Training Programme Director: Foundation Trainee Pharmacist

NHS England; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS England in Manchester invites applications for the role of Training Programme Director: Foundation Trainee Pharmacists within the North West School of Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation. The post holder will drive delivery of a quality assured training programme across sectors, with emphasis on community pharmacy and collaboration with education providers and supervisors.

The role involves policy development, infrastructure for workplace learning, and cross‑sector leadership to support

Qualifications

• Pharmacy professional with experience of community pharmacy.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to development of a strategy and operational plan for the School of Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation.
• Lead on development of policy, process and infrastructure to support workplace learning.
• Lead on quality management of the training programme in selected areas.
• Support local Educational Supervisors and multi-professional training.

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for appointment to the role of Training Programme Director: Foundation Trainee Pharmacists within the North West School of Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation. The role will enable the successful candidates to work as part of the team to support pharmacy education reforms, and on a number of well-established work streams within the Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation Workforce transformation agenda in the region.

We are looking for a pharmacy professional with experience of community pharmacy to work with training providers and educational supervisors, to support the infrastructure to develop quality assured programmes to ensure a consistent approach to medicines education and training, across sectors. The role will enable the successful candidate to work as part of the School team, and with other NHSE professional leads to support Foundation Pharmacist training, through both new and well-established work streams.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to development of a School of Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation strategy and operational plan. The post-holder will lead locally on the foundation trainee pharmacist programme, with a focus on community pharmacy organisations.
• Lead on the development of policy, process and infrastructure to support workplace learning as a key component of the training programme, in close liaison with the Head of School and Pharmacy Dean.
• Lead on quality management of the training programme in selected areas.
• Actively manage and support local employer- based Educational Supervisors linked to the training programme, through leadership and facilitation of networks, in all sectors and leading cross sector opportunities.
• Provide professional expertise and input into multi-professional training.

NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.

Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms - enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.

In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.

If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Stephen Doherty
Job title: Head of Foundation School
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 07584541561
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