Job summary
The Pharmacy Department at Calderdale and Huddersfield is a forward thinking, dynamic and innovative team with a strong clinical and patient focus. We are recognised on a national level for our innovation and hugely well respected within the organisation.
Following changes in the structure of our senior team we have an exciting opportunity open to lead our pharmacy clinical services.
Evidence of leadership quality, clinical experience and reflection on practice are essential to this role. We welcome applications from individuals with excellent communications skills, a patient-centred attitude, and who will encourage a culture of continued improvement.
You will work closely with the Deputy Clinical Director of Pharmacy, Clinical Director of Pharmacy and stakeholders to oversee delivery and improvement of Pharmacy clinical services ensuring that patients receive the best pharmaceutical care right from the front door to discharge. You will support workstreams across both primary care and secondary and collaborate with other external partners including local universities and HEE/NHS E.
If successful you will benefit from working within a rapidly-transforming department with a firm interest in quality improvement and practice-based research. In this role you will be supported to further develop your ability as a senior leader.
Main duties of the job
Support the Clinical Director of Pharmacy in developing clinical pharmacy services provision in a manner that reflects Trust, local and National Health Service strategy and priorities.
To be a lead point of contact for clinical delivery of Pharmacy ward based service
Lead, manage and develop the Directorate Lead pharmacists to ensure that patients receive safe, high quality and clinically effective pharmaceutical care
Contribute to the Pharmacy Senior Leadership Team agenda, to help develop a strategic vision and delivery plan for the Pharmacy Department.
Take delegated responsibility of the Deputy Clinical Director of Pharmacy in their absence.
If you're looking for a position that will invest in your skills, provide opportunities to work across the wider healthcare system and allow you to influence and implement change in medicines use and optimisation, then this role could be right for you.
If you are interested in this post above and have the drive to meet the challenge, get in touch via contact details in advert to arrange a visit or informal chat.
About us
We employ more than 6,500 staffwho deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals,Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, healthcentres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.
We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.
We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.
We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation.Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS- yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boardslisten to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff andthe local community.
Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in thechanges to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for key duties and responsibilities.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases alternative working hours will be considered.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for key duties and responsibilities.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases alternative working hours will be considered.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential
- MPharm or equivalent Degree in Pharmacy approved by General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
- Registered Pharmacist with the GPhC
- Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent qualification)
Desirable
- Independent Non-Medical Prescriber
- Registered Pharmacist with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain or other relevant professional bodies eg RPS Faculty, UKCPA
- Leadership / Management qualification
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential
- Able to demonstrate significant relevant experience of clinical pharmacy practice
- Considerable post-registration UK hospital experience
- Excellent knowledge of Clinical Pharmacy, Medicines Management and Pharmacy Practice acquired through training and experience.
- Experience of service development and improvement in area of specialty
- Computer literate
- Demonstrate knowledge and recent experience of Pharmacy Practice Research and Clinical Audit and use of bench-marking and quality standards
- Knowledge of drug budgets and formularies.
- Awareness of own limitations
Desirable
- Experience of writing guidelines and polices and procedures and putting them into practice
- Experience of high-level Trust committee or similar
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills-verbal, written and electronic
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills-verbal, written and electronic
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Demonstrate attention to detail in work
- Ability to work on own initiative and demonstrate ability to be proactive
- Ability to support and help prioritise the workload of pharmacist colleagues, pharmacy technicians within the team to ensure the pharmacy teams skills and resources is allocated optimally
- Able to concentrate for prolonged periods on occasion for prescription review, report writing.
- Recent relevant experience of problem solving and analytical skills
- Experience of managing others
- Excellent presentation skills
- Demonstrate commitment to CPD.
- Demonstrate evidence of education and training skills
- Self-motivating and the ability to motivate and influence others
- Ability to lead change, is motivated, enthusiastic, innovative and flexible
- Able to fulfil all physical requirements of the post with Occupational Health clearance
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential
- MPharm or equivalent Degree in Pharmacy approved by General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
- Registered Pharmacist with the GPhC
- Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent qualification)
Desirable
- Independent Non-Medical Prescriber
- Registered Pharmacist with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain or other relevant professional bodies eg RPS Faculty, UKCPA
- Leadership / Management qualification
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential
- Able to demonstrate significant relevant experience of clinical pharmacy practice
- Considerable post-registration UK hospital experience
- Excellent knowledge of Clinical Pharmacy, Medicines Management and Pharmacy Practice acquired through training and experience.
- Experience of service development and improvement in area of specialty
- Computer literate
- Demonstrate knowledge and recent experience of Pharmacy Practice Research and Clinical Audit and use of bench-marking and quality standards
- Knowledge of drug budgets and formularies.
- Awareness of own limitations
Desirable
- Experience of writing guidelines and polices and procedures and putting them into practice
- Experience of high-level Trust committee or similar
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills-verbal, written and electronic
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills-verbal, written and electronic
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Demonstrate attention to detail in work
- Ability to work on own initiative and demonstrate ability to be proactive
- Ability to support and help prioritise the workload of pharmacist colleagues, pharmacy technicians within the team to ensure the pharmacy teams skills and resources is allocated optimally
- Able to concentrate for prolonged periods on occasion for prescription review, report writing.
- Recent relevant experience of problem solving and analytical skills
- Experience of managing others
- Excellent presentation skills
- Demonstrate commitment to CPD.
- Demonstrate evidence of education and training skills
- Self-motivating and the ability to motivate and influence others
- Ability to lead change, is motivated, enthusiastic, innovative and flexible
- Able to fulfil all physical requirements of the post with Occupational Health clearance
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).
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).
