Lead Pharmacist for Patient Services and Research & Development

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

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Job summary

Lead Pharmacist for Patient Services and Research & Development | Band 8a / Band 7 to 8A progression

Are you a leader with a passion for ensuring the best service to patients? Do want to make a difference to the health of patients in years to come? If yes to both, this may be the post for you.

This post combines leading on professional aspects of medicines supply, together with being the Trust senior pharmacist for research and development. Supported by the Lead Technician for Patient Services, the postholder will provide professional leadership to the inpatient dispensary team, including taking direct responsibility for the training and support for junior pharmacists and compliance with professional and legal standards.

As the lead pharmacist for Research & Development, the postholder will be working with colleagues in pharmacy as well as clinicians and the Trust R&D team to ensure successful delivery of clinical trials. You will use your clinical pharmacy background combined with a knowledge of trials legislation and Good Clinical Practice to facilitate patient access to high quality treatments within the context of clinical trials.

The ideal applicant will be a highly motivated and methodical pharmacist who is able to lead, manage and develop a service. If you are interested in this post but don't quite meet the essential criteria, you may be suitable for our Band 7 to 8A progression.

Main duties of the job

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

About us

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as 'Outstanding' and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021
National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do
We are in the top 20% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment
Our staff rate us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts when asked if they would recommend the Trust as a place to work and when asked whether care of patients is the organisation's top priority

Our workforce are amongst the most motivated in the country; we achieved the top acute hospital score in the country for staff engagement in the last national staff survey

Date posted

02 June 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year plus high cost allowance

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

326-5351140-RB

Job locations

East Surrey Hospital

Canada Avenue

Redhill

RH1 5RH

Job description

Job responsibilities

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application accurately reflects where you match them. For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Criteria

Essential

Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
A complete and accurate application
Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
Evidence of essential experience for role
Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification

Person Specification

Criteria

Essential

Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
A complete and accurate application
Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
Evidence of essential experience for role
Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification

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).