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Job reference: 034121
Salary: Band 7 (£39,300 - £46,006)
Job closing date: 03/11/2020
Job Type: Administrative Services
Location: Flexible
Employment type: Fixed-term
Hours Per Week: 37.5
Job posted date: 20/10/2020
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Education for Scotland
Department: Training Programme Management

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**** COVID-19 – Please note that during this time all interviews will be conducted remotely.  If successful you will also initially be working remotely in line with guidance from Scottish Government***


Agenda for Change Band 7; £39,300 to £46,006 per annum
Full Time; 37.5 hours per week
Fixed term / secondment initially for a period up until March 2021
(SLA or secondment only for NHS staff in the first instance)
Base flexible


Who We Are 

NHS Education for Scotland (NES) is an education and training body and a special health board within NHS Scotland, with responsibility of developing and delivering education and training for the healthcare workforce in Scotland. Full information on the recruiting department is available here https://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/education-and-training/by-discipline/pharmacy.aspx


What you'll do 

This is an exciting opportunity to join our innovative team within NES Pharmacy on a temporary basis up to March 2021. This is an excellent opportunity for a pharmacist with an interest in educational initiatives to expand their career experience.

The postholder will support the workstream relating to the Pre-Registartion Pharmacist Scheme (PRPS) in Scotland . You will work to support the Principal Lead and Senior Educators in the further development and delivery of education and training for pre-registration pharmacist trainees and tutors. You will also support the design and development of the quality management aspects of the scheme. 

You will be highly motivated with a desire to support the further development of this established workstream. You will work closely with members of the NES team, pre-registartion pharmacy trainees and community pharmacists, hospital and primary care pharmacists acting in the role of tutors. 


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 have knowledge of the PRPS and experience of being a trainee or tutor. You will also bring excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to develop and maintain good communications and working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. 


Please note that travel across Scotland is a business as usual requirement of this role and may require overnight stays (currently on hold due to covid-19 response). We will offer remote interviews (via Microsoft Teams). 

Closing Date: 3rd November 2020 
Interview Date: TBC 


Informal enquiries may be directed to Peter Hamilton or Lesley Pacitti  at pharmacy@nes.scot.nhs.uk  


Unless otherwise stated the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. 

Applicants who wish to apply on a secondment basis are strongly encouraged to discuss this with their current employer at the earliest opportunity.

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