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Senior Educator - Pharmacy Practice Education Coordinator (2 posts)

Hours: 2 Posts:

Foundation Training Year (FTY) – 1.0 WTE (base Glasgow)

Independent Prescribing and Clinical Skills (IP/CS) – 0.4 WTE (base flexible)

Duration: Permanent

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/

This is an exciting time to join our innovative NES Pharmacy Senior Educator team with several significant intiatives planned which will support the development of the NHS Scotland Pharmacy workforce to improve care of patients as medicines experts within the Health and Social care team. This is an excellent opportunity for a pharmacist with experience/an interest in educational initiatives to expand their career experience, with responsibilities at both regional and national level.

We have two permanent posts available:

1 WTE (permanent) – Base Glasgow

This role will involve working within the Foundation Training Year (FTY) for Trainee Pharmacists, organising and supporting education and training across Scotland to ensure recruitment and progression of Trainee Pharmacists.

0.4 WTE (permanent) – Base Flexible
This role involves working within the Prescribing and clinical skills team to develop and deliver prescribing resources for post-graduate pharmacists across all sectors. This extends to supporting development and delivery of advanced practice training in primary care.

Further detail on each post is found in the Job Summary document

Please indicate on your application form (Assessment Form A) the post(s) you are applying for.

What you'll do

The Senior educator/Pharmacy Practice Education Coordinator in Pharmacy provide organisation and support for Educational Supervisors and learners across all our workstreams with a focus on one area.

Please refer to the Job Summary for full detail.

What you'll bring

These will include but are not restricted to;

• Experience of working in an educationally focused environment.
• Experience of planning and delivering education and training.
• Experience of working in a patient centred environment is essential.
• Working towards, or qualified as, an independent prescriber is essential for the role with IP/CS (currently preferable for the role for FTY).

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, negotiating and influencing skills.
• Ability to develop and maintain good communications and working relationships with a wide range of staff, community groups, internal and external stakeholders and trainees/learners.
• Credentialled or working towards credentialling of a post-graduate framework/ curriculum is desirable.

You should be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council of Great Britain.

If you are interested in this vacancy and would like further information, please refer to the job information pack below.

To have an informal discussion or for further information about this role please contact the Pharmacy mailbox at [email protected] and you will be put in touch with the relevant contact

Please note that travel across Scotland is a business as usual requirement of this role and may require overnight stays.

Closing Date: Wednesday 26th April

Interview Date: To be confirmed

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: [email protected]