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About
NHS England leads the NHS in England to deliver high quality care for all. We support NHS organisations to deliver better outcomes for our patients and communities, work to get the best possible value for taxpayers, and drive improvement across the NHS.
Through our seven regional teams, NHS England supports local integrated care systems, made up of public services that provide health and care – NHS organisations, primary care professionals, local councils, social care providers and the community, voluntary and social enterprise sector – to improve the health of the population, improve the quality of care, tackle inequalities and deliver care more efficiently.
Contact
- Address
- Wellington House
- 133-155 Waterloo Road
- London
- SE1 8UG
- Contact Number
- 0300 330 1369
Foundation Training Facilitator
Accepting applications until: 18-Jun-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 18-Jun-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- Victoria House, Camlife,
- Cyfeiriad
- Cambridge Road, Fulbourn,
- Tref
- Cambridge
- Cod post
- CB21 5XA
- Major / Minor Region
- West Yorkshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- 16 months (until 31/10/2026. Secondment only for current NHS employees)
- Oriau
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Cyflog
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
- Gradd
- (NHS AfC: Band 8a)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- Pharmacy
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.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
NHS England Workforce Training and Education (WTE) manages the education, training and development of NHS clinical professionals including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, doctors, dentists, nurses and allied health professionals.
This post supports pharmacist training across the East of England working with the Pharmacy Education team.
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You will be responsible for providing professional leadership, together with expertise, advice and support to:
Design, create and deliver appropriate teaching, learning and assessment plans to support foundation pharmacist trainees and their educational supervisors.
Actively contribute to the design and development of the pharmacy education programmes and linking to the multi-professional school with shared common resources.
Contribute to the business planning processes to provide input into the strategic development of the work related to the GPhC’s revised initial education and training of pharmacists standards.
Identify and support pharmacist trainees requiring further support during their foundation training period.
Contribute to the availability of high quality training and support for pharmacist trainees and educational supervisors.
Provide professional expertise on a specific portfolio of work.
Manage the provision and development of resources, services and opportunities for pharmacist trainees and their educators across the healthcare professions.
Support equality, diversity and inclusion initiatives in pharmacy education.
Appreciate and understand how the activities and objectives of the department aligns with the wider business planning for NHS England, in particular to WTE East of England and nominated ICS(s).
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
If you are successful at interview, we will run an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) in the Electronic Staff Record system (ESR). This transfer gathers valuable information from a previous or current NHS employer to support the onboarding process, including; statutory and mandatory competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You will have the opportunity throughout the recruitment process to inform us if you do not consent.
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
- Delivery of high standards of education with respect to training posts, curriculum requirements and other education programmes.
- Commitment to national vision, policies and processes for effective educational delivery and to drive innovation and improvements to healthcare delivery.
- Ensure appropriate signposting and support for trainees and trainers.
- Excellent leadership and management behaviours including co-ordinating education provision, the ability to lead beyond the team and across the department.
- Manage foundation recruitment, workload allocation & team supervision.
- Responsible for allocated data systems creation, management and utilisation.
- Work with the team to deliver expert education and pharmacy advice for allocated workstreams/programmes, proposing changes as required.
- Management of the implementation of the foundation pharmacy programme, in line with NHS England policy and requirements, contributing to the organisation of delivery in the East of England ICSs
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.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK under the Skilled Worker route are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
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.
In order to comply with the HM Government Functional Standard GovS 007, and specifically the Personnel Security Standards 2024, all individuals employed or contracted by NHS England are now required to undergo a Baseline Personnel Security Standards check.
All existing post-holders within NHS England will be required to complete the check as part of the wider roll out plan.
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.
You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through NHS Jobs, and furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any emails sent to us via NHS Jobs. If you have a query relating to your application, please contact the recruitment team on [email protected] or 0300 330 1369. You can view our Privacy Notice here.
NHS England
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Behaviours and Values
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Effective organiser, influencer and networker
- Promotes innovation, organisational learning and the sharing of best practice across organisational boundaries
- Excellent leadership and management behaviours including the ability to lead beyond the team and across the department
- Accountability – takes responsibility for own actions and promotes good team working
Meini prawf dymunol
- Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals
- Organised, systematic and tenacious approach to developing and progressing objectives
- Self-motivated and able to work on own initiative with minimum supervision
Skills & Abilities
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Skilled communicator able to select from, and utilise, a range of negotiating and influencing strategies appropriate to different audiences and environments
- Strong analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills and the ability to discern trends from either quantitative or qualitative data
- Ability to manage and to prioritise workload for a team of staff
- Ability to prioritise own workload effectively to meet deadlines, whilst managing conflicting deadlines
Meini prawf dymunol
- Ability to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations to Sponsor/ Manager, with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies
- Strategic thinking – ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
Experience & Knowledge
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Knowledge and understanding of education and training systems and structures in health care
- Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals
- Experience and understanding of education and/or professional development and professional support
Meini prawf dymunol
- Significant knowledge and experience of quality management, performance management and project management
Qualifications & Training
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Masters in pharmacy degree (or equivalent)
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Established knowledge of healthcare education management or commissioning, acquired through post-graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Meini prawf dymunol
- Further specialist knowledge or experience to Masters level equivalent
Documents
- Job Description & Person Specification (PDF, 488.6KB)
- Occupational Functional Requirements Form (PDF, 69.8KB)
- NHSE - Verification of ID and RTW Guide (PDF, 306.6KB)
- Guide to Completing Your Application (DOCX, 42.7KB)
- Note for Existing NHS Employees applying for Fixed Term vacancies (DOCX, 26.2KB)
- Redundancy Clawback (PDF, 16.7KB)
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Nkiruka Umaru
- Teitl y swydd
- Deputy Head of Pharmacy
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 01223 597553
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