Pharmacy Technician Facilitator | NHS England

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 pharmacy technician training across the East of England working with the Pharmacy Education team. You will be working across Integrated Care Systems (ICS) in East of England

• Deliver on a wide range of activities and projects, as identified by post-holder's line manager.
• 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.
• Support trainer recruitment, and 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.
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., NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you'll usually need to be paid the 'standard' salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the 'going rate' for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on theGovernment website.
You will be responsible for providing professional leadership, together with expertise, advice and support to:
• Supporting employers, and training hubs in the ICSs to develop their local pharmacy technician workstreams.
• Act as the point of contact for pharmacy technician enquiries
• Work closely with multiple stakeholders in identifying key steps to embed and expand multi sector training and post registration posts.
• Work with stakeholders to develop supervision capability and capacity and the multi professional quality framework.
• Identify and support pharmacist trainees requiring further support during their foundation training period.
• Contribute to the availability of high-quality training and support for pharmacy technician trainees and educational supervisors.
• Develop regional networks to provide peer support for employers and placement providers.
• Promote the Pharmacy Technician Pre-registration Trainee (PTPT) Integrated Training Scheme with stakeholders in the ICSs.
• 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).