The Pharmacy Vocational Training Scheme
Stage 2
Registration Form to become a Tutor
Please note that it will take approximately 10 working days to process an application.
You may wish to discuss your application with your locality tutor prior to
submitting it for processing.
Each Stage 2 trainee is supported by an onsite tutor who needs to be registered with NES Pharmacy to be part of
the training scheme.
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Stage 2 Pharmacists complete a competency based framework that comprises of 9 sections. Within each
of the sections there are tasks to be completed, sometimes on more than one occasion. Tutors need to
ensure that trainees are able to achieve all of the tasks within the framework and that they receive a
broad range of training in order the meet the requirement of Stage 2.
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Stage 2 Pharmacists are expected to meet with their tutor once per month when they discuss progress
and agree learning objectives for the next part of their rotation.
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Feedback forms should be completed by healthcare professionals including tutors. There should be
comments written that reflect the task undertaken and the trainees achievement of the task. All
sections of the form should contain narrative and not just a score.
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Tutors are responsible for ensuring that the evidence provided meets the requirement of Stage 2.
Specialist pharmacists can ‘sign off’ aspects of evidence but it is the tutor’s responsibility to ensure that
the format and structure meets that required of a Stage 2 portfolio.
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Tutors should complete and sign a Completion form for each section of the competency framework.
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Tutors should meet with their Stage 2 pharmacists and appraise progress at 0,6, 9 and 15months of
training. Appraisal documentation should then be en e mailed in to Pharmacy@nes.scot.nhs.uk
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Portfolios must NOT contain any patient identifiable information. They should not include patient
names, initials, dates of birth, CHI numbers or bar codes. No medical practitioners’ names or
details of GP practices. Nothing within your portfolio should be able to be traced back to a
patient. [Portfolios containing patient information will be returned and not assessed as part of the
portfolio assessment.]
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When registering to become a tutor for Stage 2 of The Pharmacy Vocational Training Scheme you are
agreeing to meet the requirements above.
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Date…………………………………..
Your details
Title:
Mr
Mrs
Ms
Dr
Name:
Address:
(for
communication)
GPhC Registration Number:
E-mail Address:
Q2. Your Current Tutor Status
Work Telephone Number:
Work Address:
(if different to above)
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Care are you
How many years experience do you have (in total, excluding your preregistration year) as a practising pharmacist?
What is your current grade/banding?
How many years have you been in your current position?
Please detail below your reasons for becoming a Stage 2 tutor
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Please give us an outline of your professional experience to date (with
dates) and brief roles and responsibilities
Please detail below any previous experience of training or mentoring others or
your plans for gaining experience
(What groups have you previously helped with their training? What sort of training were
you providing? Was it 1: 1 training or was it group work? Did you receive any feedback
from those that you helped train?) Please include some feedback if you can.
What skills/experience do you have to support your trainee?
Please detail below how you plan to support and facilitate the training of your trainee
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Do you have any training needs of your own in order to support your trainee?
Please detail below how you can demonstrate that you are undertaking CPD
(You may be submitting Significant Event Analysis to us for peer review as part
of your CPD)
What date do you hope to start to tutor your first trainee?
What is your Stage 2 Pharmacist’s name ?
I have discussed this registration with my Pharmacy Manager who is happy
to support me. Please place a ‘x’ in the box opposite to indicate their support
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Please submit your completed application form by saving it and then emailing it to
Fiona.mcmillan@nes.scot.nhs.uk Please note it may take up to 10 working days to be
processed.
Data Protection: NES uses the personal data you provide for purposes associated with our
responsibilities for health workforce development, including the administration of courses,
monitoring training programmes and circulating information relating to relevant development
opportunities.
For more information see www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/dataprotection. Personal data will be retained
in line with our records retention policies. We will not share your data with third parties.
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