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Practice Educator – Pharmacy
Hours: 15 hours per week
Duration: Secondment /Fixed term until March 2023
(Secondment only for NHS staff in the first instance)
Flexible Location: NES is a remote friendly employer supporting office, remote and hybrid working. We’re happy to talk about how you want to work.
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. Full information on the recruiting department is available here https://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/our-work/pharmacy/
What you'll do
This is an exciting opportunity to join our innovative team within NES Pharmacy. This is an excellent opportunity for pharmacists with an interest in educational initiatives to expand their career experience and work within our Professional Development (PD) workstream.
Working within the professional development team, you will be involved in the development and delivery of education and training to meet the requirements of the pharmacy workforce in Scotland. You will have a specific focus on the development of new and updating of existing online resources available via Turas Learn.
You will be highly motivated, demonstrate good attention to detail and have a desire to promote best educational practice. This role requires you to have the ability to adapt quickly to and effectively use new technology and IT software. This role would also allow you to showcase your creativity and design skills.
For this role you will be highly motivated with a desire to support the further implementation of exciting new initiatives. You will work closely with members of the NES team and the wider NES team networks, community pharmacists, hospital and primary care pharmacists, colleagues from the Universities and the wider external stakeholder environment as required.
What you'll bring
You will be a qualified Pharmacist with a Masters’ degree in Pharmacy or equivalent. You should be member of the General Pharmaceutical Council of Great Britain. You will also bring excellent interpersonal skill and the ability to develop and maintain good communications and working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
Please note that travel across Scotland can be a business-as-usual requirement of this role and may require overnight stays (currently on hold). We will offer remote interviews hosted via Microsoft Teams.
If you are interested in this vacancy and would like further information, please refer to the job information pack below.
Informal enquiries may be directed to Peter Hamilton or Vick Park at pharmacy@nes.scot.nhs.uk
For NHS employee applicants: Secondment or SLA will be considered in the first instance
Applicants who wish to apply on a secondment basis are strongly encouraged to discuss this with their current employer at the earliest opportunity.
Unless otherwise stated the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date.
Closing Date: 13th October 2022
Interview Date: end of October expected
You must have eligibility and entitlement to work in the UK which is required to be maintained throughout your period of employment. Evidence of this must be produced upon request.
We actively encourage applicants from a range of backgrounds, regardless of gender, age, disability, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
https://www.careers.nhs.scot/about/who-we-are/
If you have any queries regarding the application portal or the recruitment process, please contact us at: EoS.ERRS@nhs.scot