University Hospital Wishaw
The Role
To lead, develop, deliver, manage and evaluate clinical pharmacy services in accordance with the objectives agreed with the Chief Pharmacist and in accordance with current national strategy and other key policies for maximising the pharmaceutical professions contribution to patient care which may require significant redesign of the methods for delivering pharmacy services.
To take personal responsibility for developing Pharmaceutical Care Services for a specific patient group across NHS Lanarkshire. This requires care to be delivered to in-patients, outpatients and liaison with patients and their carers, and primary care healthcare staff post discharge.
To lead a team of clinical pharmacists to provide similar service developments for patients in their specific area of responsibility across NHS Lanarkshire e.g. acute medicine, renal, HIV & AIDs, care of the elderly and cardiology -ad wording and or just point 2 from JD
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
1. Masters of Pharmacy Degree
2. Member General Pharmaceutical Council
3. Demonstrable evidence of clinical knowledge / service provision and development.
4. Post Graduate degree/diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or Management.
5. Evidence of Continuing Professional Development / management training.
6. Minimum 8 years post registration clinical pharmacy experience.
7. Demonstrable use of clinical audit to improve practice.
8. Can delegate authority appropriately.
9. The ability to evaluate service quality.
A driving licence is required, this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.
It would be great if you also have
10. Post registration hospital experience.
11. Experience in delivering clinical services to specialist patients.
12. Experience in managing staff and delegating authority appropriately.
13. Independent Prescribing qualification
Contract type
Fixed Term (1 Year, April 2026 to March 2027)
Part Time
18.5 Hours
Please note this is a part time post and the salary for this position will be pro-rata.
Please note this is a 1 Year 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 Wishaw.
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 youre looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!