Flexible Location
On 1 April 2026, NSS and NES became one national organisation, focused on continuity today and a stronger, more connected service for tomorrow.
As part of this transformation, NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) and NHS Education for Scotland (NES) have joined to form a new organisation: Public Services Delivery Scotland (PSD Scotland). This new organisation will play a pivotal role in supporting the renewal and ensuring the long-term sustainability of health and care services across Scotland.
Flexible Location: PSD Scotland is a remote-friendly employer with staff based throughout Scotland. We support office-based and hybrid working arrangements. We welcome conversations about alternative working patternsplease get in touch during the application process to discuss.
Work Pattern: Permanent,Full Time, 36 hours per week
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
PSD Scotland unites expertise from NES and NSS in a way that will allow us to accelerate national programmes to support the NHS to deliver better care, now and in the future.
We support staff with education and training, provide the tools and data that improve services, and run vital national functions such as procurement, logistics and blood, tissue and cell services.
The Pharmacy team within Public Services Delivery Scotland (PSD Scotland) has national responsibility for the commissioning, quality assurance and delivery of postgraduate pharmacy education and training in Scotland. The team are accountable through the Executive Medical Director to the PSD Scotland Board, and through the Board to the Scottish Government. PSD Scotland Pharmacy provides strategic leadership across all sectors, working with health boards, community pharmacy, universities, regulators and national partners to ensure education and training meet workforce, service and regulatory requirements, in line with standards set by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
The Opportunity
This is a fantastic opportunity to join the team responsible for the quality assurance, development and delivery of the Foundation Training Year (FTY) programme for trainee pharmacists undertaking their final year of training prior to registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). For this post, 4-days per week (28.8 hours) will be dedicated to the FTY workstream. You may be required to work across PSD Scotland pharmacy workstream for the other 1-day per week (7.2 hours), as required.
This is an exciting period for the initial education and training of pharmacists (IETP). From the 2025-26 training year, PSD Scotland have been delivering the new GPhC accredited programme, which sees the majority of trainee pharmacists join the register as independent prescribers, in line with the GPhC Standards for the Initial Education and Training of Pharmacists.
The Senior Educator is a varied role with a real opportunity to shape the future of FTY. The role supports trainee pharmacists, FTY supervisors (designated supervisors and designated prescribing practitioners), employers and other colleagues across Scotland with all aspects of FTY. Some examples of tasks undertaken by the FTY Senior Educator include development, organisation and delivery of the FTY core curriculum, approval of training sites and FTY supervisors, providing initial training and ongoing support to FTY supervisors and providing one to one support for trainee pharmacists who require it during the training year. This role will work collaboratively across PSD Scotland and the NHS Scotland pharmacy service, bringing pharmacy education and training expertise to the national context, promoting, and supporting educational developments in the Foundation Training Year and beyond.
This post involves hybrid working, our preferred option is that the successful post holder will be based at Forest Grove House, Aberdeen but alternative bases will be explored if the post holder is able to committee to regular travel to Forest Grove House for approximately seven times in the training year.
Attendance at Forest Grove House is essential for the face-to-face FTY training days, approximately seven times in the training year. Occasional attendance at other regional offices may also be required.
Do you want to work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders across Scotland to play a lead role in supporting national training initiatives that provide education and development opportunities for the pharmacy workforce?
Do you enjoy working with a wide range of organisations to lead on initiatives that promote career and development opportunities for the pharmacy workforce?
Do you want to play a key role in enhancing the learning and development experiences of the pharmacy workforce and in particular the stage of initial education and training (IET)?
Do you enjoy working at pace and being adaptive in an ever-changing environment?
Do you enjoy building relationships and a shared vision for the future in order to support change and innovation?
Working within the PSD Scotland 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
Senior Educators offer a broad range of skills and experience, if you can offer some or all of these, wed love you to apply:
1. Pharmacist Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
2. Significant experience as a pharmacist practicing in any sector (community, hospital, primary care
3. Experience of supervising Trainees/Learners in practice
4. Experience of working in an educationally focused environment
5. Understanding of the key factors and practices essential to high-quality learning and education and how these are effectively embedded and continually enhanced
6. Experience working collaboratively and flexibly within a team and in multidisciplinary environments
7. Proven communication, interpersonal, negotiating, influencing and facilitation skills at a senior level, with the ability to communicate sensitive and complex information
8. Demonstrate honesty, integrity, care and compassion when dealing with others, utilising tact and persuasion skills when necessary
9. 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:
10. Life-work balance - with opportunities for flexible working and hybrid working
11. Generous NHS pension scheme
12. Annual incremental salary progression (up to the maximum of the salary band) plus annual NHS salary scale review
13. Annual Leave - 27 Days increasing in line with service plus 8 days public holiday
14. NHS discounts and more
Diversity and Inclusion
Developing a successful national service for Scotland means considering the diverse needs, perspectives, and backgrounds of everyone in Scotland. We are focused on hiring the very best talent and actively encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds. Our aim to ensure that everyone is treated fairly, with respect, and has a positive recruitment experienceregardless of the outcome.
We welcome applications from all under-represented groups, including racially minoritised people and disabled people. It is not essential to be in a Senior Educator role right nowyou may be returning from a career break (e.g., maternity, paternity, caring) or coming from another field. Your experiences can bring a fresh perspective to our work.
If you are considering applying and would like to discuss the opportunity, any adjustments or alternative work patterns, please contact Leanne Murphy or Gail Craig, Principal Leads for Foundation Training Year programme at pharmacy@
Next Steps
All applicants who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail.
In person OR online interviews (including presentation) will take place on week commencing 1st June 2026. The presentation topic will be sent to candidates selected for interview.
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.
15. Please be advised that if you are successful in being offered the role following the recruitment process, you will be expected to attend the office prior to your start date to complete face-to-face pre-employment checks. If you require any adjustments to support this, please let us know.
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As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards willcheck 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 website.
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 foundhere.
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