PS258221 - Lead Pharmacy Technician

NHS Grampian; Elgin; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

NHS Grampian is seeking a Band 6 Lead Pharmacy Technician at Dr Gray's Hospital, Elgin, for an 18 hours/week job share. The post requires full registration with the GPhC and a prescription accuracy checking qualification, with substantial hospital experience to lead the team of technicians and assistants.

The successful candidate will provide input across medicine, surgery and paediatrics, uphold high standards of pharmaceutical care, and contribute to service improvement within a busy hospital

Qualifications

• Full registration with the GPhC is an essential requirement.
• Formal prescription accuracy checking qualification required.
• Substantial hospital experience and leadership ability.

Responsibilities

• Lead our team of pharmacists technicians and assistants.
• Provide input to clinical services across medicine, surgery and paediatrics.
• Maintain high standards of pharmaceutical care in a busy hospital setting.

Skills

Hospital experience

Team leadership

Clinical input

Education

GPhC registration

Prescription accuracy checking qualification

Job description

Lead Technician (Job Share)

Looking for a breath of fresh air?

We are looking for a Band 6 Lead Pharmacy Technician at Dr Gray's Hospital, Elgin - a great place to live and work, lying between the coast of the Moray Firth and the mountains of the Highlands and the Cairngorm National Park.

Moray is beautiful and enjoys its own sheltered microclimate. Mountain sports, world class fishing and golf, and the finest whisky are on our doorstep. An excellent quality of life and superb schools are to be found here.

Elgin, the county town of Moray has all of the amenities you would expect and is in easy reach of Inverness and Aberdeen. Dr Gray's Hospital has 134 beds supporting a wide range of specialties.

The Pharmacy Department at Dr Gray's Hospital strives to provide excellent pharmaceutical care to the patients who use our services. Our technicians are expected to provide input to a wide range of specialties offering an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to use and improve their clinical skills in a variety of settings such as medicine, surgery and paediatrics. We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Pharmacy Technician with substantial hospital experience to lead our team of technicians and assistants.

18 hours per week job share.

Full registration with the GPhC is an essential requirement for the post, as is a formal prescription accuracy checking qualification. Candidates without these will not be shortlisted.

Want to know more? Informal enquiries welcome Telephone: Lesley Giblin, Pharmacist Team Leader on 01343 567253

Interviews w/c 23 November 2026.

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NHS Grampian forms one of the fourteen regional health boards of NHS Scotland and is responsible for providing health and social care services to a population of over 500,000 people living in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray.

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