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The Role
Do you want to be part of a new team that will re-shape primary care services?
We are recruiting to multiple posts for Foundation Pharmacists. This exciting role will involve working with GPs and primary care clinical teams to support and improve patient care. This role will involve you working as part of a multi-disciplinary team within GP practices to help manage the clinical workload in line with ‘Achieving excellence in pharmaceutical care’ objectives and pharmacotherapy.
The scope of these posts is NHS Lanarkshire (NHSL) Board wide. Your role will be to work as a member of the NHSL prescribing support team. The objectives of the team are to improve the quality and cost effectiveness of prescribing and medicines use for patients across NHSL as well as delivering pharmacotherapy in line with the GMS 2018 contract.
You will work closely with GPs, other practice staff, community pharmacists, care home staff, members of the primary healthcare multi-disciplinary team and central team colleagues in supporting the development and application of high quality, safe, cost effective, rational and evidence based prescribing in the Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP). You will work within GP practices, care homes and other healthcare settings to provide individualised clinical care to patients to improve the safety and effectiveness of their medicines, prescribing where appropriate. You should have a sound clinical knowledge, good IT skills, excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be able to work autonomously as well as part of a team. You will work on joint projects/initiatives within the HSCP as required and promote awareness of prescribing management issues.
You will have a Masters degree in Pharmacy or equivalent and be on the practising register of the General Pharmaceutical Council and be able to demonstrate a commitment to Continuing Professional Development. All Foundation Pharmacists will be enrolled and supported to complete the NES Foundation Training Programme. You will be required to travel between GP practices and other healthcare settings to carry out the duties of this post.
Experience of directly working with primary care teams and knowledge of GP systems would be advantageous.
Please note - Full UK Driving Licence is essential
Applications welcome from pharmacists currently undertaking Foundation Training Year
NHS Lanarkshire
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
What we'll need you to bring
Masters of Pharmacy Degree
Successful completion of pre-registration experience and exam
Registered member of General Pharmaceutical Council
Ability to work under pressure.
Able to plan, prioritise and organise workload
Experience in patient information/education
Ability to effectively monitor patients therapeutic regimens in order to ensure effectiveness and reduce toxicity
Able to work under their own initiative and as part of a team.
Commitment to revalidation as per directions of General Pharmaceutical Council.
Good verbal and written communication skills
Self motivation
Good interpersonal skills
Demonstrate customer awareness/focus.
Contract type
Permanent
Full time
37.5 hours
Location and Working Pattern
This role will be based in Kirklands
The working pattern for this role Monday - Sunday.
Looking to find out more?
If you’re looking to find out a bit more, then we would love to hear from you!
Please contact Muhsin Din, Advanced Clinical Services Pharmacist on muhsin.din@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact David Murray, Recruitment Administrator on david.murray3@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
(Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)
Why NHS Lanarkshire?
Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.
Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:
A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
Occupational health services
Employee Counselling services
Work-life Balance policies and procedures
NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.
Further Information
For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.
Additional Information for Applicants
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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.
We anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.
*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this, must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.
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