Advert details
Salary: Band 5 (£34,544 - £43,039)
Job closing date: 25/11/2026
Job Type: Other Therapeutic
Location: Kirklands - NHSL Headquarters
Employment type: Fixed-term or Secondment
Hours Per Week: 36
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lanarkshire
Department: Pharmacy and Prescribing

About The Organisation
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.

The Role
The focus of this post is to provide technical expertise within the Primary Care Central Prescribing team. The main responsibilities will be shaping and undertaking technical aspects of the Prescribing Quality and Efficiency Strategy (PQE Strategy) as part of the Central Prescribing team. This will involve working closely with the Central Prescribing Advisors; Lead Pharmacists Prescribing Quality and Efficiency; Prescribing Data Specialist Pharmacist and team.
You will be responsible for efficiency work including, but not limited to, centrally action efficiencies work; unlicensed medicines and utilising Scriptswitch software to achieve efficiencies. You will support the deployment of practice based technical work as well as the recording and reporting of efficiencies.

Additional Information Specific to the Role
The post holder will be a UK registered technician with experience in quality and efficiency initiatives.
Please note this is a fixed term post 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.

In this key role, you will:
The function of the Prescribing Management Team is to promote safe, effective and economic use of medicines, and to facilitate integrated patient-focused care that meets the present and anticipated needs of the population of NHS Lanarkshire, in accordance with local and national strategies.
The post-holder’s role is integral to delivery of the pharmacotherapy service as defined in the General Medicine Services (GMS) Contract (GMS 2018) and the delivery of the Prescribing Quality and Efficiency (PQE) Strategy.
There has been a substantial increase in the primary care pharmacy workforce across NHS Lanarkshire with the requirements of new GMS contract and subsequent delivery and expansion of the pharmacotherapy service. To deliver this service, there has been an increase in the number of pharmacy technical staff. The post holder will act as a professional lead for more junior pharmacy technical and support worker staff whilst also undertaking key roles in the delivery of both the pharmacotherapy and PQE strategy in a variety of settings including working with GP practices and within a hub.

What You'll Bring:

• Pharmacy technician, NVQ3 or BTEC in pharmaceutical sciences or equivalent
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Current UK Driving Licence
• Experience and knowledge of medicines management
• Ability to work with limited supervision
• Awareness of legislation and good practice related to prescribing, storage and handling of medicines

A driving licence is required; this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

What we Offer

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

For informal discussion, please contact Lucy Reilly, Advanced Clinical Services Pharmacist on Lucy.Reilly@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Heather Lamont, Recruitment Administrator on Heather.Lamont@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

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Interested?
Full details about the role are provided in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Please review our Application Guidance which explain key information including closing dates, amendments, right‑to‑work requirements, sponsorship eligibility and important points to be aware of before submitting your application.
You can also learn more about working with NHS Lanarkshire by viewing our Information Pack.
Unless otherwise stated, the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.
This advert may close early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply early.