191688 Prescribing Support Pharmacy Technician inMusselburgh inMusselburgh PUBLISHED 14 JUL 2024

Band 5

NHS Lothian

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record.
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.

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.


Pharmacy Services



Prescribing Support Pharmacy Technician - Primary Care


Grade: Band 5

Hours: 30 hrs (0.8WTE)

Location: East Lothian HSCP

Salary scale: £30,229 - £37,664 Pro rata

Closing date: Two weeks from date of advert

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Pharmacy Technician in Primary Care in East Lothian.

Peaceful countryside and vibrant coastal towns which are only a short commute from Edinburgh provide an idyllic setting for you to begin or further your career as a Prescribing Support Pharmacy Technician in Primary Care.

We are looking for an experienced, motivated Pharmacy Technician who has a passion for patient care and is looking for a new challenge to fill a vacancy our well-established technician team. Our enthusiastic and friendly team of pharmacists and technicians has a wide range of experience in most sectors of pharmacy enabling us to support each other as we continue to grow and develop into the role in GP practice together.

The team is involved in delivering the Pharmacotherapy elements of the new GP contract, aiming for a balance between activities which support GP capacity, such as processing hospital letters; cost effective prescribing projects and clinical activities which provide direct patient care.

Our new colleague will be a Pharmacy Technician registered with the GPhC and have an HNC in Pharmacy Services (or equivalent experience). They should be an experienced practitioner, possess excellent interpersonal and team-working skills and be a highly effective communicator. Excellent organisational skills are desirable, as is a reasonable level of IT skills. Previous experience in Primary Care or Hospital Pharmacy is ideal, but not essential.

Part time workers will be considered.

Informal enquiries are welcome. Further information may be obtained by emailing:

Stephanie Headspeath, Advanced Clinical Pharmacist, East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership

Alan Millarvie, Lead Pharmacist, East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership

Please note: As this post is part-time the salary will be pro-rata.
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.

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.

Pharmacy Services


Prescribing Support Pharmacy Technician - Primary Care

Grade: Band 5

Hours: 30 hrs (0.8WTE)

Location: East Lothian HSCP

Salary scale: £30,229 - £37,664 Pro rata

Closing date: Two weeks from date of advert

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Pharmacy Technician in Primary Care in East Lothian.

Peaceful countryside and vibrant coastal towns which are only a short commute from Edinburgh provide an idyllic setting for you to begin or further your career as a Prescribing Support Pharmacy Technician in Primary Care.

We are looking for an experienced, motivated Pharmacy Technician who has a passion for patient care and is looking for a new challenge to fill a vacancy our well-established technician team. Our enthusiastic and friendly team of pharmacists and technicians has a wide range of experience in most sectors of pharmacy enabling us to support each other as we continue to grow and develop into the role in GP practice together.

The team is involved in delivering the Pharmacotherapy elements of the new GP contract, aiming for a balance between activities which support GP capacity, such as processing hospital letters; cost effective prescribing projects and clinical activities which provide direct patient care.

Our new colleague will be a Pharmacy Technician registered with the GPhC and have an HNC in Pharmacy Services (or equivalent experience). They should be an experienced practitioner, possess excellent interpersonal and team-working skills and be a highly effective communicator. Excellent organisational skills are desirable, as is a reasonable level of IT skills. Previous experience in Primary Care or Hospital Pharmacy is ideal, but not essential.

Part time workers will be considered.

Informal enquiries are welcome. Further information may be obtained by emailing:

Stephanie Headspeath, Advanced Clinical Pharmacist, East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership

Alan Millarvie, Lead Pharmacist, East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership

Please note: As this post is part-time the salary will be pro-rata.


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