Rowan Park Business Centre
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.
The shift pattern for this position is 5 days out of 7.
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic pharmacist to join the Glasgow City HSCP Primary Care Pharmacy team.
This role will involve working with GPs and the primary care multidisciplinary teams to improve medicines management and deliver excellent patient care. This role will involve delivery of the pharmacotherapy service as part of the GP contract.
The objectives of the team are to improve the quality and cost effectiveness of prescribing and medicines use for patients across NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. You will work within our pharmacy hub, GP practices, care homes and other healthcare settings to provide individualised clinical care to patients to improve the safety and effectiveness of their medicines. You will work closely with colleagues in the HSCP Pharmacy Team, GPs, other practice staff, community pharmacists, hospital pharmacy team, care home staff, members of the primary and acute healthcare team and central team colleagues.
The post holder will undertake The Pharmacist Vocational Training Programme Foundation Framework
You should have a sound clinical knowledge, good IT skills, excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be able to prioritise workload to meet the demands of the service. The ability to negotiate and influence to affect change is desirable.
You will need to travel to GP practices and care homes to carry out the duties of this post.