Senior Pharmacy Support Worker (Primary Care)-Pharmacy Services

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.

This is a fixed term position of 18 months.

The shift pattern for this position is to be confirmed.

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to undertake a post within Renfrewshire HSCP as part of the Care Home Service. This post will support care homes with their ordering processes, waste reduction and medication reviews.

The post holder will join the NHSGGC Prescribing Support Team and assist the care home service, liaising with GP practices, community pharmacy, the wider prescribing team and patients/carers. The post holder will also be involved with any non-complex follow-up visits to support patients in care homes. As a member of the wider Prescribing Team, you will have an important role in supporting cost effective and evidence-based prescribing.

This post requires excellent communication, negotiation, organisational and IT skills. This is an opportunity to begin a career in Primary Care working with multi-disciplinary teams, particularly Care Homes, GP Practices, Community Pharmacies, and across social care settings. Experience of working in a healthcare environment or as part of a multi-disciplinary team is desirable

Informal contact: Leanne Johnstone, Pharmacy Technician Team Leader, , leanne.johnstone@ggc.scot.nhs.uk

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.

NHS Scotland is reducing their full time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay.  This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff.  This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours.  However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week.  If you have any questions or concerns please contact the Recruiting Board.

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