Job summary
Are you a pharmacist with a passion for developing teams, individuals and services.
Are you interested to find out how you can use these skills in mental healthcare.
If yes, then this could be a great opportunity for you!
Working for Leeds & York Partnership Foundation Trust you will provide strategic direction and leadership to the pharmacy team ensuring that there are learning and development opportunities available across the organisation to support both the pharmacy and wider workforce to develop into competent individuals with fulfilling roles.
Working as part of a supportive senior pharmacy team, you will use your expertise and drive, to lead, deliver and develop the LYPFT pharmacy workforce development plan and training offer, and link with multiprofessional partners both within and external to the organisation to ensure that medicines relevant roles are developed and supported.
Main duties of the job
You will be expected to lead, develop and support an established team providing an environment which allows individuals to flourish.
If you are a pharmacist with a passion for improving the lives of those with serious mental illness and learning disability in Leeds and, you have a track record of successfully developing teams to deliver modern effective services - then this is the job for you!
The post is full time; flexible working/hybrid working, and job share requests will be considered.
We welcome all phone calls to discuss this great opportunity.
Mark Payne - Lead Pharmacist - 07866217309
Jane Riley- Chief Pharmacist - 07985 863644
About us
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.
We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.
Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provide strategic direction and leadership for the whole pharmacy team ensuring there is a career structure for all staff including induction, in role development and succession planning to ensure a competent and consistent workforce.
Lead on the development and evaluation of an LYPFT pharmacy workforce strategy, considering local and national changes to pharmacy services and the needs of the Trust and population of Leeds.
Lead, develop, deliver and evaluate partnership working initiatives with education providers to ensure that LYPFT staff have access to a range of funded development opportunities to support the delivery of the workforce strategy.
As a member of the Senior Pharmacy Team help develop a strategic vision and delivery plan for the Pharmacy Department and take a lead role in supporting the team to implement this through provision of managerial, professional support, direction, and advice.
Provide leadership across the organisation regarding medicines related training for all staff to ensure a medicines-competent organisational workforce.
Line manage members of the pharmacy team, cover for other senior colleagues and deputise for the deputy or chief pharmacist as appropriate.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provide strategic direction and leadership for the whole pharmacy team ensuring there is a career structure for all staff including induction, in role development and succession planning to ensure a competent and consistent workforce.
Lead on the development and evaluation of an LYPFT pharmacy workforce strategy, considering local and national changes to pharmacy services and the needs of the Trust and population of Leeds.
Lead, develop, deliver and evaluate partnership working initiatives with education providers to ensure that LYPFT staff have access to a range of funded development opportunities to support the delivery of the workforce strategy.
As a member of the Senior Pharmacy Team help develop a strategic vision and delivery plan for the Pharmacy Department and take a lead role in supporting the team to implement this through provision of managerial, professional support, direction, and advice.
Provide leadership across the organisation regarding medicines related training for all staff to ensure a medicines-competent organisational workforce.
Line manage members of the pharmacy team, cover for other senior colleagues and deputise for the deputy or chief pharmacist as appropriate.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Post Graduate level qualification in clinical pharmacy practice
Experience
Essential
- Qualification in management/ leadership or equivalent experience in senior leadership role
- Experience of developing and leading teams and services and subsequent systems, processes and reporting structures.
Skills
Essential
- Good communication and engaging skills and demonstration of effectively liaising with other agencies/stakeholder
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Post Graduate level qualification in clinical pharmacy practice
Experience
Essential
- Qualification in management/ leadership or equivalent experience in senior leadership role
- Experience of developing and leading teams and services and subsequent systems, processes and reporting structures.
Skills
Essential
- Good communication and engaging skills and demonstration of effectively liaising with other agencies/stakeholder
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
