| Royal
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
Competencies, Knowledge and Skills Framework
RPSGB Competency Areas and Knowledge &
Skills Framework Dimensions
RPSGB Competency Areas:
Competency areas which may be supported by
course sessions are indicated.
Knowledge & Skills Framework Dimensions:
The relevant core and specific dimensions of
the NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework are
also given for each session and are outlined
below. This is designed to assist
participants with their preparation for the
Staff Development Review Process.
Completion of a session may be used as
evidence for meeting the KSF dimensions
listed. Levels have been suggested but these
will be unique to each participant’s role.
WEEK 1
Welcome and Introduction to the Course
Icebreaker
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Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) |
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You could use completion of this
session as evidence for meeting the
following KSF dimensions : |
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Core Dimensions
C1-
Communication
C6- Equality & Diversity
Specific Dimensions
G1 – Learning & Development |
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Levels have been suggested but these
will be unique to your role. |
Networking
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Supporting your competencies |
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This session may support the
following RPSGB competency areas: |
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General
Interacting and working with people
Working with information
Being a pharmacist
Making decisions and solving
problems
Hospital
Competencies to be identified by
participants as topics of discussion
within this session are inevitably
diverse. Areas that may be covered
are likely to include, for example,
Supplementary Prescribing or
Medicines Information. |
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Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) |
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You could use completion of this
session as evidence for meeting the
following KSF dimensions: |
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Core Dimensions
C1-
Communication
C2- Personal & People Development
C4- Service Improvement
Specific Dimensions
G1 – Learning & Development |
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Levels have been suggested but these
will be unique to your role. |
Theory
and Practice of Team Building
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Supporting your competencies |
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This session may support the
following RPSGB competency areas: |
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General
Being a manager
Being personally effective
Interacting and working with people
Hospital
Working across professional and
organisational boundaries
Preregistration Tutor
Being a people manager |
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Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) |
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You could use completion of this
session as evidence for meeting the
following KSF dimensions : |
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Core Dimensions
C1-
Communication
C2- Personal & People Development
C4- Service
Improvement
C6- Equality & Diversity
Specific Dimensions
G1 – Learning &
Development G6-
People Management |
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Levels have been suggested but these
will be unique to your role. |
Setting
Objectives
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Supporting your competencies |
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This session may support the
following RPSGB competency areas: |
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General
Being a manager
Being personally effective
Helping others to learn and develop
Hospital
Objectives may be useful in several
of the competencies
Others
Objective setting is a generic skill
that may be applied to all areas of
work |
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Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) |
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You could use completion of this
session as evidence for meeting the
following KSF dimensions: |
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Core Dimensions
C1-
Communication
C2- Personal & People Development
C4- Service
Improvement
C6- Equality & Diversity
Specific Dimensions
G1 – Learning &
Development
G6- People Management |
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Levels have been suggested but these
will be unique to your role. |
Members’
Course Projects
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Supporting your competencies |
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This session may support the
following RPSGB competency areas: |
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General
Participating in research and
development
Other
Competencies may depend on the topic
of the project |
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Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) |
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You could use completion of this
session as evidence for meeting the
following KSF dimensions : |
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Core Dimensions
C1-
Communication
C2- Personal & People Development
C4- Service
Improvement
C5- Quality
Specific Dimensions
G2- Development &
Innovation
G5- Services & project management
HWB3- Protection of health and
wellbeing
HWB7- Interventions and treatments
IK1- Information processing
IK2- Information collection and
analysis |
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Levels have been suggested but these
will be unique to your role. |
Business
Planning and Making a Business
Case
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Supporting your competencies |
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This session may support the
following RPSGB competency areas: |
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General
Being a manager
Being personally effective
Working with information
Being a pharmacist
Making decisions and solving
problems
Hospital
Reviewing and developing services
Further competencies…
May be met depending on the specific
area in which the business case is
developed |
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Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) |
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You could use completion of this
session as evidence for meeting the
following KSF dimensions : |
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Core Dimensions
C1-
Communication
C2- Personal & People Development
C4- Service
Improvement
C5- Quality
Specific Dimensions
G2- Development &
Innovation G4-
Financial Management
IK1- Information
processing IK2-
Information collection and analysis |
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Levels have been suggested but these
will be unique to your role. |
Planning
Exercise
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Supporting your competencies |
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This session may support the
following RPSGB competency areas: |
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General
Being a manager
Being personally effective
Working with information
Making decisions and solving
problems
Further competencies
Elements of any of the hospital
competencies may be met within the
session and the application of the
theory to practice within the
workplace. In addition to this it
may also be possible to address
competencies within Medicines
Information and Industry |
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Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) |
