Pharmacy & Medicines Senior Support Assistant (LW)

NHS National Services Scotland; Dunfermline; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS National Services Scotland is seeking a proactive Business Support Assistant to join the Pharmacy and Medicines Directorate. You will help ensure smooth information management, coordinate business processes and provide database and meeting support across a diverse healthcare environment.

This role offers development opportunities across NHS services, requires strong organisational and analytical skills, and the ability to work across multiple base locations in Fife.

Qualifications

• Educated to HNC level or possess equivalent experience.
• Excellent digital skills, including Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to manage and maintain information across a range of systems and databases.
• Experience preparing reports, analysing information and supporting meetings advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Information management, coordination of business processes, database maintenance, and support for meetings, projects and service developments.

Skills

Organisational skills

Analytical skills

Teamworking

Communication

Education

HNC level or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Pharmacy and Medicines Directorate for an individual to join our Business Support Team.

This varied and rewarding role offer the opportunity to work across a dynamic healthcare environment, supporting a wide range of services and professional groups. You will contribute to the effective running of the Directorate through information management, coordination of business processes, database maintenance, and support for meetings, projects and service developments.

This is an excellent opportunity for an individual looking to develop a career within the NHS, gaining valuable experience in business operations, information systems, stakeholder engagement and service improvement. We welcome applications from candidates with strong organisational and analytical skills who enjoy working collaboratively and using technology to support high-quality services.

Applicants should be educated to HNC level or possess equivalent experience. You will have excellent digital skills, including experience of Microsoft Office applications, and the ability to manage and maintain information accurately across a range of systems and databases. Experience of preparing reports, analysing information and supporting meetings would be advantageous.

Strong communication, problem-solving and teamworking skills are essential, along with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. We are looking for individuals who are keen to learn, embrace new technologies and contribute to the continued development of our services.

Applicants must be willing and able to travel to different base locations across Fife to support the service as required.

If you are looking for a role where you can develop your skills, gain broad NHS experience and make a meaningful contribution to healthcare services across Fife, we would love to hear from you.

Interviews will be held in December.

For further information contact Gillian Menzies by e-mail [e-mail]

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK websitehere.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsoredBEFORE submitting your application form.

We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

Please note the salary is pro rata for part time hours.

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NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.