Deputy Chief Pharmacist / Pharmacy Services Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Develop an overarching strategy for HCS pharmacy services and lead the operational delivery of the strategy to ensure the safe, efficient and effective delivery of pharmacy services. Provide specialist expert professional advice to internal and external stakeholders to support and inform service delivery, development and commissioning of HCS pharmacy services

2. Lead the development, performance and operational management of HCS pharmacy services to ensure they deliver efficient value for money services that meet the needs of care groups and that performance targets and strategic objectives are met.

3. Analyse national evidence/data/benchmarks to inform performance/service delivery and interpret national, regional and local policies, standards and emerging evidence to develop inter-agency and multi-disciplinary strategic plans and programs, thereby ensuring that HCS Pharmacy services meets the needs of all service users and contributes to the delivery of HCS objectives.

4. Develop, plan and lead the implementation of new service initiatives taking account of the rapidly changing practices and developments in pharmacy services nationally and internationally that may be based around new technologies or new ways of delivering services in order to support the best outcome for patients and the department.

5. Drive the successful financial and business planning of pharmacy services and ensure responsible use of government funds by balancing the pharmacy budget.

6. Develop high performing managers and teams of professional staff, inspiring and motivating pharmacists and technical staff in the evaluation and implementation of innovations in technology and professional practice in order to develop and advance the delivery of pharmacy services.

7. Implement, embed and maintain an effective clinical governance and risk management framework for pharmacy services, ensuring that policies and procedures for all aspects of medicine use are developed to the highest quality and that all relevant standards, both professional, statutory and operational are met. Develop and maintain a comprehensive audit schedule, ensuring that pharmacy services meet the relevant professional standards and have robust clinical governance in place across all the services it delivers.

8. Manage, monitor and authorise the economical and efficient procurement and supply of pharmaceutical products of known quality by negotiating directly with suppliers and participation with NHS trusts in the development and maintenance of drug purchasing arrangements, to secure value for money.

9. When deputising for the Chief Pharmacist the post holder may be required to a. Provide professional advice and guidance in relation to medicines legislation and the practice of pharmacy to enforcement agencies, healthcare professionals and any statutory or non-statutory committees with Island-wide functions b. Provide expert advice, opinion and support to the Minister for Health and Community Services and Senior Officers of both HCS and other Government departments on all pharmaceutical policy matters relating to medicines. c. Liaise with enforcement agencies and professional bodies, both locally and nationally, to ensure arrangements for the importation, distribution, sale and supply of medicines in the Island comply with all relevant legal, professional and ethical requirements

10. Lead and deliver change and continuous improvement projects though appropriate project management methodologies. Ensure governance and effective reporting arrangements are in place and followed in order to achieve service delivery objectives and realise target benefits.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Vocational four year
• masters degree in
• pharmacy.
• Registration with the
• General Pharmaceutical
• Council
• Post-graduate MSc in
• Clinical Pharmacy.
• Post graduate
• management/leadership
• qualification

Desirable

• Project / Programme
• Management

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 8 years postregistration experience in
• Hospital Pharmacy
• Practice, 5 years of which
• must have been at a
• senior clinical level within
• a managerial role.
• Extensive post-graduate
• experience as a senior
• practitioner in all aspects
• of hospital pharmacy
• practice, together with
• significant knowledge of
• other areas of pharmacy
• practice and medicines
• legislation and regulation.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Health and Community Services

Address

Pharmacy Department

Jersey General Hospital

Gloucester Street

St Helier

JE1 3QS

Employer's website

https://www.gov.je (Opens in a new tab)