Chief Pharmacist and Controlled Drugs Accountable Officer

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description for full details of the role.

The Trust Chief Pharmacist has a number of specific and distinct job roles within the Trust including:

Responsible for the leadership, management and strategic development of pharmacy services across the Trust.

Corporate, statutory responsibility for medicines management across the entire Trust with direct accountability to the Medical Director for ensuring that safe, effective and cost effective systems are in operation for the prescription, dispensing and administration of medicines.

The post provides a statutory defence against criminal sanctions for inadvertent preparation and dispensing errors for pharmacy staff provided the post-holder meets the standards set by the General Pharmaceutical Council.

Special Requirements

Essential

• Be able to travel between and work at different locations, locally, regionally and nationally as required.

Special Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• Extensive knowledge and experience in the successful delivery of the performance agenda and targets specifically relating to Pharmacy.
• Strategic and operational leadership skills to lead change through people.
• Performance improvement knowledge and skills.
• Financial management experience and expertise.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communications skills necessary to establish and maintain effective working relationships across and between a variety of diverse interest groups, and the ability to communicate highly complex information and negotiate effectively where there may be significant barriers to acceptance.
• Proven visionary leadership with the ability to set out a clear vision for services, to persuade others of the benefits and requirements of the plan for the future and overcome obstacles.
• Able to make effective, prompt decisions when faced with variable, complex information and situations.
• Ability to present all work in a clear and concise manner appropriate to the target audience.
• Demonstrate an ability to lead and motivate individuals and teams.
• Proven ability to produce information reports and apply analytical/problem solving skills.
• Awareness of and commitment to the clinical governance agenda.

Desirable

• Research active.
• Ability to anticipate and plan for changes.

Qualifications

Essential

• Masters degree in Pharmacy or equivalent experience and learning.
• Additional postgraduate clinical qualification, preferably at Masters level.
• Additional postgraduate management qualification, preferably at Masters level.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Experience

Essential

• Extensive relevant experience as a senior Pharmacy manager in the acute NHS sector with proven ability to manage a significant human and financial resource in a complex environment.
• Experience in service, policy and strategic development.
• Experience of strategic management at a senior level with responsibility for a wide range of management activities.
• Experience and evidence of delivering high standards of performance to achieve national and local targets.
• Experience of managing change in a complex environment (developing existing services and implementing new services).
• Experience of working effectively in collaboration with other agencies and other healthcare stakeholders.
• Proven track record of managing and developing staff.
• Experience in dealing with difficult situations including the resolution of conflict and influencing others to accept demanding outcomes.
• High levels of resilience, tenacity, self-belief, confidence, and personal integrity.
• Self-motivated to transform services for patients.
• Able to achieve demanding tasks and objectives against deadlines.
• Team worker who builds effective working relationships, as well as individual achiever.
• Able to manage a range of responsibilities, giving priority to all dimensions of the role appropriately and meeting necessary deadlines.

Desirable

• Experience of managing and successful delivery of projects using a formal project management methodology.

Statutory Registration

Essential

• Registered member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).

Desirable

• Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS).

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).