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You could use completion of this
session as evidence for meeting the
following KSF dimensions : |
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Core Dimensions
C1-
Communication
C2- Personal & People Development
C4- Service
Improvement
C5- Quality
Specific Dimensions
G2- Development & Innovation
IK1- Information
processing |
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Levels have been suggested but these
will be unique to your role. |
Planning
Exercise
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Supporting your competencies |
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This session may support the
following RPSGB competency areas: |
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General
Being a manager
Being personally effective
Helping others to learn and develop
Hospital
Objectives may be useful in several
of the competencies
Other
Objective setting is a generic skill
that may be applied to all areas of
work |
Leadership
and Motivation
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Supporting your competencies |
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This session may support the
following RPSGB competency areas: |
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General
Being a manager
Being personally effective
Interacting and working with people
Helping others to learn and develop |
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Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) |
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You could use completion of this
session as evidence for meeting the
following KSF dimensions: |
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Core Dimensions
C1-
Communication
C2- Personal & People Development
C4- Service
Improvement
C5- Quality
Specific Dimensions
G6- People Management |
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Levels have been suggested but these
will be unique to your role. |
Planning
Exercise -
Continued
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Supporting your competencies |
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This session may support the
following RPSGB competency areas: |
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General
Being a manager
Being personally effective
Hospital
Depending on the topics presented
within the session a range of
competencies may be addressed. |
Planning
Exercise -
Reports.
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Supporting your competencies |
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This session may support the
following RPSGB competency areas: |
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General
Being personally effective
Interacting and working with people
Working with information
Participating in research and
development
Upholding quality and continuous
improvement
Helping others to learn and develop
Hospital
Depending on the topics presented
within the session a range of
competencies may be addressed. |
Influencing
Skills, Face-to-face, Including Negotiation
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Supporting your competencies |
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This session may support the
following RPSGB competency areas: |
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General
Being a manager
Being personally effective
Interacting and working with people
Working with information
Being a pharmacist
Hospital
The generic skills learned within
the session may be applied to many
hospital specific activities and
contribute to meeting the
competencies within those
activities.
Examples include working across
professional and organisational
boundaries, promoting quality and
improving practice and promoting
health. |
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Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) |
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You could use completion of this
session as evidence for meeting the
following KSF dimensions : |
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Core Dimensions
C1-
Communication
C2- Personal & People Development
C4- Service
Improvement
C6- Equality & Diversity
Specific Dimensions
G6- People Management |
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Levels have been suggested but these
will be unique to your role. |
An Introduction to Finance for Pharmacists
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Supporting your competencies |
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This session may support the
following RPSGB competency areas: |
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General
Being a manager
Working with information
Being a pharmacist
Making decisions and solving
problems
Hospital
Working across professional and
organisational boundaries |
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Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) |
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You could use completion of this
session as evidence for meeting the
following KSF dimensions : |
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Core Dimensions
C1-
Communication
C2- Personal & People Development
Specific Dimensions
G4- Financial
Management
IK2- Information collection and
analysis
IK3- Knowledge and information
resources
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Levels have been suggested but these
will be unique to your role. |
Preparing
a Budget
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Supporting your competencies |
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This session may support the
following RPSGB competency areas: |
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General
Being a manager
Working with information
Being a pharmacist
Making decisions and solving
problems |
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Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) |
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You could use completion of this
session as evidence for meeting the
following KSF dimensions : |
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Core Dimensions
C1-
Communication
C2- Personal & People Development
Specific Dimensions
G4- Financial
Management
IK2- Information collection and
analysis
IK3- Knowledge and information
resources |
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Levels have been suggested but these
will be unique to your role. |
Course Review and Consideration of Topics
for Week 2
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Supporting your competencies |
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This session may support the
following RPSGB competency areas: |
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General
Being personally effective
Interacting and working with people
Working with information
Helping others to learn and develop |
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Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) |
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You could use completion of this
session as evidence for meeting the
following KSF dimensions : |
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Core Dimensions
C1-
Communication
C2- Personal & People Development
C6- Equality & Diversity
Specific Dimensions
G1 – Learning &
Development
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Levels have been suggested but these
will be unique to your role. |
Week 2
The content of the second week of each
course is chosen by course members at the
end of the first week.
Information about RPSGB competency areas
which may have been supported by Week 2
sessions a recent course and the relevant
KSF core and specific dimensions may be
obtained from the Course Leader who may be
contacted through the enquiry form on the
‘Applications’ section of this site. |