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.Glasgow City HSCP (Northeast Locality),This exciting 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 patient facing role will involve taking on a prescribing role and developing your own clinical caseload in line with Achieving Excellence strategy objectives.The post holder will be supported to undertake their post-registration 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 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 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 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).Applicants should be members of the General Pharmaceutical Council of Great Britain.This post requires PVG Scheme Membership/Disclosure Scotland Check. Minimum requirements Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent Registrant with the General Pharmaceutical Council.Informal contact : Lois Gault (Lois.Gault2@nhs.scot)Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service and the Recruitment Process:Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service is available on the Supporting Information document.NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde- NHS Scotland 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.By signing the Armed Forces Covenant, NHSGGC has pledged its commitment to being a Forces Friendly Employer. We support applications from across the Armed Forces Community, recognising military skills, experience and qualifications during the recruitment and selection process.Candidates should provide original and authentic responses to all questions within the application form. The use of artificial intelligence (AI), automated tools, or other third-party assistance to generate, draft, or significantly modify responses is strongly discouraged. By submitting your application, you confirm that all answers are your own work, reflect your personal knowledge, skills and experience, and have not been solely produced or altered by AI or similar technologies. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in your application being withdrawn from the application process.For application portal/log-in issues, please contact in the first instance.
