Pharmacotherapy Assistant

Description:

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.

Exciting changes to the Primary Care pharmacy service across Scotland has led to the creation of new roles in Tayside. Pharmacotherapy assistants are now part of the team of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working with GP practices, to improve medicines management and deliver excellent patient care whilst supporting the delivery of the pharmacotherapy service as outlined in the GP contract 2018. Some of the main duties of the pharmacotherapy assistant include:

• Screening and prioritising workload including discharge letters and telephone enquiries.
• Running searches using GP Practice electronic patient records and other systems to generate reports.
• Contribute to medication reviews of specific patient groups/individual patients.
• Help with the setting up and roll out of serial prescribing.