The Role Would you like to be involved in the Women and Children’s Pharmacy Team within NHS Lanarkshire? University Hospital Wishaw has an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic clinical pharmacist to join the team providing services to neonatal and maternity patients. You will work within the multidisciplinary clinical teams attending daily ward rounds and providing pharmaceutical advice and support to patients and carers. This role will allow you to develop your prescribing and clinical skills within a specialist patient group, concentrating on medicines governance and implementing guidance to ensure safe prescribing practices. Provision of education and training is critical to the role and includes pharmacy staff, EL students, foundation year trainees, medical, nursing and ANP. There will also be opportunity to provide pharmacy cover to the Paediatric Wards. It is essential that you have a Master of Pharmacy Degree and are a member of the General Pharmaceutical Council. You should have experience in providing hospital clinical pharmacy services and be signed off to undertake the prescribing course if not already a prescriber. Experience within this speciality is not essential as full training will be provided. You will require good clinical knowledge and excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Informal Enquiries Regarding The Post Will Be Welcomed By Jacqueline Rooney, Senior Pharmacist for Neonates on 01698 361100 DECT 8574 and Lynsay McAulay, Senior Pharmacist for Paediatrics on 01698 361100 DECT 8620 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 Participation in weekends and public holiday service Participation in pharmacy emergency duty service Willingness to contribute to the general working of the pharmacy department. Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence. It would be great if you also have 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 Clinical pharmacy/care planning knowledge and understanding Proven project, practice research and audit skills Ability to prioritise and organise workload Contract type Permanent Full time 37 hours Location and Working Pattern This role will be based in University Hospital Wishaw The working pattern for this role Mon-Fri; 9:00-5:00 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 Lynsay McAulay, Senior Pharmacist on Lynsay.Mcaulaylanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk or Jacqueline Rooney, Senior Pharmacist on Jacqueline.Rooneylanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact David Murray, Recruitment Administrator on david.murray3lanarkshire.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 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.