Advanced Specialist Pharmacist - Unscheduled Care

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.

Are you dynamic and wish to explore new ways of working?

Are you keen to use your Advanced Practice skills to demonstrate autonomous working and be involved with patients at the front line?

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced pharmacist to provide a high level of pharmaceutical care and lead the development of services to patients within the Immediate Assessment Unit. You will work with the existing senior ARU pharmacist and with the multidisciplinary team and senior clinical managers to scope and lead on optimising pharmacist triage within ED, IAU and ARU, to ensure those patient with high risk medications and complex comorbidities are reviewed in a timely manner.

You will also deputise for the Lead Clinical Pharmacists, leading and managing staff issues within the ECMS team and researching more efficient ways of working and leading on Advanced Practice activities for all grades of staff and students.

The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital is one of the largest acute hospitals in the UK and has an excellent team of friendly pharmacy staff committed to modernisation of services.

For more information contact Maureen White, Lead Clinical Pharmacist for Medical Specialties on or Mairi McGinnes Advanced Specialist Pharmacist Acute Receiving on .

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs

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