215107 - Clinical Pharmacist

TN United Kingdom; East Kilbride; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join NHS Lanarkshire as a Clinical Pharmacist in East Kilbride, where you will provide specialized pharmacy services while ensuring patient safety and quality improvement. Enjoy a supportive work environment with opportunities for professional growth and development.

Benefits

27 days annual leave

NHS Pension Scheme

Paid sick leave

Occupational health services

Employee counselling services

Qualifications

• Registered member of General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Independent prescribing qualification or must work towards.

Responsibilities

• Provide a safe and effective patient-focused clinical pharmacy service.
• Monitor patients’ therapeutic regimens to ensure effectiveness.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Self-motivation

Education

Masters of Pharmacy Degree

Job description

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Client:

NHS Lanarkshire

Location:

East Kilbride, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Job Views:

3

Posted:

17.05.2025

Expiry Date:

01.07.2025

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Job Description:

The Role

To provide a safe and effective patient focused specialist clinical pharmacy service to a specified patient group(s) supporting medicines governance and quality improvement activities within specialist area(s) to ensure safe, effective and patient-centred systems in place.

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

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It would be great if you also have

Demonstrable post registration experience

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

Proven project/practice research/ audit skills

Contract type

Fixed Term or Secondment for 12 months

Full time

37 hours

Please note this is a fixed term post until for 12 months. 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 and Working Pattern

This role will be based in University Hospital Hairmyres

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 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 )

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 .