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Flexible Location: Based throughout Scotland, NES is a remote friendly employer supporting office and hybrid working. Please note, regular presence at our offices throughout Scotland is a requirement for this role. We’re happy to talk about how you want to work.
Work Pattern: Fixed-term, Full Time, 37.5 hours per week.
Fixed term or Secondment** until 31 March 2024
**For NHS applicants, an NHS secondment will be offered in the first instance. For non-NHS applicants, a fixed-term or secondment would be considered.
You must have eligibility and entitlement to work in the UK which is required to be maintained throughout your period of employment.
Who We Are
NHS Education for Scotland (NES) is the national health board with statutory responsibilities to effect sustainable change through workforce development, education and training across the health and social care system in Scotland, while working at UK level with partner organisations.
The Pharmacy team within NES is responsible through the Executive Medical Director to the NES Board and through the Board to Scottish Government for the commissioning and delivery of postgraduate pharmacy education in Scotland.
This role sits within the NES Pharmacy team and will sit alongside the small, friendly and highly motivated Post registration Foundation programme team. This will provide a wider focus on the evolving training and development of pharmacists early in their career.
The Opportunity
We are looking for a for a pharmacist with considerable experience as an educator to join our NES team on a temporary basis (expected to extend beyond March).
This is an exciting opportunity for the postholder to provide key support to the senior educators/principal lead of the Post registration Foundation programme for Pharmacists. You will focus on the operational delivery and supporting quality management of the programme and provide support to Educational Supervisors and learners as required.
This role will work collaboratively across NES and the NHS Scotland pharmacy service, bringing pharmacy education and training expertise to the national context, promoting, and supporting educational developments across the career pathways.
Do you want to play a key role in enhancing the learning and development experiences of the pharmacy workforce?
Do you want to work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders across Scotland to play a lead role in supporting national training initiatives that provide education and development opportunities for the pharmacy workforce?
Do you want to improve access to relevant training to support both practice and professional development of health staff?
Do you enjoy problem solving and collaborating with others?
Do you thrive working in partnership with a range of people?
Do you enjoy working at pace and being adaptive to an ever-changing environment?
Working as a Practice Educator within the NES Pharmacy team you will have the opportunity to bring your unique skills and experience to the table, collaborating across multiple workstreams and Directorates within NES, to support future care planning for the people of Scotland.
Does this sound like you?
What We Love to See
Practice Educators offer a broad range of skills and experience, if you can offer some or all of these, we’d love you to apply:
- A Pharmacist Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Experience practicing in any sector (i.e. community, hospital, primary care)
- Experience of working in an educationally focused environment
- Ability to collaborate effectively and build networks and communities of practice
- Experienced in the delivery of activities which support change and development
- Highly effective communicator knowing how to make complex information and language simple for diverse senior internal and external stakeholders (both verbally and in writing)
- Experience working collaboratively and flexibly within a team, across organisations and in multidisciplinary environments
- Demonstrate honesty, integrity, care and compassion when dealing with others, utilising tact and persuasion skills when necessary
- Ability to work on own initiative, to organise and prioritise own workloads and that of others, and to meet strict deadlines
Benefits Which Matter
As a valued employee of NHS Scotland, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:
- Life-work balance - with opportunities for flexible working and remote working
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Annual incremental salary progression (up to the maximum of the salary band) plus annual NHS salary scale review
- Annual Leave - 27 Days increasing in line with service plus 8 days public holiday
- NHS discounts and more
Diversity and Inclusion
Developing a successful national service for Scotland is impossible without ensuring we consider the diverse needs, perspectives and backgrounds of everyone in Scotland in our work.
We are focused on hiring the very best talent available for NES, and actively encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and aim to ensure everyone is treated fairly, with respect and has a positive recruitment experience – regardless of the outcome.
It’s not essential to be in a Practice Education role right now. You may be returning from a career break (e.g. maternity, paternity, caring for others) or returning after working in another field. Your experiences elsewhere can bring a fresh perspective to our work.
If you are considering applying and feel it would be helpful to discuss this initially, please contact Fiona McMillan, Principal Lead, fiona.mcmillan@nhs.scot
Next Steps
**NHS candidates will be considered firstly on a secondment basis, and so are strongly encouraged to discuss this with their current NHS employer at the earliest opportunity, ideally prior to application.
Our recruitment process is currently 100% remote and if successful you can initially work remotely, or work from one of our NES offices (thereafter working in a hybrid capacity).
All applicants who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail.
Online interviews (including a presentation) will take place on Friday 19 January 2024. The presentation topic will be sent to candidates selected for interview.
For further information please refer to the Job Information Pack below.
Unless otherwise stated the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CV’s will not be accepted.
If you have any queries regarding the NHS Scotland National Recruitment Portal or the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to contact our recruitment partners, the East Region Recruitment Service, at: EoS.ERRS@nhs.scot