Specialist Clinical Pharmacist

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Western , , Stornoway, Isle of Specialist Clinical Pharmacist Band 7 (£40,872 to £47,846) per annum plus short-term Recruitment and Retention Premium of 20% for the first twelve months and Distant Islands Allowance (£1,279 per...

Western , , Stornoway, Isle of

Specialist Clinical Pharmacist

Band 7 (£40,872 to £47,846) per annum plus short-term Recruitment and Retention Premium of 20% for the first twelve months and Distant Islands Allowance (£1,279 per annum)

37 Hours per Week

Permanent Post

This post is in based at the Western Isles Hospital in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis and offers an excellent opportunity for an experienced self-motivated pharmacist to help continue exciting work in developing a clinical and patient focussed clinical pharmacy service.

The post-holder will be one of three clinical pharmacists working at this hospital and will be responsible for the clinical pharmacy service to a number of wards including consultant ward rounds, patient counselling and multi-disciplinary working with ward-based medical and nursing staff. There will also be opportunities to get involved in providing a clinical pharmacy service to the local hospice and remotely to another two hospitals throughout the archipelago, involvement in the local Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) and multi-disciplinary training sessions. The service is looking to develop opportunities and initiatives around self-medication using patient’s own drug lockers throughout the hospital and implementing a new Hospital Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (HEPMA) system. Development of managerial and clinical skills will be encouraged through project work and audit.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a friendly and highly motivated multidisciplinary team including a full range of healthcare professionals.

We are offering an opportunity to live and work in our beautiful and rural island community. You can enjoy amazing outdoor and cultural activities such as kayaking, surfing, climbing, hill walking, diving as well as a wealth of traditional crafts and music related pursuits.  We are also only a short journey from Glasgow, Inverness and Edinburgh by plane, with twice daily ferry sailing to Ullapool.


For an informal chat on the above posts and how it may suit you, please contact Sue Price, sue.price@nhs.scot

The successful applicant will be required to register with the PVG Scheme (Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme). This post is not eligible for relocation expenses.

All NHS Western Isles vacancies appear on the NHS Scotland website: https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/ along with a job description.

Tha beàrnan-obrach NHS Eilean Siar uile gu léir a' nochdadh air làrach-lìn NHS na h-Alba https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/ , còmhla ri dealbh-obrach.

Any further queries please contact Tel: 01851 762027.


Closing Date 15th May 2024


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