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Job reference: 013419
Salary: Band 5 (£24,670 - £30,742)
Job closing date: 06/02/2020
Job Type: Other Therapeutic
Location: Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Employment type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 37.5
Job posted date: 16/01/2020
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lothian
Department: Pharmacy

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Department of Pharmacy

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

Pharmacy Technician Higher Level

(Emergency Medicine)

The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE) is a large teaching hospital with an established reputation for offering the best practice over a wide range of specialties.  The Emergency Department at RIE is one of the busiest in Scotland with an average daily attendance of approximately 350 patients.  It serves as a tertiary receiving centre for Lothian and Border regions.  The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh is planned to become the Major Trauma Centre for South-East Scotland.

The pharmacy service at The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE) is extending our clinical pharmacy team into the Emergency Department at RIE.  This is a new and exciting opportunity for a passionate and ambitious pharmacy technician to work closely with the ED pharmacist and wider multi-disciplinary team in a patient focused role to optimise medicines use, support patient flow and contribute towards ongoing delivery and development of the clinical pharmacy service to ED.  The post holder will also be a key member of the well established Acute Medicine Pharmacy team.

Candidates must have an HNC in Pharmacy Services Development and Management, the Pharmacy Dispensary Checking Technician (PDCT) National Qualification and be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.

*Please note this is a Trainee post, therefore Annex U applies*

For trainees covered by Annex U where the period of training lasts for between one and four years, pay will be as follows:

  • up to 12 months prior to completion of training: 75 per cent of the pay band maximum of the fully qualified rate;
  • more than one but less than two years prior to completion of training: 70 per cent of the pay band maximum of the qualified rate of the qualified;
  • more than two but less than three years prior to completion of training: 65 per cent of the pay band maximum for the qualified rate.
  • more than three years from completion of training: 60 per cent of the pay band maximum of the fully qualified rate.
     
    For further guidance on Annex U – follow the link:

 ANNEX U – ARRANGEMENTS FOR PAY AND BANDING OF TRAINEES

Annex U applications: Consideration will be given to applicants who wish to undertake required qualifications under Annex U providing that at least ONE qualifications has already been attained. Refer to Guidance Note 25: AGENDA FOR CHANGE ANNEX U – ARRANGEMENTS FOR PAY AND BANDING OF TRAINEES for further information on pay grading during qualification completion.

During the training period of 1-3 years you must complete and pass the outstanding qualification to fulfil the essential requirements for the post. On completion of your training your salary will be in accordance with the Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions of service handbook.

Public holiday and weekend service requirements are included in this post.

For further information please contact Karol Knight, Lead Clinical Technician on 0131 536 1000 Bleep 5743

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post. 

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