About this role
Job summary
The post holder will provide strategic, operational and professional leadership in relation to medicines optimisation to ensure the delivery of effective pharmacy support across Women's and Children's Services.
You will need excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to organise and prioritise your work. This post would be ideal for someone looking to develop or extend their clinical leadership, expanding on their understanding of systems working and demonstrating impact. The successful applicant will join a caring pharmacy and trust team. You will be supported to develop clinical, leadership, managerial, research and strategic skills.
All pharmacists participate in seven day working and late duty rotas and you will be part of the Pharmacy Senior on-call team.
Main duties of the job
To provide strategic, operational and professional leadership in relation to clinical pharmacy services within theWomen's and Children's Services, promoting evidence-based, cost-effective use of medicines in the Trust.
To lead and manage other pharmacy staff working in the Women's and Children's Services to ensure service delivery to agreed standards in line with business planning requirements.
To provide advanced clinical pharmacy input for complex patients, including those with high-risk pregnancies, complex neonatal needs, paediatric comorbidities and high-risk medicines regimes.
About us
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See the job description and person specification attached.
Please tell us in your application how you meet the essential criteria in the attached person specification.
Person Specification
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to plan, develop & implement change
- Influencing/negotiating skills
- Problem solving & decision making skills
- Ability to work calmly and effectively under pressure
- Computer literate
Desirable
- Principles of QI
- Understand the needs of a breadth of stakeholders
Qualifictions & Education
Essential
- Registered with GPhC
- Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
- Masters in Pharmacy Degree - MPharm
Desirable
- MRCPharm
- RPS Faculty Advanced-level practice against the Core Advanced Curriculum
- Independent prescriber
- Leadership/Management Qualification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Extensive post registration experience at least 8a level
- Experience of working in areas linked to maternity, obstetrics, gynaecology, neonatology, paediatrics
- Developing & leading on projects
- Staff training & appraisal
- Previous management experience/staff management
Desirable
- Knowledge of CMM
- Risk management and assessment
- Procedure & business plan writing
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
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Epsom and St Helier Hospital
Dorking Road
Epsom Surrey
KT18 7EG
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk/work-for-us (Opens in a new tab)