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Openness, Honesty and Responsibility The Pharmacotherapy Team are looking to recruit two Band 7 Pharmacists to provide a specialist pharmacotherapy service to NHS Borders GP practices ensuring safe, appropriate and cost-effective use of medicines in line with local and national guidelines, including population-wide and individual face-to-face medicine reviews within those practices. This may involve prescribing of medication. This role will help to manage the delivery of acute and repeat prescriptions, medicines reconciliation, serial prescriptions and undertaking poly-pharmacy reviews, to support and facilitate the delivery of NHS Borders strategic and operational prescribing priorities within practices and localities. They will also be involved in providing education, advice and support to the GP practice multidisciplinary team on medicine related issues and provide advice to patients and/or carers regarding medicine related issues and health promotion material, so that patients are treated holistically. The successful candidates will work Monday to Friday for 37 hrs per week. For further information please contact Mairi Struthers, Pharmacotherapy Service Co-ordinator (
mairi.struthers@borders.scot.nhs.uk
) ***PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early*** 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.
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Care and Compassion
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Quality and Teamwork
•
Dignity and Respect
•
Openness, Honesty and Responsibility The Pharmacotherapy Team are looking to recruit two Band 7 Pharmacists to provide a specialist pharmacotherapy service to NHS Borders GP practices ensuring safe, appropriate and cost-effective use of medicines in line with local and national guidelines, including population-wide and individual face-to-face medicine reviews within those practices. This may involve prescribing of medication. This role will help to manage the delivery of acute and repeat prescriptions, medicines reconciliation, serial prescriptions and undertaking poly-pharmacy reviews, to support and facilitate the delivery of NHS Borders strategic and operational prescribing priorities within practices and localities. They will also be involved in providing education, advice and support to the GP practice multidisciplinary team on medicine related issues and provide advice to patients and/or carers regarding medicine related issues and health promotion material, so that patients are treated holistically. The successful candidates will work Monday to Friday for 37 hrs per week. For further information please contact Mairi Struthers, Pharmacotherapy Service Co-ordinator (
mairi.struthers@borders.scot.nhs.uk
) ***PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early*** 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.
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