, ensuring effective medication use and excellent care delivery. You will collaborate closely with medical and nursing staff as part of a multidisciplinary team. This position offers opportunities for professional development and supports a dynamic, inclusive work environment for all staff members.

Benefits

Flexible working policies

Support for disabled candidates

Qualifications

• Pharmacist registration and qualification required.
• Ideally a prescriber.
• Experience in outpatient settings preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of patients in an outpatient setting.
• Work closely with medical and nursing staff.
• Ensure delivery of excellent care to BBV patients.

Job description

Do you want to be at the forefront of transforming clinical pharmacy? Do you want to work with a dynamic, supportive and friendly team?

We are creating innovative pathways to develop clinical leaders, and we are now looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist to join our expanding team.

A vacancy has arisen within our Blood Borne Viruses team, the current post holder has worked closely with the wider MDT forming a strong pharmacy presence in the team and pushing the boundaries of practice.

You will integrate as part of the MDT being the recognised expert on medicines within the BBV service working closely with medical and nursing staff ensuring delivery of excellent care to BBV patients across Fife. Within Fife there are currently 200+ patients on HIV medicines and a similar number receiving medicines for Hepatitis B. All patients are discussed and monitored through a series of MDT meetings, at which this post holder will play a vital role.

Ideally a prescriber, you will manage a caseload of patients in an outpatient setting to ensure safe, appropriate and clinically effective use of medicines.

You will be supported by the Lead Pharmacist for Public Health to further develop the role of pharmacy within the team ensuring patients receive the best possible outcomes from their medicines. Successful applicants will be supported to advance their career in line with advanced practice frameworks.

The NHS Fife Pharmacy Service has undergone an ambitious programme of transformation and integration. It serves a population of approximately 380,000 people and is provided by an integrated team of around 300 Pharmacy staff, including Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Support Workers, Nurses, and Administrators. The team work across Acute and Community hospital sites, General Practices, Mental Health services, and a range of specialist teams. Partnership working is at the core of our values, and we work closely with other members of the multi-disciplinary team, including our Community Pharmacy colleagues, to deliver the highest quality care for everyone in Fife.

There are opportunities to become involved in a range of projects across the integrated Pharmacy service as well as shaping the future vision for the service. As part of our staff engagement and leadership, our Pharmacy Senior Leadership hold monthly staff briefing sessions to update the team on new developments, celebrate achievements and to hear ideas from our staff.

Fife has something to offer everyone and getting to and around Fife is simple, with excellent public transport links from around the UK. This fabulous region is not far from Scotland’s major cities, with Edinburgh just to the south, Dundee and Perth to the north, and Glasgow to the south west. But don’t just take our word for it, why not come for a visit, have a chat and see our wonderful team in action!

Please refer to the relevant job pack for details on the role.

For further information please contact: Aileen Boags, Lead Pharmacist for Public Health & Community Pharmacy services [e-mail] or Cara Mackenzie, Deputy Director of Pharmacy & Medicines [e-mail]

A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK websitehere.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.

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.

Please note the salary is pro rata for part time hours.

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.