Pharmacy Quality Assurer

1 week ago


Liverpool, United Kingdom Open Awards Full time

**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**

Completed forms should be returned to:
FAO Dr Robin Jackson

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



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