Do you want to be at the forefront of transforming clinical pharmacy? Do you want to work with a dynamic, supportive and friendly team? We have transformed our clinical pharmacy service across NHS Fife in an ambitious project to join up care to operate as an integrated pharmacy service across hospital, primary care and specialist teams. This ensures frailty and elderly care services are joined up Fife wide to care for our patients across transitions of care and ensure the best outcomes for patients with their medicines. An exciting opportunity has arisen for experienced pharmacy technicians registered with the GPhC with proven post qualification experience to join our integrated pharmacy team, working across Fife as part of the community health clinical pharmacy team. Your primary site will be Victoria Hospital, but you will also work across community health settings, including Acute Frailty Services, Community Hospitals, and Hospital at Home. You will play a crucial role in providing a safe, effective pharmacy service across community health settings, ensuring smooth transitions of care. You will also support patient flow, contributing to the timely and safe provision of medicines for inpatient care, discharges, and transfers. You must be able to work independently or as part of the pharmacy team and wider multidisciplinary team. You will be an excellent communicator who has the ability to build good relationships with colleagues and other healthcare professionals. You should have experience of working in a clinical environment and managing staff. The role will involve travelling across Fife to cover other community hospitals out with your base locations. You will also have sessions to enable you to maintain your checking qualification. The NHS Fife Pharmacy and Medicines Directorate provides an integrated service to a population of approximately 380,000 people, with a team of around 300 Pharmacy staff, including Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Support Workers, Nurses, and Administrators. We pride ourselves on being a vibrant, welcoming and friendly team, that is made up of hardworking, talented and dedicated individuals who work towards a common goal of putting our patients at the heart of everything that we do. We are committed to our staffs experience and development and ensuring both our staff and patients experience the same compassion and empathy. The team work across Acute and Community hospital sites, General Practices, Mental Health services, and a range of specialist teams. Partnership working is at the core of our values, and we work closely with other members of the multi-disciplinary team, including our Community Pharmacy colleagues, to deliver the highest quality care for everyone in Fife. Fife has something to offer everyone and has excellent transport links, being only 30 mins - 1 hour from major cities. Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage For further information please contact Andrew Forrester – Lead Clinical Pharmacy Technician Andrew.forrester2@nhs.scot 07483 316001 or Amanda Gray – Specialist Clinical Pharmacy Technician Amanda.Gray@nhs.scot 01592 643355 ext 21697 A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment. To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service. As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here. For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found here. It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form. We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices. 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.