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The Role
University Hospital Monklands is looking for a dynamic senior pharmacist to join our pharmacy team! The successful candidate will lead clinical pharmacy services to the OPAT service, consistent with NHS Lanarkshire’s core values of respect, fairness, quality and working together. Through collaboration with others, they will be expected to develop and deliver a vision for pharmaceutical services that will be required to adapt to an ever changing healthcare environment; necessitating experience in service development and managing projects. We are looking for a candidate who will motivate and inspire others both within pharmacy and the wider hospital, act as a role model and provide a consistently high quality pharmaceutical service. It is an exciting time at University Hospital Monklands with the ongoing development of the OPAT service and future plans for the replacement of the current hospital site. Applications are welcomed from suitably qualified candidates with a passion for improving pharmaceutical care and developing innovative services. Part time working will be considered. For informal enquiries, please contact Steve McCormick, lead pharmacist for antimicrobial therapy on 07771922728.
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 degree in Pharmacy
Registered to practice with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Continuing Professional Development as detailed by the General Pharmaceutical Council (mandatory requirement)
Minimum 6 years hospital pharmacy experience with 4 years working within a clinical or technical speciality
Ability to monitor patient therapeutic regimens to ensure effectiveness and reduce toxicity.
Previous experience in delivering training and education at post-graduate level.
Demonstrable use of clinical audit to improve practice.
Demonstrate advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement.
Excellent numeracy, verbal and written communication skills
Ability to work to deadlines and manage resources
Participation in weekend and public holiday working
Participation in pharmacy emergency duty service (if appropriate)
Post graduate degree / diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or Management
It would be great if you also have
Prescribing qualification
Experience in the specialist area the post covers eg paediatrics, chronic pain. Previous experience in delivering training and education at post-graduate level. |
Ability to undertake the duties of pre-registration pharmacist tutor Ability to influence senior pharmacy medical and managerial staff and the multidisciplinary team. |
Contract type
Permanent
Full time - Part Time will be considered
37.5 hours
If part time post the salary for this position will be pro-rata.
Location and Working Pattern
This role will be based in University Hospital Monklands
The working pattern for this role Mon-Fri; 9:00-5:00.
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 Steve McCormick, Lead Pharmacist for Antimicrobial Therapy on 07771922728.
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.
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