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National Development Scheme for
Senior Pharmacists
 

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
                                           

Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF)

You could use completion of this session as evidence for meeting the following KSF dimensions :

Core Dimensions
C1- Communication                                             C6- Equality & Diversity

Specific Dimensions
G1 – Learning & Development

Levels have been suggested but these will be unique to your role.

Networking

Supporting your competencies

This session may support the following RPSGB competency areas:

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.

 

Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF)

You could use completion of this session as evidence for meeting the following KSF dimensions:

Core Dimensions
C1- Communication                                        C2- Personal & People Development
C4- Service Improvement

Specific Dimensions
G1 – Learning & Development

Levels have been suggested but these will be unique to your role.

 Theory and Practice of Team Building

Supporting your competencies

This session may support the following RPSGB competency areas:

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

 

Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF)

You could use completion of this session as evidence for meeting the following KSF dimensions :

Core Dimensions 
C1- Communication                                      C2- Personal & People Development
C4- Service Improvement                               C6- Equality & Diversity

Specific Dimensions
G1 – Learning & Development                     G6- People Management

Levels have been suggested but these will be unique to your role.

 Setting Objectives 

Supporting your competencies

This session may support the following RPSGB competency areas:

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

 

Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF)

You could use completion of this session as evidence for meeting the following KSF dimensions:

Core Dimensions
C1- Communication                                       C2- Personal & People Development
C4- Service Improvement                                C6- Equality & Diversity

Specific Dimensions
G1 – Learning & Development                       G6- People Management

Levels have been suggested but these will be unique to your role.

 Members’ Course Projects 

Supporting your competencies

This session may support the following RPSGB competency areas:

General
Participating in research and development

Other
Competencies may depend on the topic of the project

 

Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF)

You could use completion of this session as evidence for meeting the following KSF dimensions :

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                                             

Levels have been suggested but these will be unique to your role.

 Business Planning and Making a Business Case

Supporting your competencies

This session may support the following RPSGB competency areas:

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 

 

Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF)

You could use completion of this session as evidence for meeting the following KSF dimensions :

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

Levels have been suggested but these will be unique to your role.

 Planning Exercise

Supporting your competencies

This session may support the following RPSGB competency areas:

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

 

Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF)

You could use completion of this session as evidence for meeting the following KSF dimensions :

Core Dimensions
C1- Communication                                         C2- Personal & People Development
C4- Service Improvement                                  C5- Quality

Specific Dimensions
G2- Development & Innovation                        IK1- Information processing

Levels have been suggested but these will be unique to your role.

 Planning Exercise

Supporting your competencies

This session may support the following RPSGB competency areas:

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                                          

Supporting your competencies

This session may support the following RPSGB competency areas:

General
Being a manager
Being personally effective
Interacting and working with people
Helping others to learn and develop

 

Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF)

You could use completion of this session as evidence for meeting the following KSF dimensions:

Core Dimensions
C1- Communication                                       C2- Personal & People Development
C4- Service Improvement                                C5- Quality

Specific Dimensions
G6- People Management

Levels have been suggested but these will be unique to your role.

 Planning Exercise - Continued

Supporting your competencies

This session may support the following RPSGB competency areas:

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. 

Supporting your competencies

This session may support the following RPSGB competency areas:

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

Supporting your competencies

This session may support the following RPSGB competency areas:

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.

 

Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF)

You could use completion of this session as evidence for meeting the following KSF dimensions :

Core Dimensions
C1- Communication                                       C2- Personal & People Development
C4- Service Improvement                                C6- Equality & Diversity

Specific Dimensions
G6- People Management

Levels have been suggested but these will be unique to your role.

An Introduction to Finance for Pharmacists                                           

Supporting your competencies

This session may support the following RPSGB competency areas:

General
Being a manager
Working with information
Being a pharmacist
Making decisions and solving problems

Hospital
Working across professional and organisational boundaries 

 

Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF)

You could use completion of this session as evidence for meeting the following KSF dimensions :

Core Dimensions
C1- Communication                                   C2- Personal & People Development

Specific Dimensions
G4- Financial Management                        IK2- Information collection and analysis
IK3- Knowledge and information resources             

Levels have been suggested but these will be unique to your role.

 Preparing a Budget

Supporting your competencies

This session may support the following RPSGB competency areas:

General
Being a manager
Working with information
Being a pharmacist
Making decisions and solving problems

 

Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF)

You could use completion of this session as evidence for meeting the following KSF dimensions :

Core Dimensions
C1- Communication                                     C2- Personal & People Development

Specific Dimensions
G4- Financial Management                         IK2- Information collection and analysis
IK3- Knowledge and information resources

Levels have been suggested but these will be unique to your role.

Course Review and Consideration of Topics for Week 2                                               

Supporting your competencies

This session may support the following RPSGB competency areas:

General
Being personally effective
Interacting and working with people
Working with information
Helping others to learn and develop

 

Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF)

You could use completion of this session as evidence for meeting the following KSF dimensions :

Core Dimensions
C1- Communication                                        C2- Personal & People Development
C6- Equality & Diversity

Specific Dimensions
G1 – Learning & Development                           

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.

 

Introduction | The Course | Competencies/KSF | Applications