Pharmacy Quality Assurer

TITLE OF POST: Pharmacy Quality Assurer

STATUS: 35 hours per week Permanent – Full Time. (Part time considered)

SALARY: £32,884 per annum (pro-rata)

LOCATION: Remote/ home based

Open Awards is seeking a pharmacy quality assurer to provide pharmacy specific technical advice to providers and colleagues, externally quality assure portfolios of learner evidence, and oversee End-point Assessment decisions.

This is an important role that will ensure compliance with regulators including Ofqual, Qualifications Wales and General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).

FUNCTION OF THE POST:

Pharmacy specialist

• Provide pharmacy specific technical advice and support to Open Awards to develop and continually improve assessment activities and associated resources.

• Provide support to allocated Open Awards’ providers to ensure learners receive a high-quality experience.
• Ensure assessment of learners and apprentices in line with relevant Open Awards assessment strategies, guidance documents and supporting materials, ensuring high standards are maintained.

• Work with the wider Open Awards team to develop and promote the Open Awards end-point assessment and qualification offer to all stakeholders.
• Work with stakeholders to ensure General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) education and training requirements are met.

External Quality Assurance of Open Awards Pharmacy Qualifications

• To externally quality assure learner evidence for a range of Pharmacy and Aseptics qualifications across a range of providers to ensure that decisions are sound, robust and in line with Open Awards’ and regulatory requirements.
• To undertake compliance reviews of providers to ensure delivery, assessment and internal quality assurance arrangements meet Open Awards and regulatory requirements.

Lead Independent End-point Assessor

• Provide a high-quality independent assessment experience for apprentices and their employers.

• Recruit, train and manage a team of independent end-point assessors (IEPAs) to ensure a consistent and standardised approach to EPA.
• Quality assure assessment activities to minimise risks to assessment validity and reliability.

Additional information about the role and a full person specification can be found here.

How to Apply

To apply for this role, please complete the application form together with a supporting statement outlining how you meet the criteria for the post (max two sides A4).

Completed forms should be returned to:

FAO Dr Robin Jackson

Open Awards Estuary Commerce Park, 17 De Havilland Drive, Speke, Liverpool, L24 8RN

Email application to: robin.jackson@openawards.org.uk

The closing date for applications for the post is 9:00am on Monday 5th June 2023.