142347 R1 Specialist Pharmacist Aseptic Dispensing Services/Clinical (

NHS Lothian Pharmacy & Medicines Service

St John’s Hospital

Specialist Pharmacist Aseptic Dispensing Services/Cancer Care

Band 7, 1.0 WTE, 37.5 hours – Permanent

(With weekend, public holiday and oncall commitment)

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.

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.

NHS Lothian covers Edinburgh City, East Lothian, Midlothian and West Lothian. We are the second largest health system in NHS Scotland and one of only four teaching Boards. We have strategic partnerships with local Universities, Local Authorities and our four Integration Joint Boards. We serve a population of 900,000, providing a range of primary, community based and acute hospital services. We also provide regional and national services across a range of clinical specialties.

The vision for the Pharmacy & Medicines service is to deliver clinically led, person-centred services to ensure patients across Lothian get the best from their medicines and pharmacy services. We are focussed on creating an environment where each person in the team has the opportunity to flourish, develop and make best use of their skills.

St John’s Hospital (SJH) is a large teaching hospital with an established reputation for offering the best practice across a wide variety of specialist services. Aseptic Dispensing at St John’s Hospital provides a 5day service for systemic anti-cancer treatment (SACT) to cancer patients. The St John’s Hospital cancer unit is part of the Edinburgh Cancer Centre (ECC) providing day-case and outpatient cancer services. The pharmacists on the unit are an essential, highly valued and integral part of the multi-disciplinary team delivering systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT) services to a broad range of oncology and haematology patients. The successful applicant will work closely with senior pharmacy colleagues and the multidisciplinary team to deliver high quality pharmaceutical care for cancer patients.

We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic pharmacist to join the pharmacy team delivering the highest quality pharmacy services across these areas. The successful post holder will undertake a split post as Deputy Accountable Aseptic Pharmacist and Specialist Clinical Pharmacist for Cancer Services at the Edinburgh Cancer Centre based at SJH.

As Deputy Accountable Aseptic Pharmacist, the postholder will work closely with the Lead Pharmacist for Aseptic Services and Advanced Cancer Care Pharmacist. The postholder will have a specialist focus SACT manufactured within SJH pharmacy. As a specialist cancer care pharmacist, this post holder will contribute to the continued transformation of the clinical pharmacy service across the ECC pharmacy service in the delivery of care to cancer patients..

Candidates must have a Master of Pharmacy Degree or equivalent, must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), and should have completed the Post-Registration Foundation Programme or equivalent competency.

Candidates will have experience pro-actively influencing prescribing within a secondary care environment and will have gained experience working in a patient focussed environment using their knowledge and skills to improve patient care and promote optimal outcomes from medicines. Further, aseptic experience is essential.

For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions please contact Susan King, Lead Pharmacist Aseptic Services SJH at 01506 522039. Alternatively, you can email at susan.king@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk OR Lead Cancer Care Pharmacist Jennifer Morrison WGH at 0131 537 1414. Alternatively, you can email at jennifer.morrison9@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk