Pharmacy Manager Clinical Services and Digital Transformation

4 weeks ago

Stevenage, United Kingdom East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust Full time
Job overview

We are recruiting for a Pharmacy Manager Clinical Services who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

Are you highly motivated, driven and passionate about Clinical Pharmacy services? Now is the time to take the next step in your career

The post holder will have the opportunity to develop their leadership and managerial skillset.

Our ideal candidate would have an extensive background within clinical pharmacy, a passion for service improvement, be able to build excellent working relationships and have a track record of delivering on projects at divisional and organisational level.

Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond

Main duties of the job

To plan, manage and develop the clinical pharmacy services across the Trust in order to promote the safe, timely and cost-effective use of medicines

To set, implement and evaluate standards for clinical pharmacy practice Trust wide in accordance with departmental clinical strategy, using appropriate performance indicators and demonstrating a patient-focused approach.

To support with the day-to-day management of the Pharmacy Department in the absence of the Deputy Chief Pharmacist

To work closely with the lead ePMA pharmacist and other project leads in related digital programme projects in Pharmacy and Trust wide

To support the Trust and ICBs Medicines Management agenda and promote the Medicines Optimisation Strategy

To manage the relevant section leaders within pharmacy.

To monitor drug expenditure for specific area, and to be the budget holder for day-to-day pharmacy service needs.

To deputise for the Chief Pharmacist as and when necessary

Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

  • The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
  • New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
  • Hertford County, Hertford
  • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant information pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person specificationQualifications / TrainingEssential criteria
  • Masters Degree MPharm or equivalent
  • Registered with the GPhC as a pharmacist
  • Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent (completed both year 1 & year 2)
  • Qualified and registered as a non-medical prescriber
Desirable criteria
  • Leadership / management qualification
  • Member of the RPS
  • Member of the RPS faculty accredited at Advanced Stage II or Fellowship
  • Relevant financial management training
Previous ExperienceEssential criteria
  • Experience of documentation of the planning, management and monitoring of in-depth/complex pharmaceutical care programmes
  • Experience writing medicine policies and guidelines and PGD development.
  • Experience of project leadership in highly complex projects and managing change, including across more than one team or organisational boundaries
  • Experience of working across the wider health economy, including partnership and multidisciplinary working
  • Experience of working independently and as part of a regional or national group to implement new guidance/change
  • Substantial post registration experience in hospital pharmacy across a range of specialities
  • Significant experience in managing a team and service
  • Experience in supporting the Chief Pharmacist on projects

Our values

We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.

Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Committed to our Community

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing resourcing.enh-tr@nhs.net

We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.

We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.

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