Prescribing Adviser

**The Role**:
The Prescribing Management Team is responsible for strategic and operational advice across primary care in all matters relating to prescribing and medicines management. In this role you will provide pharmaceutical support and advice on safe and cost-effective prescribing, that is consistent and of a high quality, to various individuals in the relevant primary care locality and to the locality management team. You will influence and implement change in prescribing practice in line with the NHS Lanarkshire Primary Care Prescribing Strategy and lead a locality team of pharmacists and technicians. Applicants must have a Masters Degree in Pharmacy, be registered with the GPhC and have at least 5 years post-registration experience. A post-graduate Diploma/MSC in Clinical Pharmacy/Prescribing Science is desirable.

**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 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***:

- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
- Minimum of 5 years’ post-registration experience as a pharmacist with a wide range of experience in different branches of pharmacy practice.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Proven negotiation skills and the ability to motivate others and develop systems of work to address a variety of prescribing issues.
- Excellent interpersonal and networking skills with the ability to communicate effectively.
- Demonstrates a good understanding of national and local priorities in the NHS.
- The post holder should have a working knowledge of the common computer systems used in general practice and must be able to interpret prescribing data provided by PRISMS and PIS and information provided by Information and Statistics department in Edinburgh.
- Evidence of multidisciplinary working.
- Experience in provision of patient education/information.
- A relevant postgraduate qualification (e.g. Diploma in Prescribing Science or M.Sc in Clinical Pharmacy Practice) or equivalent experience.

**Contract type**:
Fixed Term or Secondment for 12 months

Part Time

30 hours

Please note this is a part time post and the salary for this position will be pro-rata.

**Location and Working Pattern**:
This role will be based in Pharmacy/Prescribing within Bellshill Health Centre.

The working pattern for this role will be approved by the hiring manager.

**Looking to find out more?**:
If you’re looking to find out a bit more, then we would love to hear from you

**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.

**Additional Information for Applicants**:

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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.
- Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers