182009 - Lead Pharmacist Advanced Clinical Services (Prescribing Quality & Efficiency)

3 weeks ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom NHS Scotland Full time

Kirklands - NHSL Headquarters

The Role

This post is for Lead Pharmacist Advanced Clinical Services (Prescribing Quality & Efficiency) which encompasses leadership across the Prescribing Quality & Efficiency and Pharmacotherapy workstreams in primary care. The main responsibility for the advertised post is to lead on the Prescribing Quality & Efficiency workstream.

NHS Lanarkshire is a dynamic and progressive healthcare organisation committed to providing high-quality, patient-centred care to the communities it serves. The NHS Lanarkshire pharmacy service delivers clinically-led, person-centred services to ensure patients get the best from their medicines and pharmacy services.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a senior leadership role within the Primary Care Prescribing Management Team. As the Lead Pharmacist for Prescribing Quality & Efficiency, you will lead on developing, implementing and monitoring the Prescribing Quality & Efficiency Programme for the North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships. You will develop strategies to maintain financial balance of the prescribing budget, and, with a track record of service leadership and innovation, you will turn strategy into action. You will be responsible for strategic and operational advice in all matters relating to prescribing and medicines management across Lanarkshire and be a member of key decision-making prescribing and governance committees. You will work closely with senior managers and clinicians across Lanarkshire to influence and implement change in prescribing practice, promoting high quality, safe, cost-effective, rational and evidence-based prescribing. 

The post holder will be a UK registered pharmacist with experience in prescribing data analysis, policy development and delivery of sustained systems of prescribing management services. The post holder will also support leadership of the pharmacotherapy workstream and be an independent prescriber (or prepared to work towards).

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

Qualifications:

Master of Pharmacy Degree (or equivalent).

Postgraduate Qualification to Masters level in a recognised area of pharmacy practice (or demonstrable experience to that level)

Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (including evidence of continuous professional development)

Independent prescriber

Royal Pharmaceutical Society membership (desirable)

Experience:

Demonstrable experience at a senior level within a recognised and relevant area of pharmacy practice

Track record of service development, management, evaluation and improvement

Track record of achievement in workforce development and management and budgetary management.

Track record in achievement in change management

Personal experience within the portfolio

Track record of leading a team and being part of other teams

Advanced interpersonal skills.

Evidence of multidisciplinary working.

Involvement in Education and Training of Healthcare professionals.

Knowledge:

Required to demonstrate an expert level of pharmacy knowledge, skills, clinical reasoning and judgement.

Computer literate with knowledge of information technology.

Knowledge of NHS Scotland.

Clinical Leadership behaviours:

Working in partnership

Learning and developing

Caring for staff

Improving performance through team working

Communicates effectively

Improving quality

Achieving results

It would be great if you also have

Royal Pharmaceutical Society membership

Contract type

Permanent 

Full time

37 hours

Location and Working Pattern

This role will be based in Kirklands, Fallside Road, Bothwell

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

Looking to find out more?

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



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