Job title: Higher Clerical Officer

Company: NHS Scotland

Job description: The Role

The postholder is required to provide a full administrative and secretarial service for the management of the Opiate Replacement Therapy (ORT) Prescribing service based within CAReS including the management of the prescribing information and patient database systems.

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 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

• SVQIII in Secretarial Studies/Business Administration plus previous experience in an Administrative and Clerical role.
• Educated to Higher Grade level.
• Well developed interpersonal skills in customer care.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Good organisational and planning skills.
• Understanding of a range of procedures and processes.
• Ability to prioritise work and work on own initiative whilst under pressure.
• Proficient I.T. skills which include a working knowledge of Microsoft packages.
• Ensuring confidentiality, diplomacy and discretion are maintained at all times.

It would be great if you also have

• Administration or Clerical qualification
• Ability to audio type
• Ability to take minutes of a meeting
• Ability to work flexible hours if required

Contract type

Fixed Term or Secondment for 2 years

Part Time

22 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 for 2 years. 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 at Carluke Community Health Centre

The working pattern for this role is: 12.30 – 5pm Monday – Thursday, 12.30 – 4.30pm Friday

Looking to find out more?

If you’re looking to find out a bit more, then we would love to hear from you!

Please contact Sharlene Smart, Improvement Manager on

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Marion Bisset, Recruitment Administrator on [email protected] (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 .

Additional Information for Applicants

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In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

We anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.

*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.

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.

Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this, must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any Worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by UK Visas and Immigrations. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. Candidates who require a Certificate of Sponsorship can access further information at Skilled worker Visa and all current immigration rules are available at

Expected salary:

Location: Carluke, South Lanarkshire

Job date: Sat, 30 Sep 2023 07:30:04 GMT

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