Senior Pharmacy Support Worker-Pharmacy Services

NHS National Services Scotland; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic healthcare team as a pharmacy support worker in Glasgow, where you will play a vital role in enhancing patient care and medicines management. This exciting position offers the chance to work closely with pharmacists, GPs, and other healthcare professionals, ensuring that patients receive the best support with their medications. You'll be involved in coordinating information, analyzing data, and contributing to quality medication reviews, all while developing your career in a supportive and inclusive environment. If you're enthusiastic and self-motivated, this is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference in primary care.

Qualifications

• Assist pharmacists and pharmacy technicians with routine tasks.
• Coordinate information collection and support medication reviews.

Responsibilities

• Work with GPs and multidisciplinary teams to improve medicines management.
• Discuss medication use with patients over the phone.

Skills

Technical expertise in pharmacy tasks

Communication skills

Data analysis

Patient care support

Education

Relevant pharmacy support qualification

Tools

Clinical records management systems

Job description

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 permanent, full time position.

The shift pattern for this position is to be arranged.

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and self-motivated pharmacy support worker to join the Glasgow City HSCP Primary Care Pharmacy team.

As a key member of the Prescribing Support Team you will assist pharmacists and pharmacy technicians by undertaking routine tasks. Some of these tasks may require a moderate degree of technical expertise. You will also be required to discuss use of medicines over the phone with patients. Following standard operating procedures, you will coordinate the collection of information, input and analyse data, update clinical records as appropriate and collate information in support of quality medication reviews.

This role will include working with the GPs and the primary care multidisciplinary teams to improve medicines management and deliver excellent patient care. This role will involve supporting delivery of the pharmacotherapy service as part of the GP contract and will provide an important function in supporting patients with their medicines. This is an opportunity to develop your career in Primary Care working with multidisciplinary teams, particularly GP practices, Community Pharmacies, Care Homes and across other care settings.

Informal contact: Kathryn Gray, Pharmacy Technician - Team Leader (Primary Care), 07971 038136, [e-mail]

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

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