Subjects

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• G. General competences for pharmacists

• G1. Being a pharmacist

• G10. Ensuring health and safety

• G10a. Complying with health and safety legislation

• G10b. Adopting safe working practices

• G10c. Accepting shared responsibility for the safety of the working environment

• G1a. Using expert knowledge and skills to benefit patients

• G1b. Using expert knowledge and skills to assist other healthcare professionals

• G1c. Giving informed and accurate pharmaceutical advice

• G1d. Taking a patient-centred approach

• G1e. Making sound decisions and solving problems in relation to drug therapy

• G1f. Using clinical and pharmaceutical knowledge to optimise the balance among effectiveness, safety and cost of medicines

• G1g. Working within professional and organisational standards

• G1h. Complying with pharmacy legislation, ethics and regulatory body policies

• G1i. Working within boundaries of own professional expertise

• G1j. Applying knowledge of the NHS and working according to NHS systems

• G1k. Taking responsibility for the delivery of a pharmacy service to patients

• G1l. Acting with professional autonomy

• G1m. Keeping abreast of issues affecting pharmacy and pharmacists

• G1n. Maintaining awareness of political, economic and managerial aspects of healthcare

• G1o. Implementing national priorities

• G1p. Implementing and supporting policy on health education

• G1q. Promoting health and healthy lifestyles

• G1r. Sourcing and providing good quality medicinal products

• G1s. Recognising the contribution of, and collaborating with, other healthcare professionals

• G1t. Working across professional and organisational boundaries

• G1u. Working with sectors other than healthcare

• G1v. Signposting to other services

• G1w. Taking on new roles or responsibilities

• G2. Interacting, and working with, people

• G2a. Demonstrating inter-personal skills, irrespective of the situation or the other person/people involved

• G2b. Demonstrating presentation skills

• G2c. Taking account of special communication needs in some circumstances

• G2d. Recognising barriers to communication

• G2e. Being assertive

• G2f. Treating all people with respect

• G2g. Leading teams and engendering common purpose

• G2h. Working to develop and maintain team relationships (pharmacy and inter-professional)

• G2i. Positively influencing individuals and organisations

• G2j. Negotiating effectively

• G2k. Minimising and resolving conflict

• G2l. Being supportive and motivational

• G2m. Maintaining and protecting privacy and confidentiality

• G2n. Utilising the skills and knowledge of others

• G2o. Responding to requests for advice or information

• G3. Being personally effective

• G3a. Taking responsibility for own actions

• G3b. Reflecting on own performance and taking responsibility for self-development

• G3c. Recognising own limitations and referring to others when appropriate

• G3d. Working with confidence

• G3e. Being flexible

• G3f. Being self-motivated and self-reliant

• G3g. Setting and achieving personal and professional objectives

• G3h. Thinking broadly and outside traditional boundaries

• G3i. Being organised

• G3j. Managing time and prioritising

• G3k. Managing workload

• G3l. Coping with pressure and stress

• G3m. Being reliable

• G3n. Showing initiative

• G3o. Showing innovation

• G3p. Showing, or sharing, vision

• G4. Being a manager

• G4a. Showing reasoning and judgement to manage situations

• G4b. Managing physical resources* [* see G2 and G6 for aspects of managing people]

• G4c. Managing finances

• G4d. Managing projects and activities

• G4e. Managing and facilitating change

• G4f. Overcoming obstacles in a changing environment

• G4g. Seeing opportunities for change and development

• G4h. Planning own work

• G4i. Planning work activities for a team

• G4j. Delegating appropriately

• G4k. Facilitating and encouraging the use of skill mix

• G4l. Planning strategically

• G4m. Recruiting and selecting staff

• G4n. Succession and contingency planning

• G5. Upholding quality and continuous improvement

• G5a. Participating in professional audit G5b

• G5d. Developing standards of practice, protocols and operating procedures

• G5e. Adopting a reflective approach to practice

• G5f. Complying with non-pharmacy legislation related to own sphere of practice, eg laws related to data protection, employment, discrimination

• G5g. Implementing, or contributing to, the clinical governance agenda

• G5h. Identifying and managing risk

• G5i. Applying the principles of quality assurance to own practice

• G5j. Challenging current practice

• G5k. Responding to complaints

• G6. Helping others to learn and develop

• G6a. Supporting and advising others in their development

• G6b. Developing effective learning environments and learner support systems

• G6c. Helping others to take responsibility for their own learning

• G6d. Setting objectives and planning with learners

• G6e. Contributing to the design and planning of learning activities

• G6f. Teaching or training

• G6g. Creating and using coaching opportunities

• G6h. Supervising others

• G6i. Taking account of learners’ needs and learning styles

• G6j. Using learning technologies appropriate to the context of the teaching/training

• G6k. Monitoring and evaluating own teaching/training

• G6l. Being a positive role model

• G6m. Being a mentor

• G6n. Facilitating others’ CPD

• G6o. Linking education/training with practice

• G6p. Providing learners with opportunities to demonstrate their skills and knowledge

• G6q. Promoting self-appraisal

• G6r. Assessing others’ knowledge

• G6s. Assessing others’ performance

• G6t. Providing constructive feedback

• G6u. Reviewing others’ progress

• G7. Making decisions and solving problems

• G7a. Identifying the exact nature of a problem

• G7b. Identify key information and options to resolve the problem

• G7c. Using suitable approaches to resolve specific problems

• G7d. Making sound decisions after analysing information and options

• G7e. Following up to ensure a problem is resolved

• G8. Working with information

• G8a. Obtaining relevant and up-to-date information

• G8b. Using a variety of information sources

• G8c. Recognising when an information source is not suitable or reliable

• G8d. Using a variety of information retrieval techniques

• G8e. Evaluating information to identify key points and discard irrelevant and poor information

• G8f. Applying evaluated information to practice

• G8g. Sharing information

• G8h. Ensuring the quality of information provided

• G8i. Recording data and information so that retrieval of key material is easily possible

• G8j. Manipulating data to extract key information

• G8k. Taking account of the limitations of information technology

• G8l. Using information technology

• G9. Participating in research and development

• G9a. Demonstrating critical evaluation skills

• G9b. Identifying gaps in the evidence base

• G9c. Identifying research needs in the workplace

• G9d. Generating or creating evidence

• G9e. Developing and evaluating research protocols

• G9f. Applying research evidence in practice G9g

• G9i. Developing the service

• G9j. Participating in the development of healthcare policy

• Gain share

• Gastrointestinal agents

• Gathering Information

• Gels

• Gender

• Gene therapy

• General Medical Council

• General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

• General sales list medicines

• Generic medicines

• Genetics

• Geriatric medicine

• Global health

• Government

• GovernmentOrganization

• GP

• GPhC Competency areas

• Grants and funding

• Great Britain

• Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists