Pharmacists, are you ready for a change or to try something new?
Wigtownshire Community Health and Social Care (CHSC) team is looking to recruit a motivated, proactive and enthusiastic pharmacist to work within our Pharmacy Hubs and GP practices. Our team of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy support workers make up the GP practice clinical pharmacy service, taking a leading role in medicines management and medication review as part of the primary care multidisciplinary team. It is a rewarding role, helping patients in Dumfries and Galloway to safely manage their medicines.
You will provide a clinical pharmacy service directly to patients. Day-to-day responsibilities might include: clinical assessment and review of patients, performing complex polypharmacy medication reviews with patients, dealing with medicines related queries, assessing patients ability to manage their medicines (including in the patient’s home), medicine reconciliation and prescribing of medication. Joint working with GP practice staff will be routine, as well as with the multidisciplinary teams within the local hospitals, Community Pharmacies and Home Teams.
This is an incredibly exciting time to be joining the award winning team that we have here in Dumfries & Galloway. It’s a fantastic place to live and work and we are determined that whatever your interests as a pharmacy professional, there will be an opportunity for you to develop your career here with us.
For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, refer to the job description and person specification.
This post is fixed term for 9 months commencing 5 May 2025.
Please do not hesitate to contact Leanne Drummond (Cluster Lead Pharmacist Wigtownshire) by email - Leanne.drummond@nhs.scot - if you would like any more information
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
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APPLICATION PROCESS -
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EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY
NHS Dumfries and Galloway 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 Dumfries and Galloway welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
PUBLIC PROTECTION
Public protection practice encompasses the recognition and management of risk in order to prevent or reduce harm to children, (including unborn babies), young people and adults. All public protection legislation, and NHS Dumfries and Galloway (NHSDG) policies and guidance are founded on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the European Convention on Human Rights, and the principles of these Conventions underpin all NHSDG core business.
RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
NHS Dumfries and Galloway has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by the UK Border Agency. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. Candidates who require a Certificate of Sponsorship can access further information on the UK Border Agency’s new points based system that now governs the way individuals from outside the UK can work at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk
Please ensure the vacancy salary meets the minimum salary required for sponsorship. We are unable to provide sponsorship for bank contracts.
UNITED KINGDOM REGISTRATION
NHS Dumfries & Galloway are currently unable to support OSCE Training for international nurses for vacancies.
Vacancies requiring professional registration require full United Kingdom registration with the appropriate council (eg NMC, HCPC, GMC etc).