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

To lead, develop, co-ordinate and implement a safe and effective specialised clinical pharmacy service to a specific or general patient population, including prescribing as an independent prescriber

To manage and provide leadership to identified pharmacists and technicians in the HSCP.

Provision of professional and highly specialist prescribing advice to the extended Primary Care team

In this key role, you will:

To provide leadership, management and direction to pharmacists and technicians providing prescribing support and clinical pharmacy services within GP practices or other healthcare settings

Responsible for provision of pharmaceutical care for an identified caseload of patients in primary care sites. As an autonomous clinician using independent prescribing and clinical judgement, apply expert clinical knowledge to analyse complex patient information and make clinical decisions for optimal outcomes.

To provide specialist advice involving clinical interpretation of evidence and clinical judgement to medical staff and the wider multidisciplinary team to inform the treatment of individual patients with complex needs. This includes advice on optimal drug regimens, avoidance of adverse drug reactions, drug interactions and contra-indications ensuring compliance with medicines legislation.

Report and review adverse clinical incidents, identifying causes of medication errors and use expert clinical knowledge to provide advice on strategies to minimise medicine use risks

What You'll Bring:

Masters Degree of Pharmacy or equivalent

Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (1 year pre-registration practice and competency assessment with examination to enter the register)

Relevant Post Graduate pharmacy qualification (or equivalent) or equivalent specialist knowledge gained through experience obtained in a primary care or a clinical setting

Independent prescriber or already undertaking the course

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

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 John McMillan, Lead Advanced Clinical Services Pharmacist on John.McMillan@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.