Know a "nerdy" UK pharmacist?

Ben Goldacre of "Bad Science" fame is looking for a UK pharmacist with data and software skills. From his FB page

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I need you to help me hire a very nerdy pharmacist. I write books like Bad Science, about problems in science. My dayjob is in the University of Oxford, building tools to make medicine better. A couple of months ago we launched http://ift.tt/1jBHAmE, an awesome open data service that lets anyone see exactly what's being prescribed at individual GP surgeries. You read that right: you can spot outliers, explore trends, see who's wasting the most money on unnecessarily expensive drugs when there are better cheaper ones, who's failing to use truly innovative new treatments, who's using a lot of the drugs with worst side effects. We've now got some more funding, and we're scaling up. First we're hiring a community manager. This means someone who ideally knows a lot about drugs and prescribing in the UK: a pharmacist, ideally a prescribing advisor, or someone with good knowledge of medicines management. We'd also like them to know a little about the things we can build with open data and good coders to help everyone make better treatment choices. That's a tall order, which is why I'm coming to Facebook. (Imagine saying that even five years ago). Many of you are very nerdy. I use that as a term of affection. So many of you must know a nerdy pharmacist who'd like to come and join a growing team of evangelical data nerds building new tools for better medicine. Tell them to apply! We are fun and we get things done.

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NB Mods: I dithered over posting here rather than say Community but thought here would get to the right people. No argument from me if you move it. Cheers, Rob.

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