Deputy Chief Pharmacist
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Job summary
The Deputy Chief Pharmacist, together with the Clinical Director of Pharmacy will provide strategic management and be accountable for the delivery of a safe, high quality, clinical and cost-effective Pharmacy service for Wye Valley Trust including our external partners (One Herefordshire Pharmacy).The post holder will provide professional leadership and deputise for the Clinical Director of Pharmacy when required to do so.
The Deputy Chief Pharmacist will measurably drive service improvements in quality and safety whilst ensuring effective budget control and cost improvement. The post holder will be accountable for ensuring an effective governance structure that delivers reporting and assurance evidence to the relevant committees and Trust Board. In-line with the modernisation agenda and the Trust's strategic objectives, the post holder will support the implementation of service transformation initiatives and continual service developments.
Main duties of the job
* Please see attached JD/PS for main duties of the role*
Managerial Responsibilities:
- To lead on the implementation and evaluation of long-term strategies, operational policies and standards for all pharmacy services provided within the Trust in line with the requirements of NHS, Integrated Care System, One Herefordshire Partnership and Wye Valley NHS Trust priorities.
- To provide effective and enabling leadership across teams and contribute to the culture of leadership promoting equality and the value of diversity adhering to Trust Values.
- To represent the Trust at external networks, influencing, contributing to and maintaining awareness of national and regional pharmacy strategies, policies, standards and changes in political agendas within the Herefordshire & Worcestershire ICB, Regional Pharmacy Networks, and any other relevant networks.
- To line manage senior staff, undertake and manage formal disciplinary, grievance and sickness absence procedures in particular where the issues are more sensitive, complex or high risk.
- To ensure the performance of all staff is regularly appraised by managers, objectives set and PDPs developed in line with the cultural goal, values and standards of the department and Trust.
- Promote equality, diversity and Human Rights in working practices by developing and maintaining positive working relationships, ensuring that colleagues are treated fairly and contributing to developing equality of opportunity and outcomes in working practices.
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT and the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
The Trust encourages applications from people outside of the NHS and welcomes the valuable experiences and skills they can bring to the organisation.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time all the time.
Details
Date posted
16 June 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8c
Salary
£70,417 to £81,138 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
229-CS-5389789
Job locations
Hereford County Hospital
Stonebow Road
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
Hereford County Hospital
Stonebow Road
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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