Interim Associate Director of Acute Pharmacy

NHS Borders Pharmacy Needs You!

Are you a visionary pharmacy leader ready to shape the future of acute and specialist pharmacy services in NHS Borders

We are seeking an Associate Director of Pharmacy – Acute and Specialist Services to join our dynamic and change-orientated Pharmacy Leadership Team. This is a pivotal role offering strategic, clinical, and professional leadership across Borders General Hospital and Community Hospitals, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and person-centred pharmaceutical care.

About The Role

As Associate Director, you will :

• Lead the acute and specialist pharmacy services, ensuring compliance with legal, professional, and quality assurance standards.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement in pharmaceutical care across hospital and community settings.
• Provide expert advice to the Director of Pharmacy, Executive Management Team, and Senior Clinical Leaders.
• Champion medicines governance, clinical effectiveness, and safe prescribing practices.
• Manage a dedicated team of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy support workers, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and professional development.
• Contribute to strategic planning, policy development, and service redesign aligned with national and local healthcare priorities.

What We're Looking For

You will be :

Why NHS Borders

NHS Borders Offers

Join us in delivering excellence in pharmaceutical care and help us build a future where medicines are used safely, effectively, and sustainably across our health system.

Apply Now

If you are ready to take on this exciting leadership role, we would love to hear from you.

For an informal discussion, please contact Malcolm Clubb, Pharmacist, NHS Borders via email [HIDDEN TEXT] or 01896825561

Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a 'regulated role', your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit : Disclosure Scotland Changes .

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.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website  here .

For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker / Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or 'going rate'. Further information on these criteria can be found  here .

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form

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.

Skills Required

Leadership, Negotiation, Influencing, pharmaceutical care , policy development , clinical governance , Communication