Deputy Pharmacy Clinical Services Manager
Job Description
Job summary
Deputy Pharmacy Clinical Services Manager - Surgery Women's and Children's Lead
We have an exciting, challenging and rewarding opportunity to join our senior pharmacy team as Deputy Pharmacy Clinical Services Manager and Lead Pharmacist for Surgery Women's and Children (SWC). This is your chance to make tangible and sustainable improvements that really make patient care and clinical pharmacy better.
We are looking for an enthusiastic leader to manage and develop clinical pharmacy services across surgery, critical care and women's and children's.
The Pharmacy Department at the Great Western Hospital is at the heart of the Trust's programme to move forward and transform itself. By embracing technology, diversity, new ways of working and an improvement mindset built into all of us, Medicines Optimisation and Pharmacy services are at the heart of patient care.
We have a clear vision for the future of Pharmacy service as part our fully integrated healthcare system.
Main duties of the job
We want you to inspire our diverse and highly skilled team of clinical pharmacy staff and play a key leadership role in the Trust, and wider care systems, in delivering our vision of medicines optimisation.
To support you in your role, at GWH Pharmacy we value a culture that is positive, compassionate, and inclusive. We have an environment where we learn, improve, and celebrate our work as one team that is fully focused around providing the very best care.
This is a challenging role, but an exciting one. It's a time of change for the NHS and this is an opportunity to help shape the future of pharmacy clinical service.
About us
We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people. We are creating a heath and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.
Job responsibilities
We need you to be a resilient, credible leader that shares our values and has a passion for delivering the very best Pharmacy services. You will need to bring your depth of experience, a proven track record in service delivery and show how you have been able to raise the profile of Pharmacy. The main duties of the role include:
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Postgraduate diploma or equivalent
- Keeping professionally up to date including CPD
- Significant pharmacy experience involving clinical pharmacy services and MDT working
- Non-medical prescriber or working towards qualification
Desirable
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Evidence of training in change management
- Management qualification/experience
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience as a qualified pharmacist
- Proven experience in service improvement utilising quality improvement (QI) methodology
- Demonstrable evidence of staff development, leadership and management.
- Experience of working effectively in a multi-disciplinary environment
- Teaching, tutoring and mentoring experience
Desirable
- Experience of writing and implementing business plans
- Experience in undertaking and publishing research projects
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Great Western Hospitals
Marlborough Road
Swindon
SN3 6BB
United Kingdom
