249248 (AP) Specialist Pharmacist, City of Edinburgh

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Royal Hospital for Children and Young People
Specialist Pharmacist
Band 7 | 1.0wte | 36 hours
Permanent
£52,769 - £61,377 (oncall, weekend and public holidays rota commitment included)

The Royal Hospital for Children and Young People is a teaching hospital with an established reputation for offering best practice across a wide variety of paediatric specialist services, including general medicine, surgery, intensive care, respiratory, neurology, gastroenterology, rheumatology, endocrinology, renal, infectious diseases and haematology and oncology.

We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic pharmacist to join the pharmacy team delivering quality pharmacy services across these areas. The post holder will contribute to the development and delivery of the clinical pharmacy service in the face of emerging challenges around site capacity and patient flow. The post holder will be a key member of the multidisciplinary teams, where pharmacists have an established non‑medical prescribing role. The post holder will commence working within the medical team and will be trained to cover our acute receiving unit and our specialist medical wards.

• Develop and deliver the clinical pharmacy service in the face of emerging challenges around site capacity and patient flow.
• Serve as a key member of multidisciplinary teams and contribute to non‑medical prescribing.
• Cover the acute receiving unit and specialist medical wards.
• Support multidisciplinary patient care and optimise patient medication management.

• 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.
• 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 an acute medical setting.
• A proactive attitude, with a commitment to continuous learning and professional development.

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.

Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team.