RAIGMORE HOSPITAL PHARMACY SERVICES & HIGHLAND AND ISLANDS PHARMACY EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (HIPER)

1WTE (0.5WTE E&T, 0.5WTE Clinical)

This is an innovative collaborative post between the Pharmacy Department, Raigmore Hospital and the Highland and Islands Pharmacy Education and Research (HIPER). We are looking for enthusiastic, caring and motivated pharmacists with an interest in the design, development and delivery of Education and Training in acute care. Within the post you will have the opportunity to Lead for the development and delivery of the foundation and post registration foundation training programmes for pharmacists across secondary care sites in the Highlands and Islands. The majority of trainees in acute services in the HIPER area are based at Raigmore.

Lead on the development, coordination and delivery of the educational governance agenda for these programmes across the HIPER area which includes NHS Highland, NHS Orkney, NHS Shetland and NHS Western Isles.

Provide an advanced clinical pharmacy services to a patient group within either the Medical or Surgical team at Raigmore Hospital. There is some flexibility on which clinical area depending on the clinical experience and skills of the pharmacist. We will work with you to find a good fit for you and the service.

You should have completed foundation training / VTE2 in a hospital setting and have significant clinical experience working at Advanced Level as a prescriber (including formal postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy or equivalent). Experience and a love of teaching is essential.

You should be an excellent communicator who has the ability to build good relationships and work through challenges collaboratively with the team. 

You will be required to participate in an on-call rota (currently 1 in 25) and occasional weekend working and public holidays.

Informal enquiries to Gordon Rushworth, Director of Pharmacy Education and Research; email: [email protected] or on 01463 255036, or Rhona Gunn, Associate Director of Pharmacy (Acute); email: [email protected].

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.

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NHS Highland is geographically the largest of the 14 regional boards of NHS Scotland, covering an area of 12,500 square miles, across Highland and Argyll & Bute.

As a board we strive to ensure the environment is conducive to nurturing a positive culture, supported and delivered through our NHS and Social Care values.

Care and compassion	Dignity and respect	Openness, honesty and responsibility	Quality and teamwork

NHS Scotland is reducing their full time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay.  This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff.  This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours.  However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week.  If you have any questions or concerns please contact the Recruiting Board.