Pharmacy Technician - Glasgow, United Kingdom - NHS Scotland

NHS Scotland

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Glasgow, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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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.

The shift pattern for this position is 9-5 (M-F).

A chance to join the fabulous primary care pharmacy team in the North West Locality Glasgow City to support work in primary care in GP practice & care homes.

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and self-motivated technician to join the NHSGGC Pharmacy Team and take forward key prescribing initiatives and prescription management tasks.

As a key member of the Prescribing Team you will have an important role in promoting and implementing cost effective and evidence
based prescribing within specific GP practices and Care Homes across NHS GGC. 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 and will
provide an important function in supporting patients with their medicines

This post requires excellent communication, negotiation, organisational and IT skills along with the ability to influence and affect change.

This is an opportunity to develop your career in Primary Care working with multi-disciplinary teams, particularly GP Practices, Community Pharmacies, Care Homes and across other care settings.

Experience of working in Primary Care or as part of a multi-disciplinary team is desirable.

Minimum requirements
Pharmacy Technician, NVQ3 or BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or Equivalent Registrant with the General Pharmaceutical Council