Clinical Pharmacist

The Role

To provide a safe and effective patient focused specialist clinical pharmacy service to a specified patient group(s) supporting medicines governance and quality improvement activities within specialist area(s) to ensure safe, effective and patient-centred systems in place.

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 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 of Pharmacy Degree
• Registered member of General Pharmaceutical Council
• Independent prescribing qualification or must work towards
• Evidence of postgraduate training and professional development in clinical pharmacy practice e.g. Post Registration Foundation Framework/ 1st year clinical diploma
• Relevant post registration experience in clinical pharmacy.
• Ability to effectively monitor patients' therapeutic regimens in order to ensure effectiveness and reduce toxicity
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team, in a pharmacy and multi-disciplinary environment.
• Commitment to revalidation as per directions of General Pharmaceutical Council
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Self-motivation

It would be great if you also have

• Undertaking Postgraduate foundation training and professional development in clinical pharmacy practice
• Relevant post registration experience in hospital pharmacy
• Demonstrable experience in providing a clinical pharmacy service to a defined patient group
• Experience in patient information/education
• Experience in supervising staff
• Continuing professional development as detailed by the General Pharmaceutical Council (mandatory)
• Effectively monitor patients therapeutic regimens in order to ensure effectiveness and reduce toxicity
• Clinical pharmacy/care planning knowledge and understanding
• Proven project, practice research and audit skills
• Ability to prioritise and organise workload

Contract type

Fixed Term (12 Months)

Full time

37 Hours

Please note this is a 12 months fixed term post. 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 written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post.

Location

This role will be based in Pharmacy within University Hospital Hairmyres.

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.

Looking to find out more?

If you're looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you

Please contact Anthony Carson, Head of Pharmacy Hairmyres Hospital on
For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Marion Bisset, Recruitment Administrator on (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.