232699 - Prescribing Adviser - AO

NHS Scotland; Wideopen; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Scotland is seeking an experienced pharmacist to join their Prescribing Management Team on a part-time basis. The role involves providing strategic and operational advice, managing a team, and ensuring safe, effective prescribing practices. Candidates should have at least 5 years of experience and relevant qualifications, alongside strong interpersonal and negotiation skills. This fixed-term position will be until March 2027, offering a supportive environment with various employee benefits.

Benefits

27 days annual leave

Membership of NHS Pension Scheme

Paid sick leave

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years’ post-registration experience as a pharmacist.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Ability to motivate others.

Responsibilities

• Provide pharmaceutical support and advice on cost-effective prescribing.
• Manage and provide leadership to pharmacists and technicians.
• Influence and implement prescribing practice changes.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Knowledge of prescribing data

Multidisciplinary working

Education

Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Relevant postgraduate qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Common computer systems in general practice

Job description

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.

• To provide pharmaceutical support and advice on safe, evidence‑based and cost‑effective prescribing, that is consistent and of a high quality, to various individuals in the relevant primary care locality, including the locality lead clinician and the management team.
• To influence and implement change in prescribing practice in line with the NHS Lanarkshire Primary Care Prescribing Strategy and the NHS Lanarkshire Medicines Quality Strategy.
• To manage and provide leadership to pharmacists, technicians and support workers in the locality.

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

• 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.
• A good knowledge of Microsoft Office programmes is essential. Knowledge of email and internet functions is also essential.
• 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.

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Contract type

Fixed Term or Secondment until March 2027

Part Time

22.2 hours

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

Please note this is a fixed‑term post until March 2027. 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 Prescribing Management Team NHSL Wide.

While 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 Liz Savage, Lead Pharmacist Prescribing Quality and Efficiency at [e-mail]

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Amy ONeill, Recruitment Administrator at [e-mail] (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.

• 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 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.