Senior Advisor (Pharmacy Independent Prescriber)

Senior Advisor (Pharmacy Independent Prescriber)

Location: Canary Wharf,

London or Homebased

• Reports to: Professional
• Regulations Manager (Triage and Resolutions)
• Grade: C
• Job purpose To provide expert pharmacy and
• independent prescribing advice to support regulatory decision-making, ensuring
• concerns involving pharmacy professionals are assessed consistently,
• proportionately, and in the public interest.

The role contributes to public

protection by advising on pharmacy practice and clinical risk, supporting

fitness to practise processes, and helping develop capability within the Triage

and Resolutions Team through training, guidance, and knowledge sharing.

Main accountabilities

Providing expert pharmacy practice advice and

clinical insight to support effective, fair, and proportionate regulatory

decision-making across the Fitness to Practise and Enforcement functions.

Acting as a trusted source of professional

expertise, providing formal and informal advice on pharmacy practice,

registrants, and pharmacy services to colleagues across Triage,

Investigations, and the wider Enforcement portfolio.

Supporting casework by reviewing clinical

records, assessing professional and patient safety risks, and providing

evidence-based opinions informed by legislation, GPhC standards, guidance,

regulatory policy, and current best practice.

Contributing to the development, review, and

implementation of regulatory guidance, operational procedures, and Fitness to

Practise policies to ensure they reflect evolving pharmacy practice and the

public interest.

Providing professional quality assurance and

• operational support to the Triage team, including case reviews, coaching,
• training, and day-to-day advice to promote consistency, confidence, and
• high-quality decision-making.
• Monitoring developments in pharmacy practice,
• healthcare regulation, legislation, medicines optimisation, and emerging
• technologies, advising colleagues on their potential impact on regulatory
• processes and decision-making.
• Developing and delivering learning resources,
• guidance materials, and training activities that build pharmacy practice
• knowledge and capability across the organisation.
• Contributing to quality assurance activities,
• service improvements, and cross-functional projects that strengthen
• organisational effectiveness and support continuous improvement.

Working collaboratively with colleagues across

the GPhC, including Policy and Standards, Communications, and other

portfolios, to provide specialist expertise and support strategic

organisational priorities.

Building and maintaining effective

• relationships with registrants, professional bodies, and external
• stakeholders, representing the GPhC at meetings, conferences, consultations,
• and engagement events to promote high standards of pharmacy practice and patient
• care.

Maintaining your professional knowledge and

expertise through continuing professional development, ensuring advice remains

informed by current evidence, regulatory developments, and contemporary

pharmacy practice.