An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 2 Pharmacy Support Worker to join the small nursing team within the Medicine Management Team.
Pharmacy Support Worker establish working links between care homes, district nurse bases, community hospitals, GP surgeries and many other multidisciplinary agencies such as Tissue Viability, Bowel & Bladder Service, Prescribing Support nurses etc.
The Pharmacy Support Worker will liaise with all care homes ensuring that Non-Prescription Ordering (NPO)/PECOS ordering is the main ordering system of clinical stock to their respective homes/bases. Part of the role will also include - streamlining clinical stock, reducing variation of products, improving formulary compliance, and reducing medicines waste. This will be carried out though supporting PECOS ordering, auditing stock, organising storage areas, implementing ordering processes, documenting interventions.
Applicants should have good people skills, be well organised, have some knowledge of clinical products and ordering processes such as PECOS.
Ability to travel to various sites throughout Fife is a necessary part of the role. Enterprise cars are available to use and petrol allowance is provided if using own car.
For an informal discussion about the post, or to arrange to spend time with a member of the team to see the role, please contact Mary Thomson, Medicine Management Nurse – mary.thomson2@nhs.scot on mobile: 07903861339 or Laura Kirk, Medicine Management Support Worker on mobile: 07745785111.
As from 1/4/26, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will be reducing from 37 to 36 hours per week. Part time hours will be reduced pro-rata. However, there will be a corresponding increase in the hourly rate so that pay will not be affected.
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 here.
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 sponsored BEFORE 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.
Please note the salary is pro rata for part time hours.
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