Get involved

Do more for pharmacy

If you want to do more for pharmacy, the RPS brings together groups, experts, and volunteers from every corner of the profession.

Below, you'll discover a wide range of opportunities for pharmacists from every sector, career point and level of expertise.

This page is regularly updated with new opportunities for you to get involved.

How you can get involved at the RPS

Last chance to

Some opportunities to get involved with the RPS are time-limited. Any that are due to expire shortly are listed below – so apply soon if you'd like to be involved!.

Standards

A pharmacogenomic competency framework for all prescribers

We have an exciting opportunity for you to feedback on a new resource to support a new competency framework.

If you're a prescriber or organisation employing/representing/training prescribers, consider offering your views on a new resource to support the pharmacogenomics prescribing competency framework.

The survey will be open from Monday, 1 December 2025 until Friday, 9 January 2026.

SHARE YOUR VIEWS

Action in Belonging, Culture and Diversity (ABCD) group

The ABCD group is for anyone who works in pharmacy, whether you're an RPS member or not. It's a place to talk through ideas, to create change and build networks across the profession.

The ABCD group aims to:

Create a culture of belonging
Champion inclusive and authentic leadership
Challenge inclusion and diversity barriers.

If you're interested in working towards these goals within pharmacy, why not become a Champion?

BECOME A CHAMPION

Regional ambassadors

RPS regional ambassadors are here to help the members across the various regions of Great Britain. Ambassadors are voluntary roles, but extremely important to our members across Wales, Scotland, and England.

Get to know your regional ambassador and discover how they represent you.

Alternatively, if you think you could fill an ambassador role, visit the Ambassadors page to see if there's a vacancy in your region or how you can get involved.

Consultation responses

The RPS responds to consultations issued by a range of organisations. We regularly seek your views and feedback on proposals to change policy, draft guidance, produce standards documents, and make other calls for evidence.

If you'd like to know which consultations we're currently responding to, a full list of 2025 consultations is available.

To give your input into any of these consultations, press the HAVE YOUR SAY button.

HAVE YOUR SAY

Content suggestions

Do you have any suggestions for content, be it a webinar, guide, event, or other type?

If so, please let us know - we are guided by our members, and your suggestions for ways to improve our service are always welcome.

SEND US YOUR IDEAS

Expert advisors

Our expert advisory groups provide a source of expertise and advice to inform RPS policy decisions. We welcome international or national experts in their area of practice.

Each panel and group has agreed terms of reference which set out the criteria for membership of the panel and group and the ways of working of the panel and group.

Unfortunately, no groups are currently recruiting. Opportunities will be added here as they become available.

Education and learning

Our educators, reviewers, facilitators, and speakers help shape and deliver impactful education for our members. We welcome healthcare professionals who can bring fresh perspectives and a strong understanding of the learning needs of pharmacy professionals across various practice areas.

This is a valuable opportunity to contribute your expertise and support the ongoing development of pharmacy education in the UK.

Unfortunately, we are not currently recruiting for these roles. Opportunities will be added here as they become available.

Mentoring

Our mentoring platform is an invaluable resource for all our members to develop their career.

Whether you’re looking for a mentor to help you advance your career, or you want to mentor another pharmacist to give back to the profession, sign up today and we'll connect you.

Please note, our mentoring platform is only available to members.

GO TO RPS MENTORING

Representing pharmacy

Fellows

RPS Fellows are members who have attained distinction in their pharmacy career, and Fellowship is one of the highest honours the RPS can bestow upon its members.

Any member you nominate must have made an outstanding original contribution to the advancement of pharmaceutical knowledge, attained distinction in the science, practice, profession, or history of pharmacy, and demonstrably have gone above and beyond in their day job.

We encourage nominations for pharmacists from all sectors of the profession. You can nominate any other member for a fellowship, unless you are related to them.

NOMINATE A FELLOW

Careers

If you're interested in joining the RPS as a member of staff, visit our careers page for find out what vacancies we're currently hiring for.

JOIN US

Membership committee

The membership committee helps implement and develop membership policy, assesses complaints, hears appeals and more.

For full details about the committee, please read the terms of reference.

BE ON THE COMMITTEE

Museum

The RPS Pharmacy Museum protects and promotes our shared pharmacy heritage, making it accessible to members and the public.

If you're interested in the history of pharmacy, you can get involved as part of our team of volunteers who advise on our oral history projects, support our public events, catalogue our collections and deliver tours. There’s something for everyone.

If you would like to support the RPS Pharmacy Museum, please email our Museum Manager, Catherine Walker.

EMAIL THE MUSEUM

User testing

At times, the RPS may need help testing new systems to make sure they work as intended before we launch them for all our members.

If you'd like to contribute some of your time to test these, please see our current user testing applications open below.

Unfortunately, no user testing applications are currently open. Opportunities will be added here as they become available.

Volunteer

If you want to get involved with the RPS, but aren't sure how best your skills and expertise could benefit the profession, why not send us your details?

EMAIL US YOUR DETAILS

If opportunities arise that we think may interest you, we will be in touch.