Pharmacy InspectorsNHS

Job summary

2 roles available:

Role 1: Homebased Pharmacy Inspector (covering sites in Southwest London and surrounding areas)

Role 2: Homebased Pharmacy Inspector (covering sites in Southwest England, including Devon and Cornwall)

• Are you a registered Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician with an in-depth knowledge of the GPhCs standards and responsibilities?
• Do you have experience in the implementation and use of technology in the delivery of pharmacy services particularly in a community or hospital setting?
• Do you want to apply your knowledge and experience to provide assurance to patients and the public about the quality of pharmacy services and help drive improvement?

If so, we welcome you to apply for our fixed term contract Pharmacy Inspector vacancy

The GPhC works to provide assurance to patients and the public that the pharmacies on our register are practising safely and effectively.

The post-holder will make an integral contribution to this aim by maintaining a programme of high-quality inspections of registered pharmacy premises through monitoring, supporting, and enforcing compliance in line with the GPhCs standards.

Inspectors will also provide recommendations to the Registrar on the registration suitability of new

pharmacies and work collaboratively with our Fitness to Practise team, giving valuable advice on pharmacy practice to inform investigations into allegations of pharmacy professionals fitness to practise.

Main duties of the job

To assess the performance of registered pharmacy premises against the standards for registered pharmacies through a programme of inspections in line with our approach to inspections of pharmacies.

Take action as appropriate to ensure that pharmacies make the improvements necessary to meet the standards including statutory enforcement action where appropriate.

Identify, recognise, and support good and innovative practice from services delivered from registered pharmacies through the generation of notable practice case examples published on the knowledge hub.

Provide recommendations to the Registrar on the suitability for registration of new pharmacy premises.

Work collaboratively with the Enforcement portfolio to provide advice on pharmacy practice to inform investigations of allegations into pharmacy professionals fitness to practise. Work with other portfolios and teams across the organisation to engage and maintain effective relationships with Registrants and other external stakeholders to promote good pharmacy practice.

Job description

Schedule and deliver a programme of monitoring and inspection of registered pharmacies in accordance with the policies and procedures of the GPhC. Ensure outcomes of inspections are consistently in line with the inspection decision-making framework, ensuring that all judgements are auditable and that published inspection reports meet quality and in-house style standards and requirements.

Make professional evidence-based judgements on whether a pharmacy is meeting the standards. Where pharmacies are not meeting the standards, ensure that improvements are made through continued engagement with the pharmacy using non-statutory and where appropriate, statutory enforcement action.

Undertake visits to pharmacy premises applying to join the register to check their ability to be able to meet the premises standards at opening. Make evidence-based recommendations to the Registrar in line with policy and procedures on suitability to register, including whether any conditions should be considered.

Establish and sustain effective working relationships with registrants, healthcare providers and other relevant stakeholders and where appropriate to undertake joint working with other inspectorates.

Work collaboratively with the Enforcement portfolio to help inform their investigations into registrants fitness to practise in line with policies and procedures. Work collaboratively with the Concerns team, to provide advice on pharmacy practice to inform the assessment of new concerns into allegations of impaired fitness to practise of pharmacy professional registrants.

Identify, recognise, and support good and innovative practice in registered pharmacy premises through the generation of notable practice case studies published on the knowledge hub.

Working with other portfolios and teams across the GPhC as appropriate, for example the Policy and Standards and Communications teams. Identify opportunities for promoting the work of the GPhC and provide advice and secure assurance with standards of good practice through presentations and other engagement with Registrants and stakeholders within the allocated portfolio.

Collect and report all information and intelligence effectively and accurately using the appropriate data management systems so that it may be accessed and utilised across the organisation.

Maintain skills and competencies in pharmacy, medicine management, and the regulatory process by participating in appropriate training.

About us

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.

We are proud of our diverse and inclusive culture and are committed to holding ourselves to the same standards we expect of others.