257183 (EP) Advanced Clinical Pharmacist

NHS Lothian is excited to be recruiting an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist based at Pennywell All Care Centre, Edinburgh. The successful candidate will contribute to strategic and operational planning, particularly with regard to clinically and cost effective prescribing, across Health and Social Care Partnership HSCP and NHS Lothian to ensure the delivery of high quality pharmaceutical care to patients. To lead, plan, organise and deliver a specialist clinical pharmacy service within the agreed standard of pharmaceutical care for identified patient population, safely, effectively and within the defined limits of responsibility, resources and activity. To lead the development of the specialist clinical pharmacy team and service across the service area in line with established guidelines and standards. 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. If after reading this information you have any questions, please contact View email address on click.appcast.io 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. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy. Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage. We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices. AI tools like ChatGPT or Copilot can be great for planning and preparing your application—but your answers must be your own. Show us the real you: Your application should reflect your skills, experience, and motivations authentically. Use AI wisely: It’s fine to use AI for ideas or to check spelling and grammar, but don’t let it write your answers. Why this matters: Applications that rely on AI-generated content may be withdrawn. By applying, you confirm your responses are based on your own knowledge and achievements. Tip: Think of AI as a helper, not a substitute. We want to understand you- not an AI tool 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr NHS Scotland