Foundation Training Year (FTY) Lead Pharmacist

Beyond a competitive salary, the University offers an attractive benefits package including a holiday entitlement of up to 8.4 weeks a year, pension schemes and development opportunities. We support staff wellbeing with flexible working options, work-life balance initiatives and support for physical and mental health. You can find more detail on all of this and more at https://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/HumanResources/pay-reward-and-benefits/

Queen's University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI and Athena Swan and have established staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality. For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit www.qub.ac.uk/diversity.

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Candidate Information

NICPLD deliver the Foundation Training Year (FTY) in Northern Ireland, supporting approximately 200 trainee pharmacists each year. The post holder will join the NICPLD FTY team to manage and lead the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the FTY. This involves working with trainee pharmacists and their educational supervisors and designated prescribing practitioners, having responsibility for a group of trainee pharmacists (circa 40 trainee pharmacists) and their supervisors to support and monitor progress and completion of the FTY. The post holder will work closely with the other FTY Lead pharmacists and support the Associate Dean for FTY in all aspects of the FTY.

NICPLD is funded by the Department of Health to deliver a wide range of pharmacy learning and development programmes across Northern Ireland. Some programmes are also available to other healthcare professionals. Programmes are offered through two websites: www.nicpld.org and www.medicinesni.com

NICPLD staff are employed by Queen's University Belfast. This role is primarily home-based (remote working), with access to office facilities at the Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency (NIMDTA), Beechill House, Belfast, and occasional in-person attendance as required. This hybrid arrangement differs from the typical working model at Queen's University Belfast and reflects the unique nature of the post.

The post is full-time although a minimum of 0.8 FTE can be considered.

The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate that you meet, the following essential criteria:

This is not an exhaustive list. To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information on the website.