Important Notice for Applicants As part of our pre-employment screening process, this role is subject to a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. In addition, the GPhC will conduct Fitness to Practise (FtP) checks for any applicant who is currently, or has previously been, a registrant of the GPhC. Applicants will be asked to declare this during the application process and may be subject to further internal verification. Any findings may be considered as part of the recruitment decision. Location: Homebased. You will be required to live in or, close to your regional area and the nature of the work may require occasional overnight stays. Areas considered for this position are cover for Scotland, North Cumbria and/or Northeast England. Reports to: Regional Manager/Deputy Regional Manager Grade: B (Rest of the UK) Job purpose To assess the performance of registered pharmacy premises against the standards for registered pharmacies through a programme of inspections in line with our approach to inspections of pharmacies. Take action as appropriate to ensure that pharmacies make the improvements necessary to meet the standards including statutory enforcement action where appropriate. Provide recommendations to the Registrar on the suitability for registration of new pharmacy premises. Work collaboratively with the Enforcement portfolio including providing advice on pharmacy practice to inform investigations of allegations into pharmacy professionals fitness to practise. Working with other portfolios and teams across the organisation to engage and maintain effective relationships with Registrants and other external stakeholders to promote good pharmacy practice. Main accountabilities Schedule and deliver a programme of monitoring and inspection of registered pharmacies in accordance with the policies and procedures of the GPhC. Ensure outcomes of inspections are consistently in line with the inspection decision-making framework, ensuring that all judgements are auditable and that published inspection reports meet quality and in-house style standards and requirements. Make professional evidence-based judgements on whether a pharmacy is meeting the standards. Where pharmacies are not meeting the standards, ensure that improvements are made through continued engagement with the pharmacy using non-statutory and where appropriate, statutory enforcement action. Undertake in-person or remote visits to pharmacy premises applying to join the register to check their ability to be able to meet the premises standards at opening. Make evidence-based recommendations to the Registrar in line with policy and procedures on suitability to register, including whether any conditions should be considered. Establish and sustain effective working relationships with registrants, healthcare providers and other relevant stakeholders and where appropriate to undertake joint working with other inspectorates. Work collaboratively with the Enforcement portfolio to help inform their investigations into registrants fitness to practise in line with policies and procedures. Work collaboratively with the Concerns team, to provide advice on pharmacy practice to inform the assessment of new concerns into allegations of impaired fitness to practise of pharmacy professional registrants. Working with other portfolios and teams across the GPhC as appropriate, for example the Policy and Standards and Communications teams. Identify opportunities for promoting the work of the GPhC and provide advice and secure assurance with standards of good practice through presentations and other engagement with Registrants and stakeholders within the allocated portfolio. Collect and report all information and intelligence effectively and accurately using the appropriate data management systems so that it may be accessed and utilised across the organisation Maintain skills and competencies in pharmacy, medicine management, and the regulatory process by participating in appropriate training.