Associate Director for Pharmacy, Acute

6 months ago


Larbert, United Kingdom NHS Scotland Full time

**NHS Forth Valley Pharmacy Acute and Specialist Services Need you**

An exciting opportunity has arisen in one of the most forward looking and progressive NHS Boards to lead on the Pharmacy agenda across Acute and Specialist Services. We are looking for an innovative and enthusiastic individual seeking a new challenge as a senior leader within Pharmacy to fulfil the role of Associate Director of Pharmacy.

If successful, you will be welcomed into working with a dynamic Pharmacy Leadership Team who are committed to the provision of high quality pharmaceutical care for patients residing within Forth Valley.

Our Pharmacy Leadership Team are also committed to advancing pharmacy professional roles and the postholder will be someone who is a registered pharmacist who has excellent communication, negotiation, and strong leadership skills. You will have a proven track record of motivating, inspiring and developing teams, and will be able to demonstrate how you have led continual improvement of pharmacy services. The postholder will be responsible the line management, team development, service improvement and medicines governance for the Acute and Specialist Pharmacy Services. You will lead on the development of the acute and specialist pharmacy practice supporting an integrated, flexible pharmacy workforce across Forth Valley hospital sites, as well as provide leadership for the Digital eHealth pharmacy team along with supporting the optimal use of medicines across acute and specialist areas.

NHS Forth Valley provides a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 330,000, across the different settings in the Board. We have a strong history of partnership working across Forth Valley with an outstanding collective response to the Covid-19 pandemic and our vaccination programme.

Forth Valley offers an unrivalled quality of life in an area of outstanding natural beauty which includes Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park. Historic Stirling has local schools that feature in the top 20 league tables. Scotland’s major cities Glasgow and Edinburgh are within one hour’s travel and relocation packages are available for eligible appointments

The Pharmacy Team are welcoming and sociable with a Friday cake club, nights out and a book club. Recently awarded a grant from the NHS Charities Fund, a schedule of outdoor fitness and indoor yoga classes were arranged for Pharmacy staff to support their wellbeing and foster teambuilding

The Pharmacy team have a Vision to transform our hospital pharmacy services and to build on our advanced pharmacy practice. As the Associate Director of Pharmacy, you will enable and enhance what has already been achieved across our system to strengthen collaborative working and bring colleagues together for the benefit of our population.

For an informal discussion with Laura Byrne, Director of Pharmacy, NHS Forth Valley, please contact Eve Buchanan, PA to the Director of Pharmacy on Tel: 01324 566722



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