Pharmacy Workforce Faculty

What is the Faculty?

The Nottinghamshire Pharmacy Workforce Faculty is a group of health, social care, Private, Independent and Voluntary Organisations (PIVO), education and training providers, and Arms Length Bodies (ALB), that formally work together across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care System (ICS) to:

Support and deliver a collective approach to increasing placement capacity

Support Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Promote career pathways

Develop Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) and Consultant Pharmacist roles

Support those associated with independent prescribing qualification

Build partnerships with education providers

Address other local training and education priorities

Provide a forum for discussion

Our strategic aim

To increase the retention, attraction, recruitment and development of the pharmacy workforce across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire by working in collaboration, not competition, with NHS and independent sector partners.

One sustainable, highly-skilled, adaptable and diverse pharmacy team working collaboratively to meet the healthcare needs of the citizens of Nottinghamshire.

Make a difference with a career in pharmacy!

If you are keen to help others, enjoy science and want a career in healthcare, pharmacy could be for you. You need good communication skills to work with the public and patients in a clinical role and as part of a healthcare team. Read the NHS booklet on a career in pharmacy to learn more about:

Roles in pharmacy

Where you could work

Opportunities in pharmacy