Clinical Pharmacist

Job Description

OUR VALUES IN ACTION Care and Compassion Quality and Teamwork Dignity and Respect Openness, honesty and responsibility We wish to recruit forward thinking clinical pharmacists to join our clinical pharmacy team based at Borders General Hospital providing services throughout NHS Borders. You will receive training and experience in a variety of clinical services, dispensary and aseptic services designed to meet your personal development needs. Our friendly and experienced teams will support you as you provide pharmaceutical care to a variety of patient groups, including Medicine, Surgery, Orthopaedics, Care of the Elderly Cardiology, Stroke, Cancer care, Palliative care, Mental Health and Intensive care. You will be offered and encouraged to undertake continuous professional development using the Post Registration Foundation Training including independent prescribing, or other further postgraduate study depending on your level of experience and needs. In turn, you will support NHS foundation pharmacists, both BGH-based and community-based during their hospital sector placement. This post involves being part of the on-call rota and the weekend working rota. For further information or to arrange an informal visit please contact: Kirsten Thomson, Lead Clinical Pharmacist (01896 827715) or Kirsten. Thomson@borders.scot.nhs.uk PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes. 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. Show more Show less