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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 NHSGGC Medicines Information Service is recruiting!
Are you a skilled and ambitious pharmacist?
Do you have a keen interest in Medicines Information and the desire to develop your clinical enquiry answering skills in a supportive team environment?
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced and dynamic pharmacist to join the Medicines Information Team in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (based at Glasgow Royal Infirmary). You will be responsible for the provision of specialist medicines information services. Additionally you will provide high quality patient facing pharmaceutical care to a group of patients at the Royal Alexandra Hospital. Confidence and enthusiasm for multidisciplinary working are essential.
The team provides an efficient clinical enquiry answering and advice service on all aspects of medicines use to health care professionals across acute and primary care. You will, therefore, need excellent communication, time management and leadership skills. Training is another key responsibility and the scope ranges from equipping foundation and trainee pharmacists with Medicines Information skills to providing training to non-pharmacy staff (e.g. Nurse Independent Prescribers).
The enquiry answering service is integrated with the wider Medicines Information Service which delivers a number of proactive information resources including the Therapeutics Handbook, Medicines Update blogs and social media promotion as well as supporting guideline & policy development and medicines planning. As a team we are working on increasingly offering all staff opportunities to be involved in these interesting and exciting ways to support patient care at a population level.
The Medicines Information team are a dynamic, forward thinking team who encourage new and innovative ways of working. As a key member of the team you will be supported to develop your skills, knowledge and experience in this specialist area of pharmacy.
You are required to have a Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent and will be a member of the General Pharmaceutical Council with the relevant post registration experience and evidence of postgraduate training and professional development. This post requires membership of Disclosure Scotland's PVG Scheme.
Informal Contact: Janet West, Lead Pharmacist Medicines Information Enquiry Service, Tel No: 0141 201 3228
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.
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