Job summary
The Chief Pharmacist will be the senior pharmacy leader within Tameside and Glossop ICFT, providing strategic direction and professional leadership to the Pharmacy Department and ensuring the delivery of high-quality pharmaceutical services across the Trust. The role involves oversight of medication management (including acting as Controlled Drug Accountable Officer), clinical pharmacy services, and the integration of pharmacy services within the broader integrated care system.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is the professional head of service for pharmacy, holding corporate accountability for compliance with legislative, professional, and ethical requirements, including clinical governance for all aspects of pharmacy.
Provides expert advice to the Trust Board on how pharmacy services should be developed.
Responsibility for strategic planning, policy, and the safe, timely and cost-effective delivery of patient-focused pharmacy services.
Responsible for the planning and delivery of medicines management related topics specified in the Trust corporate objectives.
Provides expert pharmaceutical advice to professional leads for medicine, nursing and midwifery and senior managers of the Trust and at all levels within the organisation.
Ensure that systems and processes are robust by effectively using the Trust multi-disciplinary committee structures.
Budget holder for the Trust drug expenditure with responsibility for ensuring the most appropriate, best value use of medicines and control of drug expenditure.
Works collaboratively, providing strategic direction to support the design, development and implementation of innovative medicines management services across the integrated care organisation.
Engages with partner organisations on the development of the medicines management agenda across Greater Manchester Integrated Care System.
About us
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
- Safety
- Care
- Respect
- Communication
- Learning
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The delivery of a legal, safe, high quality and efficient pharmacy and medicines management service across the Trust.
Trust Accountable Officer for Controlled Drugs ensuring that the associated statutory responsibilities are fulfilled.
Superintendent Pharmacist for registration of premises with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
Ensure that all practice relating to medicines management throughout the Trust complies with the current legal and professional frameworks and, where practice is found to be non-compliant; this is addressed through the relevant processes.
Ensure that there is adequate support (staff, facilities and equipment) to enable the pharmacy team to discharge their professional responsibilities
Strategic planning of the pharmaceutical service of Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, interpreting professional and NHS policy and guidance to deliver service re-design and development ensuring plans align to Greater Manchester Integrated Care System.
To lead and manage the development of medicines management within the Trust in line with national, local and regulatory requirements and best practice recommendations. (e.g. CQC, GPhC, MHRA, NICE, NHSE, RPHARMS) and in support of the Trust Corporate Objectives.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The delivery of a legal, safe, high quality and efficient pharmacy and medicines management service across the Trust.
Trust Accountable Officer for Controlled Drugs ensuring that the associated statutory responsibilities are fulfilled.
Superintendent Pharmacist for registration of premises with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
Ensure that all practice relating to medicines management throughout the Trust complies with the current legal and professional frameworks and, where practice is found to be non-compliant; this is addressed through the relevant processes.
Ensure that there is adequate support (staff, facilities and equipment) to enable the pharmacy team to discharge their professional responsibilities
Strategic planning of the pharmaceutical service of Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, interpreting professional and NHS policy and guidance to deliver service re-design and development ensuring plans align to Greater Manchester Integrated Care System.
To lead and manage the development of medicines management within the Trust in line with national, local and regulatory requirements and best practice recommendations. (e.g. CQC, GPhC, MHRA, NICE, NHSE, RPHARMS) and in support of the Trust Corporate Objectives.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Vocational Bachelors/Masters Degree in Pharmacy
- Pre-registration training and experience
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Post-graduate qualification relevant to the NHS (or equivalent experience)
- Management/Leadership qualification relevant to the NHS (or equivalent experience)
Desirable
- Membership or Fellowship of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post-registration hospital pharmacy experience
- Management of a large number of registrant and non-registrant staff
- Successful management of change in a complex organisation
- Effective Budgetary control with comprehensive knowledge and practical understanding of financial and commissioning frameworks
- Service re-design / modernisation
- Performance management and development of staff
- Detailed knowledge and experience of operation of NHS organisations
Knowledge
Essential
- Law relating to medicines management and pharmacy practice
- Extensive clinical and pharmaceutical knowledge, with ability to advise senior clinical staff on highly complex pharmaceutical care problems
- Sound knowledge of GMP, GDP and clinical trials directives
Skills
Essential
- Extensive management, organisational and personal training and development
- Leadership and motivational skills
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, required for working at a multidisciplinary level both within the Trust and across the health economy
- Can communicate at all levels of the organisation both clinically and managerially
- Able to plan and organise a wide range of complex tasks strategically and operationally
- Able to work across conventional boundaries where conflict is likely
- Able to work on own initiative and as part of a team
- Well-developed negotiating and influencing skills
- Able to make effective prompt decisions when faced with variable often highly complex information and situations
- Personal insight and sound judgement
- Awareness of and commitment to Clinical Governance agenda
- Able to achieve demanding tasks and objectives against deadlines
- Advanced IT skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Pharmacy legacy system
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Vocational Bachelors/Masters Degree in Pharmacy
- Pre-registration training and experience
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Post-graduate qualification relevant to the NHS (or equivalent experience)
- Management/Leadership qualification relevant to the NHS (or equivalent experience)
Desirable
- Membership or Fellowship of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post-registration hospital pharmacy experience
- Management of a large number of registrant and non-registrant staff
- Successful management of change in a complex organisation
- Effective Budgetary control with comprehensive knowledge and practical understanding of financial and commissioning frameworks
- Service re-design / modernisation
- Performance management and development of staff
- Detailed knowledge and experience of operation of NHS organisations
Knowledge
Essential
- Law relating to medicines management and pharmacy practice
- Extensive clinical and pharmaceutical knowledge, with ability to advise senior clinical staff on highly complex pharmaceutical care problems
- Sound knowledge of GMP, GDP and clinical trials directives
Skills
Essential
- Extensive management, organisational and personal training and development
- Leadership and motivational skills
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, required for working at a multidisciplinary level both within the Trust and across the health economy
- Can communicate at all levels of the organisation both clinically and managerially
- Able to plan and organise a wide range of complex tasks strategically and operationally
- Able to work across conventional boundaries where conflict is likely
- Able to work on own initiative and as part of a team
- Well-developed negotiating and influencing skills
- Able to make effective prompt decisions when faced with variable often highly complex information and situations
- Personal insight and sound judgement
- Awareness of and commitment to Clinical Governance agenda
- Able to achieve demanding tasks and objectives against deadlines
- Advanced IT skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Pharmacy legacy system
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).
