Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Deputy Director of Pharmacy at Dorset County Hospital. The post is open to either a registered Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician already working at a senior level within an NHS organisation who is ready for the next step in their leadership journey.

The role with deputise for the Director of Pharmacy, alongside leading workstreams across the Pharmacy department and wider Medicines Optimisation workplan.

The current leadership areas include:

• Medicines Safety (acting as Medicines Safety Officer)
• Lead the Clinical service within the department
• Medical Gases
• Medicines Optimisation

These areas of leadership are open to negotiation depending  on the successful applicant, and their experience and development needs.

Main duties of the job

To assist the Director of Pharmacy in their duties including providing input to strategic and operational management of Pharmacy Services including:

• budgetary control of Pharmacy Services
• business case preparation
• provision of management information to managers, clinicians and the Finance Department
• objective and key performance indicator setting across all activities
• medicines management and clinical governance
• delivering cost improvement/income generation strategies

To deputise for the Director of Pharmacy:

• ensure the staff of all grades are supported in their decision making
• ensure that a safe, efficient, and professional service is provided at all times to all users of the Trust
• attend trust wide meetings to represent Pharmacy in the absence of the Director of Pharmacy. E.g. SMT, Clinical Governance, Risk and Finance meetings
• Present Pharmacy papers to Executive Directors, Board, SMT and other meetings as required. 

To be the Medicines Safety Officer for the Trust.

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Working for our organisation

At DCHFT, we pride ourselves on the care we provide for our patients, and on the culture, we are creating for our staff. We work hard to create a fair, inclusive environment for our staff.

Our Mission is to work in partnership to provide high quality, compassionate services and to nurture an environment where people can be at their best. Our vision is healthier lives, empowered citizens, thriving communities.

We are a Trust that celebrates diversity, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from people in all under-represented groups.

We understand that some applicants may choose to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in preparing their application materials. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind candidates that all submissions must be truthful and accurately reflect your own experiences and suitability for this role. Personal integrity and authenticity are central to our recruitment process. We value honesty and appreciate applications that are genuine and representative of the individual behind them.