195843 - Lead Pharmacist for Community Pharmacy Services

The Role

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist to join team to support the community pharmacy network across NHS Lanarkshire. The post holder will work closely with colleagues in pharmacy services and external stakeholders to scope, develop and deliver services for patients.

The post holder will be responsible for developing and championing an ambitious strategy for community pharmacy services in this time of change in which future service expectation and delivery will be very different. This will be achieved by working in close collaboration with multiple senior managerial and clinical/professional leaders in many agencies (but in particular their equivalent medical leaders) to design and implement new clinical pathways and standards of care and to quality assure service delivery. This post will produce tangible outcomes within community pharmacy services for citizens across Lanarkshire made possible by liaising with relevant stakeholder and integrating community pharmacy within the wider primary care system. 

The post holder will be a UK registered pharmacist with experience in service development, negotiation with a range of stakeholders and experience of delivering training to a range of healthcare professionals. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are required. This post requires PVG Scheme Membership/Disclosure Scotland check.

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 

Qualification

Master of Pharmacy degree

Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Accredited relevant post graduate MSc pharmacy qualification (or equivalent) or evidence equivalent specialist knowledge gained through experience obtained in a primary care or other clinical setting

Experience

Proven and significant leadership experience and/or formal management qualification.

Evidence of post qualification continuing professional development.

Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current health and social care policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.

Knowledge and experience of the pharmacy processes across community pharmacy, hospital and primary care.

Experience of successfully implementing pharmacy services in any setting.

Knowledge

Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate.

Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills.

Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary, working to tight and often changing deadlines.

Contract type

Permanent 

Full time

37 hours

Location and Working Pattern

This role will be based in Kirklands

The working pattern for this role Mon-Fri; 9:00-5:00

Looking to find out more?

If youre looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!

Please contact Richard Shearer, Lead Pharmacist for Pharmacotherapy and Community Pharmacy Services, on Richard.Shearer@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact David Murray, Recruitment Administrator on david.murray3@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk 

(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 Lanarkshires 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 youre looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.

Additional Information for Applicants

• Posts close at midnight on the indicated date
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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.

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.

*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential childrens setting/secure unit.

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.

Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK.

We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. UK Visas & Immigration rules are available at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk.

Prospective applicants are encouraged to check eligibility in advance of applying for vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire.

From 1 April 2024, the working week for NHS Agenda for Change workers in Scotland will be reduced.  Full-time hours will reduce from 37.5 to 37 hours (pro rata for part-time staff) without loss of earnings.

NHS Lanarkshire will implement this change but it may not be possible to fully transition from 1 April and there may therefore be some areas of the organisation where implementation may take longer.  If the department is currently unable to safely accommodate the reduced hours from 1st April, you may be required to work 37.5 hours per week until the department can meet the requirements without impacting patient safety - you will, of course, be remunerated accordingly. NHS Lanarkshire is committed to full implementation of the 37 hour working week across all areas as soon as it is safe to do so.

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