AJM - Specialist Pharmacist

236320 (AJM) - Specialist Pharmacist

NHS Lothian

Findlay Community Hospital / Ferry field Community Hospital

(On‑call rota and public holidays commitment included)

Please note:
As this post is part‑time, the salary will be pro‑rata.

This is a semi‑autonomous pharmacist role. You will be the dedicated pharmacist based at Findlay Community Hospital while also providing pharmacy cover for Ferry field Community Hospital, delivering high‑quality clinical pharmacy services to patients undergoing rehabilitation.

You will work independently as part of the multidisciplinary team and will have close alignment with the wider clinical pharmacy team at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital and across NHS Lothian, ensuring strong professional support and development.

Findlay Community Hospital comprises two wards:
Ward 1 provides Hospital‑Based Complex Clinical Care focused on older adults with advanced dementia, while Ward 2 offers Intermediate Care Facility beds for elderly adults with mobility impairments and various co‑morbidities. Ferry field Community Hospital similarly provides complex clinical care across its two wards, with Ward 1 focusing on functional psychiatry and Ward 2 on psychiatry of old age.

• Providing patient‑centred pharmaceutical care, including medicines reconciliation, clinical review, and seamless care planning.
• Optimising medicines use through the systematic identification and resolution of pharmaceutical care issues.
• Collaborating closely within the multidisciplinary team, where pharmacy is a highly valued contributor to patient outcomes.
• Delivering medicines information and patient counselling, ensuring safe and effective medication use post‑discharge.
• Contributing to service development, shaping the future of rehabilitation pharmacy services within NHS Lothian.

• A highly autonomous role where you will be a core decision‑maker in the multidisciplinary team, with the freedom to lead pharmaceutical care for rehabilitation patients.
• Strong professional support through close working relationships with the wider NHS Lothian clinical pharmacy team.
• A chance to develop specialist skills in rehabilitation pharmacy, an area where expert medication management is crucial to patient recovery.
• Ongoing training and development, including opportunities to enhance your leadership and prescribing skills.

We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist with a passion for delivering high‑quality pharmaceutical care.

• A Master of Pharmacy Degree (or equivalent).
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Completion of, or equivalent competence mapped to, appropriate pharmaceutical practice requirements.
• Experience of proactively influencing prescribing to improve patient care and optimise medication use.

• A commitment to patient‑centred care, with experience working in environments that focus on improving health outcomes.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, enabling effective integration within multidisciplinary teams.
• The ability to work both independently and within a larger pharmacy network, ensuring safe and effective medicines management for complex rehabilitation patients.
• A proactive approach to service improvement and a desire to contribute to the future development of clinical pharmacy services.

If you are ready to take on a challenging and rewarding role where you can shape pharmacy services in rehabilitation care, we would love to hear from you.

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.

For further information on what is included in the role and the skills/experience we’re looking for, please refer to the job description and person specification linked below. However, we understand that there’s only so much a job pack can convey. If you’d like to learn more about this exciting role,…