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Job reference: 007468
Salary: Band 5 (£24,670 - £30,742)
Job closing date: 01/11/2019
Job Type: Other Therapeutic
Location: Western General Hospital
Employment type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 37.5
Job posted date: 18/10/2019
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lothian
Department: Satellite Pharmacy

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To perform pharmacy technician duties to provide the safe, effective and accurate supply of medicines. Support the operational management of the relevant pharmacy section, deputising for the section manager as required.

Deal independently with routine customer enquiries and assist in the resolution of complex customer enquiries.

*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

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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