Specialist Primary Care Pharmacist

Specialist Primary Care Pharmacist Band 8a £61,713 – £66,497 including Distant Islands Allowance per annum or Band 7 £50,375 – £58,334 including Distant Islands Allowance per annum Full time 37 hours per week The Balfour Permanent We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated pharmacist to promote safe, efficient, and cost-effective medicines management within NHS Orkney. The post will be part of the developing Primary Care Pharmacy Team services in general practices, care homes and home care settings across mainland Orkney and the outer isles. The post holder will work as a clinical pharmacist in all GP practices and Care Homes across NHS Orkney. This will include providing pharmaceutical support through the reviewing of prescribing data, performing audits, and recommending changes in prescribing practices with your key focus being to improve the health and wellbeing outcomes for the residents of Orkney. You will be supported and mentored by our existing team of experienced primary and secondary care clinical pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy support workers: team-working is key. This is an exciting post offering a unique working environment with a friendly and enthusiastic team in a stunning remote and rural setting. You will work with general practice and managed service staff to ensure prescribing is safe, effective, and efficient by becoming an integral member of the Primary Care multidisciplinary teams. The successful candidate must be a qualified Pharmacist Independent Prescriber and may have a community pharmacy, general practice, or hospital background, but good clinical and technical knowledge and application ability as well as excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential. For appointment at Band 7 as a development post, the successful candidate will follow a bespoke training and development plan before commencing on the Band 8a scale. It would be required that the candidate completes the following: Complete the Core Advanced Curriculum, credentialed by The Royal Pharmaceutical Society We are open to working flexibly with the successful candidate in line with our policies. If you are unsure about a permanent change we would be open to discussing a fixed-term contract/secondment for a suitably qualified candidate. For an informal chat or to ask any questions please do not hesitate to contact Lyndsay Steel, Lead General Practice Pharmacist by email:

lyndsay.steel1@nhs.scot

or by mobile: 07999029282 This post is subject to a PVG Scheme Record check.

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