Senior Clinical Pharmacy Support Worker

Fixed Term for 12 months.

NHS Fife Pharmacy and Medicines Directorate is seeking an enthusiastic individual to join our dynamic and passionate Admissions and Emergency Care Pharmacy Team, dedicated to delivering exceptional care through safe, timely, and efficient medicines management ensuring supply for patients receiving immediate treatment.

As a Pharmacy Support Worker, you will work at ward level alongside the Admissions and Emergency Care team and the wider Pharmacy service. You'll play a pivotal role in overseeing efficient medication management, securing urgent medications, facilitating clear communication across pharmacy teams and medication supply providers, assisting with medication histories, maintaining accurate records, and ensuring the utmost safety and effectiveness throughout the patient's hospital journey.

If you're excited about making a difference in patients' lives, come and be a vital part of our excellent Admissions and Emergency Care Pharmacy Team.

You should have experience working in a pharmacy team and must have SVQ in Pharmacy Services at SCQF Level 6 (Full award) or equivalent. Have completed or be willing to work towards the underpinning knowledge programme for Pharmacy Support Workers at Fife College.

You should have good interpersonal skills and communications skills and have a passion for patient care. You need to be forward thinking and flexible and enjoy face to face interactions with patients and the multidisciplinary team. You should also be able to travel throughout Fife.

The NHS Fife Pharmacy and Medicines Directorate provides an integrated service to a population of approximately 380,000 people, with a team of around 300 Pharmacy staff, including Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Support Workers, Nurses, and Administrators. We pride ourselves on being a vibrant, welcoming and friendly team that is made up of hardworking, talented and dedicated individuals who work towards a common goal of putting our patients at the heart of everything that we do. We are committed to our staffs experience and development and ensuring both our staff and patients experience the same compassion and empathy.

The team work across Acute and Community hospital sites, General Practices, Mental Health services, and a range of specialist teams. Partnership working is at the core of our values, and we work closely with other members of the multi-disciplinary team, including our Community Pharmacy colleagues, to deliver the highest quality care for everyone in Fife.

Fife has something to offer everyone and has excellent transport links, being only 30 mins - 1 hour from major cities.

Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.

Existing permanent employees must first discuss this opportunity with their substantive line manager. The secondment policy can be found here If you do not have approval for a secondment from your current line manager, you will not be able to progress your application for a fixed term post. External applicants, with continuous NHS Service, must also have in place a secondment agreement, from their existing board to apply for this post.

We welcome informal enquiries, so please contact , Andrew Forrester - Lead Clinical Pharmacy Technician or Dale Imrie Specialist Clinical Pharmacy Technician ext 20568

A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsoredBEFORE submitting your application form.

We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

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.