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We are seeking to appoint a Clinical Pharmacist to work within the medical / COTE team within University Hospital Wishaw.
The role of the Clinical Pharmacist is to provide a safe and effective specialist clinical pharmacy service to a specified patient group.
Knowledge, training and/or experience required to do the job:
• Masters of Pharmacy Degree
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Continuing Professional Development as detailed by the General Pharmaceutical Council (mandatory requirement)
• Relevant post registration experience in hospital pharmacy
• Postgraduate training and professional development in clinical pharmacy practice e.g. Stage II Scottish Vocational Training / 1st year clinical diploma
• Demonstrable experience in providing a clinical pharmacy service to a defined patient group.
• Experience in patient information/education
• Experience in supervising staff
• Ability to effectively monitor patients therapeutic regimens in order to ensure effectiveness and reduce toxicity
• Clinical pharmacy / care planning
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Self motivation
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team, in a pharmacy and multi-disciplinary environment
• Proven project / practice research/ audit skills
• Participation in weekend and public holiday working
• Participation in pharmacy emergency duty service (if appropriate)
• Willingness to contribute to the general working of the pharmacy department.
Should you wish to discuss the post in more detail, please contact, Gail Richardson, Head of Pharmacy on 01698 366 192.
If you have any queries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Jenna MacLarty, Recruitment Administrator on 01698 377 745.
Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.
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.
Applications from candidates who require a Tier 2 Certificate of sponsorship (formerly Work Permits) will only be considered if no suitable UK or EEA national is identified for this post. For further information on the UK Border Agency’s new points based System which now governs the way individuals from outside the EEA can work in the UK please visit www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk.
Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have had agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post.
For secondments external to NHS Lanarkshire please refer to the secondment policy on FirstPort for further information.