NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the United Kingdom, employing approximately 40,000 staff across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health services to a population of over 1.15 million people, and to a wider population of 2.2 million when regional and national services are included.

The Role The role of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde PPSU is to:

• Ensure that patients derive maximum benefit and minimum harm from their medicines
• Provide a single system approach to pharmacy and prescribing policy issues, including integration of systems within pharmacy and prescribing support functions
• Support clinicians in their provision of high quality, effective and efficient pharmaceutical care to individual patients at whatever their point of need in their healthcare journey
• Provide prescribers and managers with high quality, timeous information, analysis and advice to assist them to deliver effective prescribing management
• Ensure that medicines are purchased, stored, dispensed and prescribed as cost effectively as possible

Duration, Location, and Working Pattern: Permanent, Full time

New Victoria Hospital

Shift Pattern - 8.45 – 17.00 Monday to Thursday 8.45 - 16.30 Friday. (45mins for lunch)

Key Responsibilities

• Manage stock control systems, including checks, rotation, expiry monitoring, and discrepancies
• Dispense and prepare medicines, including high‑cost items and clinical trials
• Train and support Pharmacy staff
• Action and report stock discrepancies; liaise on high‑cost medicine issues
• Coordinate medicine recalls
• Support discharge by accurately dispensing checked prescriptions
• Check kardexes and order missing items
• Complete environmental monitoring (fridges, freezers, air pressures)
• Comply with legislation, ethics, and NHSGGC standards
• Communicate effectively across Pharmacy and wider team
• Participate in PDP, KSF, and ongoing development
• Train and support new staff; participate in weekend/holiday rotas
• Prepare, clean, and maintain equipment
• Check components for product preparation
• Over‑label and pre‑pack medicines; supervise processes
• Act as robotic system expert
• Complete audit and statistical tasks
• Prepare products and complete transfer processes per SOPs
• Perform required validations
• Generate worksheets/labels and complete transcription/formulary checks
• Fill liquid nitrogen containers where appropriate
• Act as PDC Service Lead and escalate issues
• Manage vaccine supply and campaigns
• Provide patient education
• Take medication histories and perform controlled drug checks after training
• Follow formulary policy and participate in governance/audit
• Maintain communication with ward staff and community pharmacies
• Dispense and prepare medicines per GMP, QA, QC, COSHH, H&S, and SOPs
• Perform in‑process checks on others’ work
• Maintain intrathecal training
• Update SOPs under senior direction
• Participate in clinical trial dispensing and aseptic activities
• Liaise with Portfolio Pharmacists/Technicians to ensure consistent trial services
• Manage technical aspects of clinical trials:

 Dispensing

 Accountability records

 Trial files and documentation

 Temperature/expiry monitoring

 Ordering

 Disposal/destruction

• Liaise with Research Staff
• Work to GCP, EU directives, and SOPs
• Maintain documentation and safe systems of work
• Conduct environmental monitoring and remedial actions
• Participate in audits and workload statistics
• Perform final accuracy checks on prescriptions and assembled items

Knowledge, training, qualifications and/or experience required to do the job: Essential

• UK Registered Pharmacy Technician (General Pharmaceutical Council – Reg.Pharm.Tec.)
• Completed current GPhC approved competency and knowledge based qualifications e.g. S/NVQ Pharmacy Level 3 and NC Pharmaceutical Sciences and a qualifying period of work experience.
• Good IT Skills including MS Office Word and Excel
• Ability to communicate in clear spoken English and effective written and verbal communication
• A commitment to participate in ongoing relevant training and Continual Professional Development (CPD)
• Experience of interacting with people in a variety of situations
• Ability to organise daily tasks using own initiative
• Ability to work to set procedures
• Stock management experience
• Ability to work as part of a team

Desirable

• A commitment to achieving an accredited accuracy checking qualification
• Experience of supervising/training/mentoring staff

What We Offer We offer a wide range of supportive policies designed to enhance your employee journey, including a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle to Work Scheme, bursary scheme and extensive learning and development opportunities.

As an NHS Scotland employee, you will be entitled to:

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave, increasing with length of service, plus public holidays
• Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme, including life insurance benefits
• Salary Sacrifice Car Benefit Scheme
• Development opportunities including study bursaries, e-learning and classroom-based courses
• Enhanced pay for working public holidays
• NHS discounts on a wide range of goods and services
• Confidential employee support and assistance, including counselling and psychological therapies

Interested? If you would like to find out more, we would love to hear from you.

For An Informal Discussion, Please Contact Nadine Gray. Richard Tannahill, Team Lead/Accountable Pharmacist - Nadine.gray@nhs.scot - Richard.tannahill@nhs.scot - 0141-347-8633

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service and the Recruitment Process: Information for candidates This post may close early to the volume of response. Please submit your application form as soon as possible. Due to the volume of applications that we receive, we will not be able to provide shortlisting feedback.

From 1 April 2026, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will reduce from 37 hours to 36 hours. Part-time working hours will be reduced on a pro-rata basis. A corresponding increase in the hourly rate will apply, ensuring that overall pay remains unchanged. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) recognises the importance of work-life balance and is committed to offering a range of flexible working options where service needs allow. For roles where less than full-time hours can be accommodated, and where the tenure is listed as “various” , we encourage applications from individuals seeking flexible working arrangements. Flexible working will be included as a topic for discussion during the recruitment process.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde encourages applications from all sections of the community . We are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion and are proud of the diverse workforce we employ.

By signing the Armed Forces Covenant, NHSGGC has pledged its commitment to being a Forces Friendly Employer. We welcome applications from across the Armed Forces Community and recognise military skills, experience and qualifications throughout the recruitment and selection process.

Candidates must 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 recruitment process.

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