Practice Educator - Pharmacy

NHS Education for Scotland; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

Join NHS Education for Scotland as a Practice Educator, responsible for enhancing pharmacy education and supporting trainees across the healthcare system. This part-time role offers opportunities for flexible and hybrid working arrangements, contributing significantly to workforce development in Scotland.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Annual Leave - 27 days

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Experience as a pharmacist in any sector.
• Experience of supporting trainees/learners.
• Experience in delivery of change and development activities.

Responsibilities

• Support educational development for pharmacy trainees.
• Design and develop training plans for experiential learning.
• Collaborate across multiple workstreams to drive change.

Skills

Collaboration

Flexibility

Initiative

Education

Registered Pharmacist

Job description

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Flexible Location: Based throughout Scotland, NES is a remote friendly employer supporting office and hybrid working. We’re happy to talk about how you want to work.

Work Pattern: Fixed Term, Part Time, 22.2 hours per week (22 hours and 12 minutes per week)

Fixed-term or Secondment** for 18 months

**For NHS applicants, an NHS secondment will be offered in the first instance. For non-NHS applicants, a fixed-term or secondment would be considered.

You must have eligibility and entitlement to work in the UK which is required to be maintained throughout your period of employment.

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.

PracticeEducators in NES Pharmacy provide supportforthe development of key education solutions as well as support for educational supervisors and learners. This role provides a real opportunity to contribute to a critical stage of pharmacy education support.

The Opportunity

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

This role will support the workstream relating to the initial education and training of pharmacists in Scotland. You will support the development and delivery of education and training for Pharmacist facilitators within the service who provide Experiential Learning. You will also support the design and development of the National Plans for Experiential Learning in Scotland.

Do you want to play a key role in enhancing the learning and development experiences of the pharmacy workforce, at the stage of initial education and training (IET)?

Do you enjoy building relationships and a shared vision for the future to support change and innovation?

Do you enjoy working at pace and being adaptive in an ever-changing environment?

Working within the NES Pharmacy team, you will have the opportunity to bring your unique skills and experience to the table, collaborating across multiple workstreams to effect real change within the pharmacy workforce in Scotland.

Does this sound like you?

What We Love to See

Practice Educators offer a broad range of skills and experience, if you can offer some or all of these, we’d love you to apply:

Pharmacist Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Experience as a pharmacist practicing in any sector (i.e. Community, hospital, primary care), with experience of supporting trainees/learners

Experience in the delivery of activities which support change and development

Experience working collaboratively and flexibly within a team, across organisations and in multidisciplinary environments

Ability to work on own initiative, to organise and prioritise own workloads, to meet strict deadlines

Benefits Which Matter

As a valued employee of NHS Scotland, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

Life-work balance - with opportunities for flexible working and hybrid working

Annual incremental salary progression (up to the maximum of the salary band) plus annual NHS salary scale review

Annual Leave - 27 Days increasing in line with service plus 8 days public holiday

NHS discounts and more

Diversity and Inclusion

Developing a successful national service for Scotland is impossible without ensuring we consider the diverse needs, perspectives and backgrounds of everyone in Scotland in our work.

It’s not essential to be in a Practice Educator role right now. You may be returning from a career break (e.g. maternity, paternity, caring for others) or returning after working in another field. Your experiences elsewhere can bring a fresh perspective to our work.

If you are considering applying and feel it would be helpful to discuss this initially, please contact Jennifer MacDougall or Stephanie McFadzean at

Next Steps

**NHS candidates will be considered firstly on a secondment basis, and so are strongly encouraged to discuss this with their current NHS employer at the earliest opportunity, ideally prior to application.

All applicants who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail.

Online interviews will take place on 29th July 2025.

For further information please refer to the Job Information Pack below.

Unless otherwise stated the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.