Primary Care Pharmacist — Clinical Excellence, NHS Benefits

NHS Scotland; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension Scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Learning & development opportunities

Annual leave 27+ days

Job summary

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) invites applications for a Pharmacist (Primary Care) to deliver high-quality, patient-centred pharmaceutical care across primary care settings at Port Glasgow Health Centre. You will work within a multidisciplinary team to support safe prescribing and medicines optimisation.

This role offers professional development, clinical governance involvement and opportunities for career progression within Scotland's largest NHS Board.

Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent qualification.
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Commitment to undertaking and completing the NES Foundation Pharmacist Training Programme.
• Knowledge of clinical pharmacy practice and medicines management principles.
• Experience communicating with multidisciplinary teams and contributing to patient care.
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to analyse complex clinical information and apply sound clinical judgement.

Responsibilities

• Deliver clinical pharmacy services to patients within GP practices, care homes and primary care settings.
• Undertake medication reviews to ensure medicines are safe, clinically appropriate and cost effective.
• Provide specialist medicines advice and support to GPs, nurses, community pharmacists and other healthcare professionals.
• Support prescribing governance, formulary compliance and medicines optimisation initiatives.
• Respond to medicines-related enquiries and contribute to safe prescribing and medicines reconciliation processes.
• Educate and support patients, carers and healthcare professionals on the safe and effective use of medicines.
• Participate in service improvement, audit, quality improvement activities and multidisciplinary team working

Skills

Pharmacy clinical skills

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Clinical decision making

Education

Master's Degree in Pharmacy

GPhC registration

NES Foundation Pharmacist Training Programme

Job description

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) invites applications for a Pharmacist (Primary Care) to deliver high-quality, patient-centred pharmaceutical care across primary care settings at Port Glasgow Health Centre. You will work within a multidisciplinary team to support safe prescribing and medicines optimisation.

This role offers professional development, clinical governance involvement and opportunities for career progression within Scotland's largest NHS Board.