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Due to promotion of the current pot holder University Hospital Wishaw is recruiting a clinical pharmacist to join the pharmacy team covering the medical wards. The post holder will become an integrated member of the consultant-led multidisciplinary team, contributing to prescribing decisions and providing direct patient care working with medical, nursing and pharmacy staff. You will require a good level of clinical reasoning and judgement as well as excellent communication skills.
There will be a focus on ensuring safe, effective and person-centred use of medicines at the interface during and throughout admission / discharge as well as undertaking quality improvement initiatives to improve practice.
Experience working within the acute hospital setting is required and you will be supported to undertake and qualify as a pharmacist independent prescriber if not already practising at this level and you will be mentored by the Senior Pharmacist for Medicine.
It is an exciting time in NHS Lanarkshire within expanding roles for the pharmacy team within various clinical roles including the outpatient setting. Applications are welcomed from suitably qualified candidates with a passion for delivering high quality pharmaceutical care and drive to assist in developments within Medicine.
Informal enquiries regarding the post will be welcomed by Gail Richardson, Head of Pharmacy on gail.richardson@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
For queries regarding the application form or recruitment process only , please contact david.murray3@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk stating the job title and reference number in the subject. Please note: all job related queries must be directed to the informal contact noted above.
Please note: 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.
‘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.
*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.’