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This is a fixed term post for 12 months.
This exciting I e ad e r s h i p role will involve working with GPs and the primary care multidisciplinary teams to improve medicines management and deliver excellent patient care. You will lead a team of pharmacists & technicians in the delivery of the pharmacotherapy service as part of the GP contract and delivery of the Prescribing Team objectives to deliver safe, effective and cost effective person centered care. This patient facing role will involve taking on a prescribing role and developing your own clinical caseload in line with Achieving ExceIIence strategy objectives.
Your role will be to provide leadership to a cluster team work as a member of the North West Glasgow City HSCP prescribing support team. 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 closely with GPs, other practice staff, community pharmacists, care home staff, members of the primary healthcare team and central team colleagues in supporting the development and application of high quality, safe, cost effective, rational and evidence based prescribing in the Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) You will work within GP practices care homes and other healthcare settings to provide individualised clinical care to patients, through clinics, to improve the safety and effectiveness of their medicines, prescribing where appropriate. You should have a sound clinical knowledge, good IT skills, excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be able to work autonomously as well as part of a team. You will work on joint projects/initiatives within the HSCP as required and promote awareness of prescribing management issues.
You must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and be able to demonstrate a commitment to Continuing Professional Development. You must have significant post registration experience. You will be required to travel between GP practices and care homes to carry out the duties of this post. Experience of directly working with primary care teams and knowledge of GP systems would be advantageous.
It is essential you have a Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent with current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
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The shift pattern is 5/7.
Informal Contact
Sheila Tennant, Lead Pharmacist on 0141 314 6235.
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs .