Swydd wag: Post-Registration Pharmacist Training Programme Director, NHS England, Leeds

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Pharmacy

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NHS AfC: Band 8b

Contract

Cyfnod Penodol: 9 mis (until 31/10/2026. Secondment only for NHS employees)

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11.25 awr yr wythnos

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990-NEY-18113-E

Cyflogwr: NHS England
Math o gyflogwr: NHS
Gwefan: 7-8 Wellington Place
Tref: Leeds
Cyflog: £64,455 - £74,896 pro rata
Cyfnod cyflog: Yn flynyddol
Yn cau: 29/10/2025 23:59

Post-Registration Pharmacist Training Programme Director

NHS AfC: Band 8b

Our Organisation

The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.

As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.

As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

We are an accredited Living Wage Employer which means that every colleague working for our organisation and third-party contractors will earn a real Living Wage. We are one of over 15,000 organisations, who voluntarily chose to pay the real Living Wage.

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The postholder will be working as part of the North East and Yorkshire School of Pharmacy. They will also work alongside other regional teams across England and with other relevant stakeholders across the system.

The main responsibilities of the role will include:

- Programme leadership: Lead the design, delivery, and evaluation of post-registration pharmacist education and training, ensuring alignment with national policy and local workforce needs.

- Quality assurance: Oversee the quality and consistency of training and supervision.

- Stakeholder engagement: Build strong relationships with education providers, employers, and national networks to support collaborative working and share best practice.

- Educational supervision: Support and develop educational supervisors across sectors, facilitating networks and promoting multi-sector learning.

- Strategic development: Contribute to the School’s strategic planning, policy development, and service improvement initiatives.

You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

Secondments

Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.

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Qualifications

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Educated to Masters’ level, or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area, in Pharmacy and healthcare leadership.
Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council.
Extensive knowledge of healthcare education management or commissioning, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training.
Evidence of continuing professional development.

Knowledge and Experience

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Experience of working as a senior pharmacy professional, with extensive knowledge of pharmacy and medicines optimisation.
Highly developed subject matter expertise, including knowledge of NHS policy, educational policy and healthcare leadership and management.
Demonstrated experience of leading training or work programmes in highly complex and challenging environments.

Skills, Capabilities and Attributes

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Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills.
Able to work as part of a team and operate effectively in a multidisciplinary environment. Seeks out different styles and methods of communication to assist longer terms needs and aims.
Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate.
Encourages best practice across the organisation with appropriate use of networks.

Values and Behaviours

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Demonstrates strong leadership to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals. Empowered and enabled to deliver.
Committed to involving all staff in developing positive and innovative approaches to business challenges.
Empowers staff to take control, make decisions and act on innovative ideas.

Our commitments to you

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We strive to ensure our people feel trusted, valued and empowered. We’re passionate about nurturing and developing people. When you join us, we want you to grow and excel, and we offer many opportunities for you to do that. We welcome your talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro-divergent.

We welcome applications from disabled candidates. If you meet all the essential criteria, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Your application is your opportunity to demonstrate to us how you meet the requirements of the role. Whilst we appreciate that you may have had support with your application (e.g., using AI technology or guidance from a trusted individual), it’s important that the information contained within your application reflects your own knowledge, skill, and experience and we trust that you apply on that basis.

If applying for this role on a secondment basis, please make sure you have obtained prior agreement from your current line manager to apply for this position.

Please note that we currently do not accept applications via recruitment agencies.

To comply with the HM Government Functional Standard GovS 007, and specifically the Personnel Security Standards 2024, individuals employed or contracted by NHS England may be required to undergo a Baseline Personnel Security Standards check, dependent on the role.

The NHS Business Services Authority is responsible for the processing of your application; a privacy notice is attached to advise you on how we will process your personal data.

If you have applied via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred third-party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

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