Description
The post holder will provide strategic, operational and professional leadership in relation to medicines optimisation to ensure the delivery of effective pharmacy support across Women's and Children's Services.
You will need excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to organise and prioritise your work. This post would be ideal for someone looking to develop or extend their clinical leadership, expanding on their understanding of systems working and demonstrating impact. The successful applicant will join a caring pharmacy and trust team. You will be supported to develop clinical, leadership, managerial, research and strategic skills.
All pharmacists participate in seven day working and late duty rotas and you will be part of the Pharmacy Senior on-call team.
Main duties of the job
- To provide strategic, operational and professional leadership in relation to clinical pharmacy services within the Women's and Children's Services, promoting evidence-based, cost-effective use of medicines in the Trust.
- To lead and manage other pharmacy staff working in the Women's and Children's Services to ensure service delivery to agreed standards in line with business planning requirements.
- To provide advanced clinical pharmacy input for complex patients, including those with high-risk pregnancies, complex neonatal needs, paediatric comorbidities and high-risk medicines regimes.
Benefits
- The Trust offers a range of benefits, including Agenda for Change pay scheme, permanent contract, and part-time working.
Job requirements
- Registered with GPhC
- Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
- Masters in Pharmacy Degree - MPharm
- Extensive post registration experience at least 8a level
- Experience of working in areas linked to maternity, obstetrics, gynaecology, neonatology, paediatrics
- Ability to plan, develop & implement change
- Influencing/negotiating skills
- Problem solving & decision making skills
- Ability to work calmly and effectively under pressure
- Computer literate