Job summary
An enthusiastic, innovative pharmacist is required to lead and develop the clinical pharmacy services to allocated directorates and support the central campus as Duty Principal Pharmacist.
As a member of the Clinical Pharmacy Principal Pharmacists Team the post holder will be responsible for the line management of pharmacists, contribute to the organisation, leadership and development of pharmacy services, ensure best uses of resources available to maximise patient benefit and ensure appropriate provision of pharmacy department cover.
You also will provide advanced clinical pharmacist service to the orthopaedic wards.
Support will be given for continuing professional development and suitable post-registration qualifications.
Main duties of the job
The key roles of the post are to:
To develop and implement the strategies needed in order to deliver the vision of optimum clinical pharmaceutical services under the direction of the Clinical Pharmacy Services Manager.
To evaluate the delivery, implementation and risks involved with clinical pharmaceutical services under the direction of the Clinical Pharmacy Services Manager.
To line manage Advanced, Clinical and Foundation Pharmacists.
To plan and organise the clinical pharmacy services on a daily and long-term basis to the wide range of directorates within the group.
To propose Trust-wide multidisciplinary policy or service changes
To identify resources required to improve clinical pharmacy services to the assigned RHH Directorates
To produce and implement business plans for advancements of pharmacy services
To ensure the appropriate level of pharmacy service is provided to wards at RHH daily.
To provide advanced clinical pharmacist service to the orthopaedic wards.
To act as the named duty principal pharmacist at RHH on rota.
To support Pharmacy Wellbeing strategies and contribute to staff engagement processes.
About us
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- MPharm degree
- Higher degree/ Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent postgraduate diploma in specialist area
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Appropriate Short Management Courses e.g. Appraisal training, absence management
Desirable
- Registered Independent prescriber
- Post-graduate Masters in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent)
Experience
Essential
- Extensive clinical experience post qualification in secondary care. Including in depth experience in a clinical speciality and leadership of clinical pharmacy services within that area
- Experience of supervision, mentorship or management of staff.
- Experience of implementing HR policies and supporting staff wellbeing
- Experience of leadership, delivery and evaluation of pharmacy projects with multidisciplinary implications
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent clinical practice knowledge including a breadth of pharmacy practice and in depth knowledge and skills in a given clinical speciality
- Have excellent communication skills; non-verbal, verbal and written in order to communicate with a broad spectrum of people (from senior directorate managers to members of the public).
- Demonstrate excellent leadership skills
- Able to evaluate best practice and apply research findings to practice, promoting evidence based practice within the Trust
- Able to use research findings to develop services and patient care, managing therapeutic problems and reducing risks (often in areas where information is limited or conflicting)
- Able to supervise and manage the recruitment, ongoing training and performance appraisal of staff.
- Manages difficult and ambiguous problems.
- To adopt a flexible working attitude to the needs of the patient and the pharmacy department. and identifies a vision for the delivery of Pharmaceutical care.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Enthusiastic, proactive, decisive
- Self-motivating and able to motivate others
- Good team worker
- Ability to communicate empathetically with patients
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- MPharm degree
- Higher degree/ Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent postgraduate diploma in specialist area
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Appropriate Short Management Courses e.g. Appraisal training, absence management
Desirable
- Registered Independent prescriber
- Post-graduate Masters in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent)
Experience
Essential
- Extensive clinical experience post qualification in secondary care. Including in depth experience in a clinical speciality and leadership of clinical pharmacy services within that area
- Experience of supervision, mentorship or management of staff.
- Experience of implementing HR policies and supporting staff wellbeing
- Experience of leadership, delivery and evaluation of pharmacy projects with multidisciplinary implications
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent clinical practice knowledge including a breadth of pharmacy practice and in depth knowledge and skills in a given clinical speciality
- Have excellent communication skills; non-verbal, verbal and written in order to communicate with a broad spectrum of people (from senior directorate managers to members of the public).
- Demonstrate excellent leadership skills
- Able to evaluate best practice and apply research findings to practice, promoting evidence based practice within the Trust
- Able to use research findings to develop services and patient care, managing therapeutic problems and reducing risks (often in areas where information is limited or conflicting)
- Able to supervise and manage the recruitment, ongoing training and performance appraisal of staff.
- Manages difficult and ambiguous problems.
- To adopt a flexible working attitude to the needs of the patient and the pharmacy department. and identifies a vision for the delivery of Pharmaceutical care.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Enthusiastic, proactive, decisive
- Self-motivating and able to motivate others
- Good team worker
- Ability to communicate empathetically with patients
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
