Lead Pharmacist Education and Development

Are you a pharmacist with a passion for education and development?

Are you keen to develop our future Pharmacy workforce from the very start of their initial education and training journey fostering an inclusive learning culture, alongside the opportunity to progress your own personal development, teaching, leadership, prescribing and clinical skills?

If the answer is yes - we would love to have you join us for this exciting opportunity as the Lead Pharmacist for Education and Development at East Sussex NHS Healthcare Trust.

We are looking for a dynamic person to lead the education, training and continual professional development of our pharmacists throughout their career and deliver on the priorities of the NHS 10 year plan.

Working in an acute hospital, you will lead on the delivery of our foundation training year and experiential undergraduate placements for MPharm students at University of Brighton, with an opportunity to engage in regular patient facing clinical practice. Additionally, you will make key contributions to the delivery of our strategic vision for education and development within the pharmacy department gaining experience across several different dimensions through inter-professional education within the trust and working closely with multi-sector partner organisations within the Integrated Care System to develop the future pharmacist workforce.

• Undertaking the role of Educational Programme Director for: Post Registration Pharmacists and our Foundation Trainee Pharmacist Programme
• Liaison with local, regional and national bodies to enable trainee recruitment and ensure a quality educational program that responds to and meets professional and NHS requirements.
• Supporting both academic and work-placed learning as advised by University of Brighton
• Line management of Trainee Pharmacists and specialist pharmacists within the education and development team
• Being an Educational Supervisor, Designated Supervisor and Designated Prescribing Practitioner (once annotated)
• Working collaboratively with the Lead Technician Education and Development to deliver the department's continuing education activities including supporting the provision of education programmes and clinical training for other staff members
• Providing leadership and mentorship support
• Facilitation of multi-disciplinary training including prescribing safety assessments for foundation doctors
• Provision of a clinical pharmacy service including application of non-medical prescribing skills (once annotated)

A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrollment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrollment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries. staff restaurants and accommodation.

In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.

There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.

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If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.