Senior Pharmacy Technician (SACT)

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.

Senior Pharmacy Technician (SACT)

Band 5 £31,892 - £39,735 per annum (pro rata)

Plus Distant Islands Allowance of £1,349 (pro rata)

37 hours per week

Permanent post

This post is in based at the Western Isles Hospital in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis and offers an excellent opportunity for an organised, experienced, and self-motivated UK registered pharmacy technician to help continue exciting work in continued development of a patient focussed SACT pharmacy service. The job role is full time but part time hours may be possible for a suitable applicant. The post-holder will be one of three senior technicians working at this hospital and will be involved in managing the delivery of the SACT service within the hospital. The hospital does not have aseptic dispensing facilities, so the post holder will be an organised individual who will manage and coordinate the procurement of SACT from commercial companies and from colleagues within the NHS. This is an exciting opportunity to join a friendly and highly motivated multidisciplinary team including a full range of healthcare professionals who are involved in provision of the service. There will also be the opportunity to provide a clinical service to inpatients and to cover for the other two senior pharmacy technicians.

This is an opportunity to live and work in a stunningly beautiful island location. There is an amazing array of outdoor and cultural activities such as kayaking, surfing, climbing, hill walking, diving as well as a wealth of traditional crafts and music related pursuits. We are also only a short journey from Glasgow, Inverness and Edinburgh by plane, with twice daily ferry sailing to Ullapool. For more information about living and working in the Western Isles visit the following sites www.visitouterhebrides.co.uk. Find NHS Western Isles on Facebook, X@NHSWI.

For an informal chat on the above posts and how it may suit you, please contact Dr Sue Price, Chief Pharmacist, Tel 01851 708140 or sue.price@nhs.scot.

The successful applicant will be required to register with the PVG Scheme (Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme). This post is not eligible for relocation expenses.

All NHS Western Isles vacancies appear on the NHS Scotland website: apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk, along with a job description.

Tha beàrnan-obrach NHS Eilean Siar uile gu léir a' nochdadh air làrach-lìn NHS na h-Alba https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/,  còmhla ri dealbh-obrach.

If you have any further queries, please contact Tel: 01851 762027.

CLOSING DATE: 28/10/2024