Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join our pharmacy team at a senior leadership level. Applicants will be able to demonstrate a high level of experience working in hospital pharmacy. The post holder will report directly to the Deputy Director of Pharmacy and will be working closely with the Pharmacy Management Team, the Pharmacy Operations Manager and the Pharmacy Performance Manager. Applicants must be able to contribute to the delivery of the strategic aims of the wider Pharmacy Service, aligned to the overall Trust objectives, within set financial constraints as well as deliver agreed cost improvement targets on an annual basis.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for:
- Provide professional, clinical, and scientific information and advice to Commissioners and Pharmacy Management Teams regarding homecare services.
- To support, develop, deliver, and manage the homecare service within pharmacy, ensuring that they meet standards of acceptability identified in national/professional standards. This includes ensuring full compliance with Hackett report recommendations and the management of agreed service standards with homecare providers.
- Ensure regular reporting of savings achieved through QIPP, homecare and gain sharing schemes to both the Trust and commissioners.
- To help provide assurance via the Trust governance structure on all matters relating to homecare services. This will be through the Trust Medicines Management Group.
- Work with Pharmacy colleagues and Clinical Teams across the Divisions and Care Groups to ensure high-cost medicines are used and supplied in the most cost-effective way through the development of local guidelines and/or policies relating to homecare services.
- To support colleagues who attend Divisional Boards and Divisional Quality Teams, as well as the Care Group team meetings with regard to homecare issues.
About us
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 286,700, providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and the continued upgrading of existing areas ensures the Trust now has a state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit facilities. Work is also well underway on its multi-million pound new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre which will house a new Emergency Department (including Children's Emergency Department), co-located Paediatric Assessment Unit, Acute Medical Unit and Urgent Care Centre. This is scheduled for completion this year.
We would particularly welcome applications from people from a BME background and people with a disability as these groups are currently under-represented at senior level. We value diversity within our Trust and are working to achieve equality in our recruitment.
We support flexible working for all employees and prospective applicants.
Any settled workers meeting the requirements must be offered the position in preference to any non-resident candidates meeting the requirements, unless the role falls under a PhD-level code, in which case sponsorship may be attained.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for:
- Provide professional, clinical, and scientific information and advice to Commissioners and Pharmacy Management Teams regarding homecare services.
- To support, develop, deliver, and manage the homecare service within pharmacy, ensuring that they meet standards of acceptability identified in national/professional standards. This includes ensuring full compliance with Hackett report recommendations and the management of agreed service standards with homecare providers.
- Ensure regular reporting of savings achieved through QIPP, homecare and gain sharing schemes to both the Trust and commissioners.
- To help provide assurance via the Trust governance structure on all matters relating to homecare services. This will be through the Trust Medicines Management Group.
- Work with Pharmacy colleagues and Clinical Teams across the Divisions and Care Groups to ensure high-cost medicines are used and supplied in the most cost-effective way through the development of local guidelines and/or policies relating to homecare services.
- To support colleagues who attend Divisional Boards and Divisional Quality Teams, as well as the Care Group team meetings with regard to homecare issues.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for:
- Provide professional, clinical, and scientific information and advice to Commissioners and Pharmacy Management Teams regarding homecare services.
- To support, develop, deliver, and manage the homecare service within pharmacy, ensuring that they meet standards of acceptability identified in national/professional standards. This includes ensuring full compliance with Hackett report recommendations and the management of agreed service standards with homecare providers.
- Ensure regular reporting of savings achieved through QIPP, homecare and gain sharing schemes to both the Trust and commissioners.
- To help provide assurance via the Trust governance structure on all matters relating to homecare services. This will be through the Trust Medicines Management Group.
- Work with Pharmacy colleagues and Clinical Teams across the Divisions and Care Groups to ensure high-cost medicines are used and supplied in the most cost-effective way through the development of local guidelines and/or policies relating to homecare services.
- To support colleagues who attend Divisional Boards and Divisional Quality Teams, as well as the Care Group team meetings with regard to homecare issues.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate diploma or equivalent
- Masters in Pharmacy
Desirable
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrates practice knowledge of the relevance of clinical governance and risk management
- Able to set own priorities, meet deadlines and manage time effectively and direct others to do so
- Sufficient breadth and depth of post-registration hospital Pharmacist practice, to acquire the competencies needed for the job
Desirable
- Knowledge of drug expenditure/drug budget/clinical activity issues
- Experience of development in a service area of pharmacy.
Experience
Essential
- Able to clearly communicate highly complex clinical information to all grades of healthcare professionals
- Able to advise and influence all grades of medical and nursing staff on therapeutic aspects of patient care
- Able to question patients sensitively on their drug treatment and to communicate clearly with them
- Experience of supervising and directing pharmacy staff
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate diploma or equivalent
- Masters in Pharmacy
Desirable
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrates practice knowledge of the relevance of clinical governance and risk management
- Able to set own priorities, meet deadlines and manage time effectively and direct others to do so
- Sufficient breadth and depth of post-registration hospital Pharmacist practice, to acquire the competencies needed for the job
Desirable
- Knowledge of drug expenditure/drug budget/clinical activity issues
- Experience of development in a service area of pharmacy.
Experience
Essential
- Able to clearly communicate highly complex clinical information to all grades of healthcare professionals
- Able to advise and influence all grades of medical and nursing staff on therapeutic aspects of patient care
- Able to question patients sensitively on their drug treatment and to communicate clearly with them
- Experience of supervising and directing pharmacy staff
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).
