Pharmacy Support Worker - Primary Care inLarbert inLarbert PUBLISHED 20 JUN 2024

Fixed Term / Secondment Opportunity* for 18 months due to improvement in service delivery

• Secondment Opportunity – Existing permanent employees must first discuss this opportunity with their substantive line manager and complete the secondment request form prior to interview. The secondment request form and the associated secondment policy can be found on the HR/Recruitment intranet pages and must be completed and signed by the substantive line manager. The Candidate should then take it with them to interview as confirmation that an agreement has been granted.
  
  

NHS Forth Valley Pharmacy Services have an exciting opportunity for Pharmacy Support Staff to work within Primary Care.

Under the direction of a senior pharmacy technician, you will help develop and pilot a new medicines management service to care homes.

You should have a SVQ in Pharmacy Services at SCQF level 6 or equivalent (or willing to work towards this). You must have experience dealing with public / patients and a real commitment to improving patient care. You should have effective interpersonal and communication skills as you will liaise closely with general practice and community pharmacy colleagues and care homes. You will have good organisation and prioritisation skills as well as be computer literate with an ability to learn new computer systems. You must be a team player and have a willingness to be flexible and adaptable.

If this sounds like you, please get in touch.

The duties of this post require the successful candidate to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. More information on this scheme can be found at www.jobsincare.com/job/jwSJO0NF and willingness to travel throughout the area of service delivery is essential for this post.

For further information on the role please contact Lynne Curtis, Lead Pharmacy Technician on or Euan Reid, Lead Pharmacist – Primary Care on .

Please note that the majority of correspondence is sent by e-mail, therefore please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders) and your Jobtrain account for updates.

NHS Forth Valley is positive about disabled people and is committed to offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job. Please contact the Recruitment Office on if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to assist you with your application and/or interview.

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.