NHSL 208507 R3 Specialist Pharmacist (LMD)

NHS Lothian Pharmacy & Medicines Service

Royal Hospital for Children and Young People

Specialist Clinical Pharmacist

Paediatric Haematology / Oncology

(on-call, weekend working and public holiday commitments)

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.

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.

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.

The vision for the Pharmacy & Medicines service is to deliver clinically led, person-centred services to ensure patients treated in NHS Lothian get the best from their medicines and pharmacy services. We are focussed on creating an environment where each person in the team has the opportunity to flourish, develop and make best use of their skills.

We are looking for highly motivated, enthusiastic and forward thinking pharmacists to join the pharmacy team delivering the highest quality pharmacy services to children and young people with cancer and benign haematology based within the Royal Hospital for Children & Young People. The post holder will contribute to the development and delivery of the clinical pharmacy service in the face of emerging challenges, including clinical trials as per requirements of Good Clinical Practice and paediatric chemotherapy electronic prescribing and administration system utilising Paediatric ChemoCare. The post holder will be a key member of the multidisciplinary team; where pharmacists have an established role ensuring the safe delivery of systemic-anticancer therapy.

Minimum Requirements:

1. Candidates must have a Master of Pharmacy Degree or equivalent.
2. Be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
3. Should have completed or have equivalent competence mapped to the RPS post-registration foundation pharmacist curriculum.

Ideally, candidates will have experience pro-actively influencing prescribing within a secondary care environment, and will have gained experience working in a patient focussed environment using their knowledge and skills to improve patient care and promote optimal outcomes from medicines. Experience in paediatrics, clinical trials or haematology oncology is advantageous but not essential. Full training and support will be provided.

Part-time working and job-share proposals will be considered.

For further information please contact Neil Richardson, Lead Pharmacist, Paediatric Haematology Oncology & Clinical Trials on or email