255361 (LF) - Specialist Pharmacist

Band 7 | 1.0 WTE | 36 hours

About The Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dedicated team delivering specialist clinical pharmacy services across trauma and elective orthopaedic wards and peri-operative clinics. The post holder will help develop and deliver the service, supporting challenges around capacity and patient flow, and will play a key role within a multidisciplinary team, including non-medical prescribing.

The Orthopaedic unit provides specialist care across four wards. You will work within a dynamic team alongside Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeons, Ortho-geriatricians, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Therapists and Antimicrobial Specialists to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care. You will be supported to grow and thrive with opportunities to deepen your specialist knowledge while developing key skills in service innovation, staff leadership, education and training. Working in a highly collaborative, cross-professional environment, you will be empowered to contribute meaningfully to patient care while progressing towards core advanced pharmacist credentials.

Responsibilities

• Deliver specialist clinical pharmacy services across trauma and elective orthopaedic wards and peri-operative clinics.
• Support challenges around capacity and patient flow within the Orthopaedic unit.
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, including non-medical prescribing.
• Develop and innovate service delivery, leadership, education, and training.

Requirements

• A Master of Pharmacy Degree (or equivalent).
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Completed training or equivalent competence mapped to the RPS Post-Registration Foundation Pharmacist Curriculum.

Skills and Attributes

• Experience in proactively influencing prescribing, using clinical knowledge to optimise patient care.
• A strong patient-focused approach, with the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, enabling effective decision-making in a surgical setting.
• A proactive attitude, with a commitment to continuous learning and professional development.

Benefits

• Specialist experience in various specialities, working in one of Scotland’s leading teaching hospitals.
• A collaborative and supportive team, where pharmacists are embedded in multidisciplinary care and have an established non-medical prescribing role.
• Opportunities for career progression, including developing advanced clinical and prescribing skills.

Pay

£52,845 - £61,466 (including weekend, evenings, on-call and public holidays commitment)

About NHS Lothian

At NHS Lothian, we are committed to fostering equality, diversity, and inclusion in our workforce. Serving a population of 900,000, we are the second-largest health system in Scotland and home to one of its four teaching boards. Join a dynamic organisation that values innovation, research, and excellence in healthcare delivery.

For further information, please contact Rakhee Vasishta | Lead Pharmacist - Orthopaedics | Royal Infirmary Edinburgh
📞 0131 242 2909 or via e-mail 📧 rakhee.vasishta@nhs.scot