Reporting to the Area Support Pharmacist, you will be responsible for and oversee the delivery of all aspects of the Scottish Pharmacy Contract and optimise the delivery of dispensing and professional services.
Community Pharmacy Scotland (CPS) invites you to take part in our 2024 Communication Survey. Your feedback is essential in helping us improve our services.
We are looking for enthusiastic pharmacists to join our multi-award-winning pharmacies in the Angus area. We have six pharmacies, with four Independent Prescribers and two in training, putting us in an excellent position to support either a qualified prescriber with peer collaboration or, if you are keen to become a prescriber, we can easily find you a Designated Prescribing Practitioner to provide the necessary support for your training.
We are looking for a second Pharmacist to join our team at the busy Pharmacy in Greenock Health Centre. Ideally this would be for four days per week (9am to 6pm), Monday to Thursday. The role would be to support the Superintendent Pharmacist in the day to day running and management of the operation. There are two Pharmacists at all times and plenty of well trained support staff.
In this week’s roundup... Sexual and reproductive health survey, updated and digitised Disclosure of rape or sexual assault (SARCS) guidance, the new scanning centre is now fully operational at the Gyle, and your next prescription collection date is the Thursday 4th July 2024.
Right Medicine Pharmacy is a quickly expanding, innovative group of pharmacies providing NHS and Private services to the communities of Scotland. With over 40 pharmacies and more than 300 team members, professionalism and care are at the heart of everything we do. We always go the extra mile for our patients and are looking for like-minded individuals to join our growing team. As a company, we believe in progression and training, so if you are looking for a career rather than just a job, then we're the company for you!
Our Pharmacists are a key part of the day to day operations from providing support to your team day to day via strong leadership and support, whilst also ensuring the community receives great advice via pharmacy first consultations and accurate prescription dispensing. You could be a seasoned pharmacist, or new to the role we don't mind. The main thing we are looking for is someone who cares for the community and is ready to provide strong service to the patients.
Researchers from Edinburgh University and Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) have produced a Scottish Government-funded survey for community pharmacists about their practice around SRH in the community pharmacy.
John Ross (Chemists) Limited is small group of independently owned and operated pharmacies and currently has an employment opportunity for a Professional and competent GPHC accredited and registered Pharmacist for the role of Relief Pharmacist Manager working at our various Aberdeenshire sites.
John Ross (Chemists) Limited is small group of independently owned and operated pharmacies and currently has an employment opportunity for a Professional and competent GPHC accredited and registered Pharmacist for the role of Pharmacist Manager at our Steeple Pharmacy in Montrose.
This Circular advises community pharmacy contractors that the two UK-wide Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs) for Clarithromycin antibiotic products due to expire on 21 June 2024 have now been extended until Friday 19 July 2024.
The Community Pharmacy Scotland Newsletter has now been released. If you qualify as an Associate Member and you would like the eNewsletter sent directly to your inbox every Thursday at 6:15pm, then please sign up.
The following are the Top Three items currently under discussion and review by your CPS Board. There is no specific detail, yet, as these are currently “works in progress”. Further detail will follow as available.
This Circular advises Health Boards and community pharmacy contractors that a series of Public Health Service (PHS) poster campaigns is planned to be distributed to pharmacies over the course of 2024/25
Here is the detail for a Podiatry Training which is offered for any community pharmacists who would like to attend. Details of how to apply to the organiser are in the invitation. CPS is supporting, but not sponsoring the event.
The University of Glasgow has launched a citizen science initiative for reporting mosquito sightings across Scotland. This aims to map mosquito distribution and species variety. Visit the reporting portal at www.mosquito-scotland.com. The blog post includes details on supporting the initiative with flyers, social media infographics, and shareable tweets. Your support in promoting this project is appreciated.
NSS have confirmed that the final cumulative statements have all been sent to contractors detailing information about payments received by contractors during the nDCVP implementation and resultant estimated payment process.
The Community Pharmacy Scotland Newsletter has now been released. If you qualify as an Associate Member and you would like the eNewsletter sent directly to your inbox every Thursday at 6:15pm, then please sign up.
Our colleagues at NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) have written to Independent Pharmacy Contractors to inform them about some issues that have arisen during the switchover to SWAN2.
The Psychotropic Drug Directory is now available to all users of NES Knowledge Network. Access to this has been funded by the Scottish Government’s Mental Health Directorate.
The Scottish Government are hosting a women's health lunchtime webinar on the 26th of June with Professor Martha Hickey on Empowering Woman to Manage Menopause.
The Scottish Government have updated the NHS Pharmacy First Approved List and to follow national prescribing guidance Simple Linctus sugar-free and Simple Linctus Paediatric sugar-free have now been removed from this list.
Due to the day on which the 1st June falls this year, we will publish the June edition of Part 7 on the website slightly later than usual, on Monday 3rd May 2024.
In this week’s roundup... Our Policy & Development team bring you all the latest news affecting community pharmacy in Scotland including, Christine Grahame MSP’s visit to Lauder Pharmacy, Post-registration Foundation Programme 2024, Prescription Collection for the 4th June, Consultation on the Quality Assurance of Pharmacy Education and Training and the RPS Survey on Digital Systems Access in Community Pharmacy.
The Community Pharmacy Scotland Newsletter has now been released. If you qualify as an Associate Member and you would like the eNewsletter sent directly to your inbox every Thursday at 6:15pm, then please sign up.
Reporting to the Area Support Pharmacist, you will be responsible for and oversee the delivery of all aspects of the Scottish Pharmacy Contract and optimise the delivery of dispensing and professional services.