Antimicrobial/ OPAT Pharmacist

NHS Scotland

  • Glasgow
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 13 days ago
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.Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT) services enable the delivery of intravenous and complex oral antimicrobials to patients in the outpatient setting. This model of care is aligned with Hospital at Home and is essential to support delivery of the Scottish NHS Urgent and Unscheduled Care agenda.This is an exciting new post offering a unique role working within a specialist multidisciplinary infection team.We are looking for an enthusiastic Pharmacist to join the Antimicrobial Pharmacist team in NHS GGC to support the expansion of our OPAT service, primarily to GRI and Clyde hospitals. The post holder will also be expected to provide support to the wider GGC OPAT service.The successful candidate will deliver an advanced clinical pharmacy service to patients receiving or being considered for OPAT in line with national British Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC) OPAT Good Practice Recommendations and Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group (SAPG) key performance indicators. This includes;
  • contribution to weekly OPAT multidisciplinary team meetings and quarterly OPAT clinical governance meetings.
  • provision of specialist evidence based clinical and professional advice to the GGC OPAT team, infection specialists, other healthcare professionals and to patients to ensure safe and effective antimicrobial treatment plans..
  • review of antimicrobial treatment plans and maintenance of the OPAT patient database.
  • prescription of OPAT antimicrobial treatment plans development of efficient supply procedures for OPAT prescriptions.
  • development/ review of antimicrobial guidelines.
  • development/ provision of appropriate training and education to patients and other healthcare professionals.
  • lead on/ participation in audit and research to enhance the GGC OPAT service. This specialist clinical post is aligned with the clinical governance service therefore provides the post holder the opportunity to develop evidence on all four pillars of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Advanced Pharmacy Framework.
The successful candidate must have or be working towards independent prescribing qualification. Training, support and mentorship will be provided by the QEUH OPAT team and aligned with the GGC antimicrobial stewardship agenda.Informal contact : Fiona Robb (fiona.robb3@nhs.scot)Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service and the Recruitment Process:Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service is available on the Supporting Information document.NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde- NHS Scotland encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.By signing the Armed Forces Covenant, NHSGGC has pledged its commitment to being a Forces Friendly Employer. We support applications from across the Armed Forces Community, recognising military skills, experience and qualifications during the recruitment and selection process.Candidates should provide original and authentic responses to all questions within the application form. The use of artificial intelligence (AI), automated tools, or other third-party assistance to generate, draft, or significantly modify responses is strongly discouraged. By submitting your application, you confirm that all answers are your own work, reflect your personal knowledge, skills and experience, and have not been solely produced or altered by AI or similar technologies. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in your application being withdrawn from the application process.For application portal/log-in issues, please contact in the first instance.

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