Job summary
Looking for an experienced project/service manager or pharmacist to support the pharmacy team in the transfer of outsourced outpatient pharmacy services from Boots to Lloyds on the UHL site.
Main duties of the job
The mobilisation of the project takes place between January-April 2024, therefore we require someone to be available during this period for 3 months. This is a hands on post where you will be expected to work flexibly with the clinical, operational and estates teams onsite. Alongside this project you will also support the chief pharmacist and Pharmacy Operations Manager in the delivery of other short term projects on-going in the pharmacy department. There is opportunity within the role for flexible working and/or hybrid working.
About us
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS
Trust is a community focused provider of local and acute care, providing high
quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs
of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley.
With a turnover of around
£700 million, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich,
University Hospital Lewisham and a range of community settings in Lewisham. We
also provide some services at Queen Marys Hospital in Sidcup.
The Trust has 7,500 staff and
we have recently invested in our workforce to grow our establishment across a
number of key services. In 2020 we won a London NHS Parliamentary Award
in recognition of a wide range of initiatives to make the organisation a great
place to work. We are accredited as a flexible working employer offering a
number of flexible working options for staff. We are also accredited as a
London Living Wage employer for our substantive, bank and contractors
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Significant experience with change management and carrying out transformational projects/programmes
- Significant experience in working with multiple stakeholders internal and external to the Trust
- Experience of programme management at a senior level including experience of working across organisational boundaries
- Experience of project risk management and mitigation within the NHS
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Significant experience with change management and carrying out transformational projects/programmes
- Significant experience in working with multiple stakeholders internal and external to the Trust
- Experience of programme management at a senior level including experience of working across organisational boundaries
- Experience of project risk management and mitigation within the NHS
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience with change management and carrying out transformational projects/programmes
- Significant experience in working with multiple stakeholders internal and external to the Trust
- Experience of programme management at a senior level including experience of working across organisational boundaries
- Experience of project risk management and mitigation within the NHS
- Commination skills
- Able to present confidently to a large range of audiences including large groups and very senior players
- Able to adopt a range of communication styles, tailor making the approach to fit the situation and audience
- Experience of working with and presenting information to clinical teams and service users
- Able to prepare formal reports and present highly complex and possibility contentious information clearly and persuasively both verbally and in writing
- Able to appropriately follow up tasks/request and update senior managers on progress
Qualifications
Essential
- Training & Qualifications
- Education to degree level or evidence of sound intellectual ability and ongoing personal development at senior manager level
- Recognised post-graduate management qualification or equivalent experience
- Masters level education
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Flexibility adapts to ensure achievement of objectives within constantly changing situations and environments.
- Independent worker but aware of limitations and able to appropriately escalate/seek support
- Open to taking on ad hoc tasks on the direction of the chief/deputy chief pharmacist as required to support project and service delivery
- Self-motivated possesses high internal work standards, sets stretching yet attainable goals; wants to do things better and to measure progress against targets.
- Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience with change management and carrying out transformational projects/programmes
- Significant experience in working with multiple stakeholders internal and external to the Trust
- Experience of programme management at a senior level including experience of working across organisational boundaries
- Experience of project risk management and mitigation within the NHS
- Commination skills
- Able to present confidently to a large range of audiences including large groups and very senior players
- Able to adopt a range of communication styles, tailor making the approach to fit the situation and audience
- Experience of working with and presenting information to clinical teams and service users
- Able to prepare formal reports and present highly complex and possibility contentious information clearly and persuasively both verbally and in writing
- Able to appropriately follow up tasks/request and update senior managers on progress
Qualifications
Essential
- Training & Qualifications
- Education to degree level or evidence of sound intellectual ability and ongoing personal development at senior manager level
- Recognised post-graduate management qualification or equivalent experience
- Masters level education
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Flexibility adapts to ensure achievement of objectives within constantly changing situations and environments.
- Independent worker but aware of limitations and able to appropriately escalate/seek support
- Open to taking on ad hoc tasks on the direction of the chief/deputy chief pharmacist as required to support project and service delivery
- Self-motivated possesses high internal work standards, sets stretching yet attainable goals; wants to do things better and to measure progress against targets.
- Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role.
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.
