200225 Pharmacy Technician (KA)

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

**Please note we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage**   

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

Pharmacy Technician Womens and Neonatal Services

Band 4, 1.0 WTE, 37 hours

£27,598 £30,019

(including weekend and public holiday rota commitments)

NHS Lothian covers Edinburgh city, East Lothian, Midlothian and West Lothian. We are the second largest health system in NHS Scotland and one of only four teaching Boards. We have strategic partnerships with local Universities, Local Authorities and our four Integration Joint Boards. We serve a population of 900,000, providing a range of primary, community based and acute hospital services. We also provide regional and national services across a range of clinical specialties.

The vision for the Pharmacy & Medicines service is to deliver clinically led, person-centred services to ensure patients across Lothian get the best from their medicines and pharmacy services.  We are focussed on creating an environment where each person in the team has the opportunity to flourish, develop and make best use of their skills.

As a rapidly developing service, we offer a wide range of varied and challenging patient centred roles across many specialist areas; and, as part of our workforce plan, we are recruiting talented and enthusiastic pharmacy technicians to join our diverse staff group working at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE). RIE is a large teaching hospital with an established reputation for offering best practice across a wide variety of specialist services.

This role will have key focus within the clinical services team supporting at a ward level with patient focused medicines management and the flow of the site. There is the opportunity to support with medication reconciliation, counselling, and discharge support. They will be a key member within both pharmacy and wider multi-disciplinary teams.  This is a great development opportunity as a clinical patient-facing role for an individual keen to specialise as a clinical technician.

Successful candidates will have an enthusiasm for learning and development, a professional attitude, and a passion for working in healthcare with the potential to contribute to the delivery of our high-quality pharmaceutical care.   As well as a drive for personal development, candidates should demonstrate personal values aligned with those of our organisation: NHS Lothian Values. 

You must be registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council, have a certificate in pharmacy services (or equivalent) and an SVQ level 3 in pharmacy services. NHS Lothian offers supportive and progressive employment conditions.

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. 

For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions, please contact

Adele Stinear Lead Clinical Pharmacy Technician, RIE or via email at adele.stinear@nhs.scot

OR

Karol Knight Lead Clinical Pharmacy Technician, RIE or via email at karol.knight@nhs.scot