Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to work along side the pharmacy workforce leads to develop and transform trainee pharmacists placements in West Yorkshire to meet the new initial education and training standards GPhC requirements .
Reporting to the CHFT CD of pharmacy and Kirklees ICB HoMM, this post will support progression of the development of a sustainable, flexible, and integrated pharmacy workforce for the Calderdale and Kirklees Health and Care Partnerships and the WY Integrated Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation workforce group. The post holder will specifically work with a range of health and care partners across C & K Places to establish and build relationships in order to ensure the necessary placement capacity is available for pharmacy trainees. The post holder will also contribute to the wider C&K pharmacy workforce transformation agenda, with the opportunity to share learning with the pharmacy profession across WY, reflecting new ways of working across organisational and geographical boundaries, and support in the development of a workforce with the knowledge, skills and confidence to deliver high quality patient care.
Main duties of the job
Support the IPMO pharmacy workforce work stream leading in C&K to deliver the pharmacy workforce priorities focusing in developing:
- Sufficient Designated Prescribing Practitioner capacity to support those completing their foundation pharmacist training year in 25/26
- Support coordination of cross sector placements for trainee pharmacists in 26/27
- Support providers on expansion of undergraduate pharmacist placements
- Working with local HEIs and School of Meds Op to understand requirements for DPP and DS provision and how this can be delivered using innovative solutions.
Work with partners to build relationships with stakeholders from all sectors across the C&K in order to identify opportunities and options for collaborative working to enhance the pharmacist foundation trainee experience.
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 job description
- Map and understand the barriers to developing IP trained pharmacists and work alongside a wide range of providers to overcome these where possible.
- Provide recommendations for the IPMO pharmacy workforce group, the C & K Joint Workforce Steering Group/sub groups and other groups as required.
- Develop relationships across the local C&K pharmacy employers.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with a wide range of partners/providers across the C&K footprint.
- Communicate in a considerate manner; presenting, persuading and debating sometimes complex information..
- Present information in a variety of formats using excellent verbal and written skills.
- Engage, develop, and support partnerships, working collaboratively with key stakeholders.
- Engage with partner organisations to understand and support them with pharmacy workforce planning to increase capacity and capability within the workforce.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see job description
- Map and understand the barriers to developing IP trained pharmacists and work alongside a wide range of providers to overcome these where possible.
- Provide recommendations for the IPMO pharmacy workforce group, the C & K Joint Workforce Steering Group/sub groups and other groups as required.
- Develop relationships across the local C&K pharmacy employers.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with a wide range of partners/providers across the C&K footprint.
- Communicate in a considerate manner; presenting, persuading and debating sometimes complex information..
- Present information in a variety of formats using excellent verbal and written skills.
- Engage, develop, and support partnerships, working collaboratively with key stakeholders.
- Engage with partner organisations to understand and support them with pharmacy workforce planning to increase capacity and capability within the workforce.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential
- Statutory professional and regulatory membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician or significant experience of workforce development
- Training experience in the healthcare sector with ability to provide expert advice
- Masters Level or equivalent experience in a relevant field
- Evidence of continuing professional development
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential
- Good understanding of NHS policy and professional standards driving changes in service delivery and education and training for pharmacy professionals.
- Knowledge/understanding of education providers and national bodies for pharmacy education and ability to establish networks with them
- Knowledge/understanding of the requirements of a pharmacy workforce
- Effective computer / IT knowledge and skills
- Ability to identify and project manage in order to achieve required outcomes
Desirable
- Knowledge and skills to develop and implement cross sector training programme for pharmacists
- Formal training or equivalent experience in leadership and management including influencing and negotiating skills
- Relevant experience of working effectively across organisational and professional boundaries in complex organisations/sectors
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
Essential
- Good communication skills, verbal and written, to communicate with a broad spectrum of people (including across the ICS, pharmacy professionals and potential trainees)
- Able to articulate information and present clearly, to key stakeholders across a complex system with senior individuals from different organisations/sectors.
- Able to build excellent, productive, collaborative working relationships with a broad range of stakeholders to achieve positive outcomes
- Excellent influencing skills with the ability to engage stakeholders and decision makers across the health and care system
- Able to adapt approach for different audiences to ensure understanding of complex information
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential
- Statutory professional and regulatory membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician or significant experience of workforce development
- Training experience in the healthcare sector with ability to provide expert advice
- Masters Level or equivalent experience in a relevant field
- Evidence of continuing professional development
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential
- Good understanding of NHS policy and professional standards driving changes in service delivery and education and training for pharmacy professionals.
- Knowledge/understanding of education providers and national bodies for pharmacy education and ability to establish networks with them
- Knowledge/understanding of the requirements of a pharmacy workforce
- Effective computer / IT knowledge and skills
- Ability to identify and project manage in order to achieve required outcomes
Desirable
- Knowledge and skills to develop and implement cross sector training programme for pharmacists
- Formal training or equivalent experience in leadership and management including influencing and negotiating skills
- Relevant experience of working effectively across organisational and professional boundaries in complex organisations/sectors
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
Essential
- Good communication skills, verbal and written, to communicate with a broad spectrum of people (including across the ICS, pharmacy professionals and potential trainees)
- Able to articulate information and present clearly, to key stakeholders across a complex system with senior individuals from different organisations/sectors.
- Able to build excellent, productive, collaborative working relationships with a broad range of stakeholders to achieve positive outcomes
- Excellent influencing skills with the ability to engage stakeholders and decision makers across the health and care system
- Able to adapt approach for different audiences to ensure understanding of complex 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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
