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If you’re newly qualified or looking for a new challenge, we have an opportunity for a permanent pharmacist position (Band 6) within NHS Lanarkshire at University Hospital Hairmyres.
The post holder will provide patient focused pharmaceutical care and support the efficient and timely supply of pharmaceutical advice and medicines. This will involve rotating between different clinical specialties, as well as specialist placements within medicines information and aseptic services. In addition, you will undertake the new Post-Registration Foundation Programme to get you career off to a flying start and be supported by our friendly pharmacy department as well as our education and training team.
For further information, please contact:
Ruth Waters, Principal Pharmacist – Clinical Services, Deputy Head of Pharmacy on ruth.waters@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
The post holder will provide patient focused pharmaceutical care and support the efficient and timely supply of pharmaceutical advice and medicines. This will involve rotating between different clinical specialties, as well as specialist placements within medicines information and aseptic services. In addition, you will undertake the new Post-Registration Foundation Programme to get you career off to a flying start and be supported by our friendly pharmacy department as well as our education and training team.
The ability to work under pressure and being able to plan, prioritise and organise workload are essential for this post.
You should have experience in patient information/education and the ability to effectively monitor patients therapeutic regimens in order to ensure effectiveness and reduce toxicity and be able to work under their own initiative and as part of a team.
You should also have good verbal and written communication skills, self motivation, good interpersonal skills and demonstrate good customer awareness/focus.
This role will involve working weekends and public holidays and the need to participate in pharmacy emergency duty service
If you have any queries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact david.murray3@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.
‘In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.’