Specialist Rotational Pharmacist - Surgery and Planned Care (LW)

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Do you want to be at the forefront of transforming clinical pharmacy, working with a dynamic team? Would you like to develop your clinical skills across a range of specialities before deciding in which area to develop advanced practice?

Due to recent staff movement we now have a vacancy in our established specialist pharmacist rotational programme. This post would be ideal for a motivated, patient centred and passionate individual looking to take that next step in their career. Each rotation would be 9 months and will include the following areas:

Specialist pharmacist rotation (Surgical / Planned Care)
1. General Surgery
2. Cancer Services
3. Orthopaedic Surgery
4. Rheumatology

This programme is based in Kirkcaldy, at the Victoria Hospital / Whyteman’s Brae Hospital and will provide the opportunity for individuals to work with patients and multidisciplinary teams in both inpatient and outpatient settings. There will be opportunities to have direct involvement in pharmacist led clinics, training and development in specialist areas, support and lead service development projects and expand your clinical practice in a fast paced, evolving inpatient ward environments. You will be fully integrated into the wider service and supported by pharmacy technicians, foundation pharmacists, MDT members and senior clinical pharmacists, all under the leadership of our Lead Clinical Pharmacists.

An Independent Prescribing qualification is desirable, and for candidates not yet qualified, we will fully support training, supervised practice and post registration frameworks. Previous hospital experience is not essential as training and support will be given.

NHS Fife Pharmacy service serves a population of approximately 380,000 people, and is provided by an integrated team of around 200 Pharmacy staff, including Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Support Workers, Nurses, and Administrators. The team work across Acute and Community hospital sites, General Practices, Mental Health services, and a range of specialist teams. Partnership working is at the core of our values, and we work closely with other members of the multi-disciplinary team, including our Community Pharmacy colleagues, to deliver the highest quality care for everyone in Fife.

Fife has something to offer everyone and has excellent transport links, being only 30 mins- 1 hour from all major cities.

We welcome informal enquiries, so please contact , via email or MS teams, Andrew Steele Lead Clinical Pharmacist- Surgery and Emergency Care View email address on apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk or Scott Mitchell- Lead Clinical Pharmacist for Cancer Services View email address on apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk

A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website  here . 

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.

We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

Please note the salary is pro rata for part time hours.

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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.

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.