Chief Pharmacist

Job responsibilities

Demonstrating a real passion for service improvement, our new Chief Pharmacist will manage a programme of transformation ensuring that we develop a positive team culture with a shared sense of purpose and vision across all sites.

To succeed in the role, you are likely to be a Deputy Chief Pharmacist or Chief Pharmacist looking to further develop your career in one of the largest hospital Trusts in the Southeast. You will role model a transformational and inclusive leadership style and be ready to drive change and improvement at scale for the benefit of our staff and patients.

For full details regarding role and responsibilities, please refer to the attached document

Experience & Qualifications

Essential

• Masters level degree in Pharmacy or equivalent.
• Registered as a Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council. Membership of the RPSGB
• Evidence of recent and relevant continuous professional development Clinical Leadership
• Extensive senior level pharmacy leadership and managerial experience within an acute NHS Trust (or comparatively large and complex multi-disciplinary organisation).
• Significant recent experience in organising and managing clinical, technical and patient pharmacy services Significant experience of delivering advanced level clinical pharmacy services to a specialist area
• Evidence of undertaking clinical audit and contributing to research programmes / studies and quality improvement.
• A strong understanding of, and experience of managing and responding to, Medicine Guidance Notes, MHRA Alerts, NHS Improvement, PSIRF investigations, etc.
• A strong understanding of the EU Clinical Trial Directive, Good Manufacturing Practice and other relevant guidance.
• A strong understanding of clinical / risk management guidance as it is applied to Medicines Optimisation, including legal / coroners' context.

Desirable

• Research Methodology Training Leadership or Management qualification relevant to the NHS at Diploma or Masters level
• Post-graduate qualification relevant to hospital pharmacy practice.
• Significant and recent senior experience (within the last 5 years) as either a Chief Pharmacist in a teaching hospital or a district general hospital or a Deputy Chief Pharmacist in a teaching hospital.

Skills

Essential

• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, complex information to others
• Gain co-operation and/or agreement from others by negotiation and persuasion
• Ability to interpret complex information and to take appropriate action or provide expert advice as a result
• Communicate sensitively distressing information to staff or patients and staff Strong analytical and judgemental skills
• Ability to interpret complex occurrences, such as critical incidents or service complaints, and take appropriate action or provide expert advice as a result
• Think strategically, develop vision and convey this vision to others
• Significant recent experience of planning and improving quality of pharmacy services provided
• Extensive knowledge of governance systems, clinical governance and risk management
• A strong understanding of national NHS policy and strategy as it relates to pharmacy staff and broader clinical workforce, as well as current professional challenges.
• Significant experience in business planning and constructing business cases for service developments. Financial Management
• Experience of planning and making drug and staffing efficiencies
• Significant experience in setting and managing pay and non-pay budgets for pharmacy services.
• Significant experience in setting and managing pay and non-pay budgets for pharmacy services.
• Information and Communication Technology Working knowledge of IT systems, to include Excel, Access, Word and PowerPoint
• Able to take personal responsibility for complex decision making taken at speed taking into account the complexity of legal frameworks, clinical and technical issues and within acceptable frameworks.
• Experience of developing and implementing transformation programmes, including the management of service change, operational process improvement and cost reduction.

Desirable

• A strong understanding of how UHSussex fits into the wider health and social care system.
• Experience working on national programmes or contributing to national policy development.
• Evidence of developing or implementing high profile initiatives underpinned by the national research and innovation agenda.

Equality Diversity & Inclusion

Essential

• Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
• Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).