As you start out as a pharmacist, our learning programmes can equip you with the skills needed to offer new services in the community, or to extend your clinical knowledge within secondary care settings. We facilitate workshops and events throughout the country to encourage you to learn as part of a team and to network with colleagues. We also have a series of guides to support you in your personal development.
We have a variety of resources that will help you develop a range of knowledge, skills and behaviours to meet the outcomes found within the five domains of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Post-registration foundation curriculum. This curriculum is underpinned by the RPS Foundation Framework 2019 and has been designed to support early career pharmacists further develop their capabilities to deliver safe and effective person-centred care. The outcomes place the patient, medicines optimisation and service delivery at the heart of the pharmacist’s role.
Early career pharmacists working in community pharmacy who wish to build their confidence and competence who are not eligible to apply for the CPPE Newly qualified pharmacist programme can access the Preparing for community pharmacy practice e-course.
If you are a PCN pharmacist who has been recruited as part of the primary care network Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme then you should apply for the Primary Care Pharmacy Education programme. More information and details of how to register can be found here.
Early career pharmacists considering moving to or already working in primary care should also work through the Preparing to work in a primary care network or GP practice e-course, which provides a wealth of information and support about moving to or starting work in this area. We also provide information about the full range of learning programmes available to pharmacists or pharmacy technicians working in primary care in the CPPE Primary care learning for all pharmacy professionals document.
Early career pharmacists employed in hospital pharmacy can access the Orientation to hospital pharmacy e-course to support their learning and development. More information about other programmes that will support their learning and development can be found here.
To support your development we have listed the five domains of the RPS Post-registration foundation curriculum below and provided examples of some of the learning resources we have developed which will support you to meet the outcomes of the curriculum.
If you completed your foundation trainee pharmacist training in the last two years and work in community pharmacy, Health and Justice or primary care, we would encourage you to apply for the CPPE Newly qualified pharmacist programme. This programme is aligned to the RPS Post-registration foundation curriculum and forms part of the NHS England Newly Qualified Pharmacist pathway. It aims to help pharmacists make the transition to more independent learning and acts as a stepping-stone towards enhanced and advanced practice.
Below you can find a library of CPPE resources that map to the five domains of the RPS Post-registration foundation curriculum.
RPS Post-registration foundation curriculum
