The role
- Are you a front-line practising pharmacist independent prescriber?
- Do you want the opportunity to develop a portfolio career?
- Do you want to apply your clinical knowledge and experience to provide assurance to patients and the public about the quality of pharmacy services and help drive improvement across a broad range of specialist clinical services?
To reflect the increasing range of clinical services offered through registered pharmacies and by pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, we continue to build capacity and expand the clinical skillset with the recruitment of experienced pharmacy professionals.
You will provide specialist clinical expertise to the organisation which includes providing support to the inspection team to make judgements on the quality of clinical pharmacy services, providing clinical advice to our fitness to practise team, educating and upskilling internal colleagues on the pharmacy landscape and clinical services and provide support to the wider organisation.
You will have the opportunity to enhance your own profile and skillset and gain regulatory experience which will involve collaboration with different internal teams, and partnership working with other regulators, healthcare organisations and other key stakeholders.
We welcome applications from currently practising, registered pharmacist prescribers from all settings with a significant and broad clinical experience in a range of areas; such as medicines safety and risk management, management of long-term conditions, mental health, aesthetics and medical cannabis.
This role is subject to a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check as part of our pre-employment due diligence.
Benefits when joining our team
In return for their commitment and enthusiasm, employees can expect a rewarding and challenging work environment, good work-life balance and workload plus an excellent benefits package that includes:
- 30 days holiday (plus bank holidays) with the option to buy an additional 5 days.
- A choice between two pension providers: NHS England pension scheme or Standard Life.
- Flexible working arrangements.
- Career breaks and sabbaticals.
- Life assurance, season ticket loan, bike loan and many more.
About the GPhC
We are a respected regulatory body that regulates pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacies in Great Britain. We work to assure and improve standards of care for people using pharmacy services.
Our organisation has a long-term vision and a desire for highly skilled and specialist staff. We are committed to providing workforce learning and development opportunities.
Clinical advisors and Inspectors are predominantly home-based. However, travel and overnight stays are required as part of this role.
We are proud of our diverse and inclusive culture and are committed to holding ourselves to the same standards we expect of others.
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Applying for this role
If you feel you have the required experience and skills and would like to join us, please apply using our online jobs application portal.
Please make sure you complete your supporting statement section, explaining how you meet each of the criteria for the role, and where you found out about this vacancy. Applications without a supporting statement will not be considered.
Please consult the knowledge and skills section of the job description document below to help you prepare your application.
We welcome applications from all sections of the community
We are committed to promoting equality, valuing diversity and being inclusive in all our work as a health professions regulator.
Whilst we are proud to be members of the Disability Confident Scheme, you don’t have to have a disability for us to discuss reasonable adjustments. Please let us know if you need any support during the application or interview process and we will happily discuss this with you.
As part of your application for this role, please complete our equal opportunities and diversity monitoring section.
This is optional and you don't have to complete it; however it provides us with useful information for monitoring and reporting purposes and is strictly confidential. The information you provide on this form will not form part of any selection process and will not be shared with the selection panel.
If you have any queries please do write to us at careers@pharmacyregulation.org or if you would like to speak to a member of the Talent Acquisition team please do call us on 0203 713 7880.