About The Organisation

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 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.

The Role

You will work in partnership with Social Work services and Primary Care Pharmacy teams to enhance medicines management support across the community. A key aspect of the role involves delivering structured training and ongoing support to Care at Home staff to improve knowledge, skills and safe practice in medicines management.

You will also provide direct support to service users identified by health or social care professionals as experiencing medication-related challenges. This includes individuals recently discharged from hospital, as well as those living at home who require additional support to manage their medicines effectively.

The post holder will conduct home visits to:

· Assess patients’ ability to manage medicines independently

· Review adherence and concordance

· Provide practical solutions and medication support aids

· Work collaboratively with carers and support staff

· Refer to GP-based pharmacists for medication or polypharmacy reviews where appropriate

· Contribute to reducing inappropriate prescribing and polypharmacy

This role is closely aligned with North Lanarkshire Council Social Services and Primary Care Prescribing Support Teams, ensuring a coordinated and seamless approach to medicines optimisation across the Health & Social Care Partnership area.

In this key role, you will:

To collect and collate patient related prescribing and clinical data from practice computer systems and/or patients’ notes

To identify and highlight areas where patient prescribing management requires intervention and to make relevant recommendations to the practice in support of reviews related to priority areas.

To create reports and letters for GP surgeries detailing work undertaken, outcomes and recommendations e.g. audit data, patient data collection and staff training.

To implement agreed prescribing changes to ensure high quality and cost effective prescribing

Support practices in performing audits related to medicine use and patient reviews in line with locality and practice priorities

What You'll Bring:

Pharmacy technician, NVQ3 or BTEC in pharmaceutical sciences or equivalent

Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Experience and knowledge of medicines management

Ability to work with limited supervision

Awareness of legislation and good practice related to prescribing, storage and handling of medicines

Clinical understanding of medicines use

A driving licence is required; this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

From 1 April 2026, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will reduce from 37 hours to 36 hours. Part-time working hours will be reduced on a pro-rata basis. A corresponding increase in the hourly rate will apply, ensuring that overall pay remains unchanged.

What we Offer

As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

For informal discussion, please contact Carol Jarvie, Lead Pharmacy Technician on Carol.Jarvie@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact David Murray, Recruitment Administrator on david.murray3@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

Interested?

Full details about the role are provided in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Please review our Application Guidance which explain key information including closing dates, amendments, right‑to‑work requirements, sponsorship eligibility and important points to be aware of before submitting your application

You can also learn more about working with NHS Lanarkshire by viewing our Information Pack

Unless otherwise stated, the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.