Pharmacists wishing to apply for a consultant pharmacist post were required to demonstrate competence according to the Department of Health guidance.
Applying for a post
Pharmacists wishing
to apply for a consultant pharmacist post were required to demonstrate
competence according to the Department of Health guidance. The framework
provided was divided into six ‘clusters’ and practitioners were required to
submit evidence of highest-level practice (mastery) in a minimum of three
clusters: (1) expert practice; (2) building working relationships; and
leadership, with a minimum of the middle level, ‘excellence’, in manage-ment,
education and training, and research and evaluation. This would form part of an
interview submission for new applicants.
In order to
facilitate the establishment of the posts, the first 2 years after the
consultant post establishment allowed for ‘transitional’ arrangements. Organisations
with posts matching the consultant profile could submit an application for
strategic health authority approval of these posts and practi-tioners, who were
already in the post, operating at consultant level, were permitted to submit
evidence of their suitability for the post, using the ACLF to facilitate
demonstration of competence.
However, NHS
reorganisation in 2005 made it difficult for the process of appointment to
become established. The process was the same as for nurse and AHP consultants,
with more constraints, as the nurse consultants had in some cases become a
rebadging of advanced practitioners. Academic links were particularly difficult
to establish as schools of pharmacy were not experienced with work-based
learning and practitioner teaching to the same level as seen in schools of
nursing. In addition universities were being challenged by new financial
constraints.
The result of this
has been that, at the time of writing, there are about 40 consultant pharmacist
posts established.
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