Policy Officer (Pharmacy Schools Council and Prescribing Safety Assessment)

Medical Schools Council

This is an exciting opportunity to lead our work in pharmacy education. The introduction of the General Pharmaceutical Council’s ‘New standards for the initial education and training of pharmacists’ in 2021 significantly changed the way the MPharm is delivered with the requirement for increased student placements and the inclusion of prescribing skills in the curriculum. Furthermore, the new GPhC standards and learning outcomes now cover both undergraduate and Foundation year training which has necessitated the PhSC working closely with Statutory Education bodies (NHSE; NES; HEIW; NICPLD) and pharmacy employers to ensure all outcomes are met at the right level at the end of year 5. The PhSC continues to work on the challenges presented by these changes to ensure that pharmacists have the necessary scientific, clinical and behavioural skills to deliver quality patient care in a rapidly changing healthcare environment.

This is also a period of expansion for pharmacy education with several new schools of pharmacy joining the PhSC this year academic year, and the possibility of further schools joining in the coming years.

 The role will also involve Secretariat support for groups working on the Prescribing Safety Assessment – a collaboration between the Medical Schools Council and the British Pharmacological Society – and being part of the central team responsible for preparing and delivering the exam on set dates throughout the year.

Interviews are expected to take place on Thursday 12 December 2024. 

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