Medicines Optimisation eLearning Content Manager - Department of Pharmacy - 107495 - Grade 7 in Birmingham

Department of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Health

Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £36,636 to £46,049 with potential progression once in post to £48,822

Grade: 7

Full Time, Fixed Term contract up to March 2027

Closing date: 28th June 2026

Background

SCRIPT is a national eLearning programme designed to encourage safe and effective prescribing and medicines management. The web‑based modules are aimed at healthcare professionals and undergraduate healthcare students. SCRIPT was commissioned by Health Education England (HEE) and developed by the University of Birmingham in partnership with OCB Media. The programme is freely available to all NHS staff and from August 2021 to all Higher Education Institutions in the UK to support undergraduate teaching in healthcare programmes, particularly for nursing, pharmacy and medicine.

An estimated 237 million medication prescription errors occur in England each year, with avoidable errors costing £1.6 billion and contributing to 22,303 deaths per annum. In 2009, the General Medical Council commissioned the EQUIP study and found that foundation trainee doctors prescribed with an error rate of 8–10%. As a result, SCRIPT was created and launched in 2010 with 38 modules aimed at improving the prescribing and therapeutics knowledge of foundation trainee doctors. Development of the initial portfolio continued to expand the number of modules. The programme’s success led to further SCRIPT portfolios being developed for dentists, paediatric trainee specialists, nurses, general practitioners, foundation pharmacists and ambulance service staff.

Overall, the SCRIPT programme now comprises more than 120 modules. Each individual portfolio covers a wide range of therapeutic topics. Each module is designed to take learners around 60 minutes to complete. The asynchronous online nature of the modules offers learners ease of access and flexibility in the time and place of learning. Modules can be completed at each learner’s own convenience with the option to partially complete a module and revisit later if needed. Modules are authored, edited and peer‑reviewed by a team of expert healthcare professionals, and are regularly reviewed and updated in line with national guidance and current evidence‑based practice.

SCRIPT eLearning is established as a best practice resource in the UK and is recommended in professional guidelines and training standards. In 2020, the SCRIPT programme celebrated ten years of providing education to over half a million module completions to date. The use of the programme continues to grow with most medical and pharmacy schools in England signed up to use SCRIPT to support their undergraduate healthcare professionals in training.

The SCRIPT programme at the University of Birmingham is research‑led, informed by the latest practice and pedagogy. It is led by a group of academic pharmacists and clinical pharmacologists who direct and manage a team of eLearning managers (all registered healthcare professionals), research associates and postgraduate research students associated with the programme at the University of Birmingham.

Role Summary

This role requires a registered healthcare professional with clinical experience and an interest in prescribing, therapeutics, and education.

Key Responsibilities

• To manage designated SCRIPT eLearning portfolios across the SCRIPT eLearning programme as part of the SCRIPT eLearning programme team and under the supervision of the senior eLearning manager(s) and the SCRIPT eLearning programme director.
• Develop and maintain online teaching resources for the SCRIPT eLearning programme under the supervision of the senior eLearning manager(s) and the SCRIPT programme director.
• Contribute to response to tender and funding applications for the SCRIPT eLearning programme.
• Contribute to enhancement of the SCRIPT programme learner/user experience.
• Contribute to the design and delivery of the SCRIPT programme for clients external to the University.
• Contribute to licensing or spin‑out deals with demonstrated commercial success (such as revenues, asset or company sales, IP generated) and/or public understanding of the discipline or similar.
• Support the research conducted for and associated with the SCRIPT eLearning programme, including contributing to writing bids and funding proposals, contributing to the analysis and interpretation of research findings.

Teaching and Learning

• Manage, develop and maintain one or more SCRIPT eLearning portfolios at a range of levels for undergraduates, postgraduates and CPD learners/users, guided by the external commissioners (e.g. Health Education England) and under the supervision of the senior eLearning manager(s) and the SCRIPT programme director, so that SCRIPT eLearning programme delivery objectives are met.
• Develop and implement operational plans to ensure the content is developed in a timely and systematic fashion.
• Contribute to the design of SCRIPT eLearning portfolios with other colleagues.
• Plan, prepare, develop and maintain SCRIPT eLearning modules and portfolios, including user guides in accordance with the established objectives of the SCRIPT eLearning programme.
• Report on SCRIPT portfolio progress, including preparation and presentation of reports, e.g. portfolio evaluations or other regular progress reports to internal and external stakeholders.
• Devise and supervise projects, student dissertations and practical work.
• Develop a reflective approach to planning and reviewing teaching practice (e.g. content development, presentation) within the SCRIPT eLearning programme.
• Contribute to supervision, marking and examining for the College as directed by the senior eLearning manager(s) and/or the SCRIPT programme director.
• Frequently update own subject expertise by identifying own training needs and undertaking continuing professional development as required relevant healthcare profession’s regulatory body (e.g. GMC, GPhC, NMC).
• Undertake personal professional development in teaching, including self‑reflection on own teaching, using student and peer review feedback, to enhance own teaching and learning processes.
• Contribute to knowledge transfer, enterprise, business development and/or public engagement activities associated with the SCRIPT programme under supervision of the senior eLearning manager(s) and the SCRIPT programme director.
• Contribute to SCRIPT eLearning programme and where appropriate departmental/School, teaching‑related activities and teaching‑related administration.
• Undertake management/administration arising from SCRIPT eLearning portfolio management and development.
• Undertake teaching to integrate SCRIPT into undergraduate education, and to advise and support appropriate use of the learning for bi‑modal delivery.
• Undertake ad hoc teaching sessions for undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing professional development courses as directed by the senior eLearning manager(s) and the SCRIPT programme director.
• Promote equality and values diversity acting as a role model and fostering an inclusive working culture.

Research

• Contribute to writing bids and proposals for research funding.
• Support data capture, analysis and interpretation for research projects associated with the SCRIPT eLearning programme.
• Support the dissemination of SCRIPT eLearning associated research findings and scholarly activities to include drafting of academic publications (or parts thereof), presentations at seminars and conferences.
• Provide guidance, as required to support staff, doctoral and any other students working on research projects associated with the SCRIPT eLearning programme.
• Contribute to enterprise, business development and/or public engagement activities of manifest benefit to the SCRIPT eLearning programme under supervision of the senior eLearning manager(s) and the SCRIPT programme director.

Person Specification

• Registered healthcare professional with relevant post‑registration clinical experience.
• High level analytical capability.
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly.
• Ability to design and deliver learning materials successfully.
• Ability to assess and organise resources effectively.
• Understanding of and ability to contribute to broader management/administration processes.
• Contribute to the planning and organising of the programme.
• Co‑ordinate own work with others to avoid conflict or duplication of effort.
• Knowledge of the protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010, and how to actively ensure in day‑to‑day activity in own area that those with protected characteristics are treated equally and fairly.

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