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On 1 April 2026, NSS and NES became one national organisation, focused on continuity today and a stronger, more connected service for tomorrow.
As part of this transformation, NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) and NHS Education for Scotland (NES) have joined to form a new organisation: Public Services Delivery Scotland (PSD Scotland). This new organisation will play a pivotal role in supporting the renewal and ensuring the long-term sustainability of health and care services across Scotland.
Flexible Location: PSD Scotland is a remote-friendly employer with staff based throughout Scotland. We support office-based and hybrid working arrangements. We welcome conversations about alternative working patterns—please get in touch during the application process to discuss.
Work Pattern: Fixed Term, Part Time, 21 hours 36 minutes (21.6 hours) per week pro rata based on a 36 hour full time working week. Working pattern to be agreed
Fixed-term or Secondment** for a period of 12 months from commencement of Fellowship
**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
PSD Scotland unites expertise from NES and NSS in a way that will allow us to accelerate national programmes to support the NHS to deliver better care, now and in the future.
We support staff with education and training, provide the tools and data that improve services, and run vital national functions such as procurement, logistics and blood, tissue and cell services.
The Pharmacy team within Public Services Delivery Scotland (PSD Scotland) has national responsibility for the commissioning, quality assurance and delivery of postgraduate pharmacy education and training in Scotland. The team are accountable through the Executive Medical Director to the PSD Scotland Board, and through the Board to the Scottish Government. PSD Scotland Pharmacy provides strategic leadership across all sectors, working with health boards, community pharmacy, universities, regulators and national partners to ensure education and training meet workforce, service and regulatory requirements, in line with standards set by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
The Opportunity
Building on the success of previous cohorts, PSD Scotland is offering a career development opportunity to a senior Pharmacy Technician (who is currently working at Agenda for Change Band 7/8a or equivalent) currently working in, and committed to, NHS Scotland to become the next Scottish Pharmacy Technician Clinical Leadership Fellow (SPTCLF). This includes working in the Community Pharmacy Sector.
This opportunity is designed to strengthen future pharmacy technician leadership by developing the skills of individuals at a national strategic level with support from NHS Scotland Pharmacy leaders. This post is an excellent opportunity for a senior Pharmacy Technician to expand their national leadership experience and develop their skills, whilst maintaining links to their current service.
Working with NHS Scotland Pharmacy leaders, as well as other key strategic groups and organisations within NHS Scotland and the profession, the SPTCLF will be involved in taking forward a project aligned to Scottish Government strategy and key policy areas such as the ‘Health & Social Care Service Renewal Framework 2025-2035’. The project area will be allocated on appointment in collaboration with the successful candidate.
Applicants should be highly motivated and working at a senior level in any sector of care within NHS Scotland, including the community setting and have a good understanding of NHS and professional structures and processes along with a sound grasp of the Scottish Policy context. Excellent communication skills, experience in service development, and evidence of leadership skills, for example in engaging, motivating and influencing others at senior levels are also essential.
Please note that as part of the application process you will be asked to submit a statement in support from your Director of Pharmacy, senior line manager or community pharmacy owner.
Do you like a challenge and have the curiosity and ambition to work at the leading edge of Scottish pharmacy technician development?
Working within the Pharmacy team you will have the opportunity to bring your unique skills and experience to the table, collaborating across multiple workstreams to effect real change within the pharmacy workforce in Scotland.
Does this sound like you?
What We Love to See
Scottish Pharmacy Technician Clinical Leadership Fellows (SPCLFs offer a broad range of skills and experience, if you can offer some or all of these, we’d love you to apply:
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, 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 hybrid 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 means considering the diverse needs, perspectives, and backgrounds of everyone in Scotland. We are focused on hiring the very best talent and actively encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds. Our aim to ensure that everyone is treated fairly, with respect, and has a positive recruitment experience—regardless of the outcome.
We welcome applications from all under-represented groups, including racially minoritised people and disabled people. It is not essential to be in a Clinical Leadership Fellow role right now—you may be returning from a career break (e.g., maternity, paternity, caring) or coming from another field. Your experiences can bring a fresh perspective to our work.
If you are considering applying and would like to discuss the opportunity, any adjustments or alternative work patterns, please contact Leon Zlotos on pharmacy@nes.scot.nhs.uk
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.
All applicants who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail.
In person OR online interviews (including a presentation) will take place on 4th June 2026. 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, CVs will not be accepted.
Please be advised that if you are successful in being offered the role following the recruitment process, you will be expected to attend the office prior to your start date to complete face-to-face pre-employment checks. If you require any adjustments to support this, please let us know.
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.
For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found 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.
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