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The Role
You will work as an Advanced Practitioner within a multi-disciplinary healthcare team at HMP Shotts. You will work as a Band 7 Advanced Practitioner to clinically review and prescribe appropriately to patients within HMP Shotts, be able to liaise with staff in service. You will Report to the AHSU management team as appropriate and partake in working groups to improve patient care.
Additional Information Specific to the Role
Mon-Fri 8-4 (or by negotiation)
Pg Diploma in Advanced Practice
Independent Prescriber
Excellent leadership skills
Excellent decision-making skills
Excellent patient-centred care
Ability to work as part of MDT and work collaboratively with GP & nursing colleagues
Prisoner Healthcare experience is desirable
Car Driver Essential For this Role.
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 both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provides 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
Registered Nurse / AHP / Pharmacist with valid NMC/HCPC / GPHC Registration.
Educated to/working towards/operating at Masters Level.
Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced clinical practice and expertise within speciality / area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently.
Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the speciality.
Advanced Specialist knowledge and experience of relevant conditions, pathology, policies and procedures associated with the speciality/area of practice ensuring that the level of expertise can be utilised to deliver leadership within speciality.
Evidence of application of advanced practice skills in speciality and applying clinical judgement.
Evidence of further developed knowledge and experience in management and/or leadership.
Further education/evidence of Continuous Professional Development in the area of speciality including study days/courses/post-graduate qualification.
The post holder will possess excellent team-working/leadership skills and have the ability to motivate and influence others and work using own initiative.
Excellent listening, communication and interpersonal skills and effective time management skills.
Working knowledge of basic information technology.
Overseas Applicants – Please note that to be considered for this role, you must either be a registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council, an Allied Health Practitioner registered with Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) or meet Nursing and Midwifery Council UK's requirements to be a registered nurse by undertaking and passing either International English Language Testing System (IELTS) or Occupational English Test(OET)
Nursing and Midwifery Council UK's Computer Based Test of competence (CBT)
Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE), which can only be taken on arrival in the UK.
Further information can be found in NMC’s website.
Contract type
Permanent
Full time
37.5hours
Location and Working Pattern
This role will be based in Prisoner Healthcare within HMP Shotts
The working pattern for this role will be confirmed by the hiring manager.
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 Hazel Mitchell, Service Manager on hazel.mitchell@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Jennifer Hughes, Recruitment Administrator on jennifer.hughes@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
- Posts close at midnight on the indicated date
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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.
NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK.
We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. UK Visas & Immigration rules are available at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk.
Prospective applicants are encouraged to check eligibility in advance of applying for vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire.