Clinical Director Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation
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Job summary
Due to the current post holder retiring after 20 yrs as Clinical Director, Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation, we are looking for an ambitious, forward thinking, and innovative pharmacist to provide strategic leadership and direction to for our 130 committed pharmacy staff at Wye Valley NHS Trust.
As well as providing expert pharmaceutical advice to the multidisciplinary teams within the Trust, this role is pivotal to collaborating across the Herefordshire Health economy to ensure the safe, effective and efficient use of medicines to maximise the benefit of the Herefordshire NHS pound.
At a wider level this post will work closely with neighbouring organisations within the Herefordshire & Worcestershire Integrated Care System to ensure seamless pharmaceutical care for our patients, including
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Herefordshire & Worcestershire Health & Care Trust, Taurus Healthcare, Community Pharmacy Herefordshire & Worcestershire and the ICB.
For an informal discussion about the role or department please contact Tony McConkey, current Clinical Director, Pharmacy & Medicines Optimisation via email Tony.McConkey@wvt.nhs.uk
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be employed by Wye Valley NHS Trust. The Clinical Director will be the executive within Pharmacy with responsibility for pharmacy services and associated Medicines Optimisation Standards Trust-wide.
- Provide specialist expertise, and, delegated from the Chief Executive via the Chief Medical Officer, have legal and corporate responsibility across the Trust for Medicines Optimisation. This includes associated Care Quality Commission Standards, other performance management requirements, the Medicines Act 1968 and Misuse of Drugs legislation.
- Be responsible for the provision and management of the Pharmaceutical Service and Medicines Optimisation to ensure the services provided are progressive, responsive and efficient.
- Be responsible for the provision and management of the Pharmaceutical Services provided by the Trust, including professional leadership and advice. Responsibility for this role will be to the Associate Chief Medical Officer, Clinical Support Division
- The post holder will be the Trust Accountable Officer for Controlled Drugs. Reporting directly to the Chief Medical Officer for this role
- To enable the post holder to fulfil these roles and responsibilities across the Trust he/she will be a member of the Trust's Quality Committee.
- The post holder will additionally provide effective, visible, leadership and professional guidance for non-medical and nursing staff working across professional boundaries within the divisions.
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT, the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcester Acute Healthcare 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 we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,000 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.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your 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
04 October 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8d
Salary
£88,168 to £101,677 a year pa
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
229-CS-6689624
Job locations
The County Hospital
Stonebow Road
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
The 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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