Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 361-7168543
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lister Hospital
- Town
- Stevenage
- Salary
- £62,215 - £72,293 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Pharmacist Team Manager Unplanned Care
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Pharmacist Team Manager Unplanned Care who share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
It is an energising time for us at the Trust, having just acquired Teaching status and working with VMI on our ENH Production System. The pharmacy department is working side by side with senior clinical and operational leads to improve our discharge processes and this post holder will be at the forefront of all the exciting development and will support implementation and change.
Being driven and adaptable are essential characteristics for this role as there is a unique opportunity to work within the senior pharmacy team to shape the future of the clinical pharmacy service at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will direct the day-to-day functioning of the clinical pharmacy service to unplanned care, whilst as the same time work closely with the Pharmacist Manager – Planned Care (Surgery) to ensure the service is able to respond effectively to meet the needs of patients and key Trust stakeholders. A significant proportion of the role will involve strategic development of the unplanned care clinical pharmacy service, working with Pharmacist Manager – Clinical Services, senior nursing and clinical colleagues.
To act as the lead pharmacist for a defined area / directorate / aspect of pharmacy (in addition to above).
To plan, manage and develop the clinical pharmacy service to the unplanned care division in order to promote the safe, timely and cost-effective use of medicines.
To work with the Pharmacist Team Manager for Planned Care and support the Pharmacist Manager – Clinical Services & Digital Transformation and Deputy Chief Pharmacist to ensure robust clinical services are provided daily.
To act as Head of Department as required.
To line manage relevant directorate pharmacists within the unplanned division.
To be a Pharmacist Independent Prescriber within the Trust working in accordance with Trust Policy as approved by Therapeutics Policy Committee (TPC).
To carry out general dispensing and associated clinical and pharmaceutical duties and to assist with the provision of the pharmaceutical service to the trust.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and 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 and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and 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 attached Job Description for the main duties and responsibilities for this post and other relevant information
Person specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential criteria
- Masters Degree MPharm or equivalent (A)
- Competency assessed and examined professional registration (GPhC) (A)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice (A)
- Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice (P)
- Recent relevant hospital pharmacy experience (A)
- Non-medical prescribing qualification (A)
Desirable criteria
- MSc in relevant field (A)
- Training qualification (eg - train the trainer) (A)
- Teaching Qualification (relevant) (A)
- Relevant management / leadership training course (A)
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Post registration experience in hospital pharmacy (A)
- Supervision and Management of staff (A/I)
- Appraising staff (A/I) Previous experience of implementing changes / service development in clinical pharmacy practice (A/I)
Desirable criteria
- Diploma tutoring (A)
- Training experience (A)
- Appraising staff (A/I)
Skills
Essential criteria
- High level of professionalism (I
- Possess leadership skills (I)
- Good communication skills (I)
- Ability to motivate others (I)
- Able to use initiative (I)
- Assertive, confident (I)
- Good organisational skills (I)
- Able to work with minimal supervision (I)
- Ability to manage own time (I)
- Good team member (I)
- Able to cope with stress (I)
- Effective training skills (I)
- Good oral and written presentation skills (I
Desirable criteria
- Good networking skills (I)
- Use of MS office programmes (I)
- Experience of writing guidelines (I)
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent Clinical Knowledge (I)
- Able to use clinical knowledge at consultant level (I)
- Highly specialised knowledge of drugs used and therapeutic trends within specialised area (I)
- Awareness of NICE, NPSA and involved in the implementation of relevant guidance (I)
- Audit methodology (I)
- Able to critically appraise research data (I)
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to work to deadlines and meet targets (I)
- Ability to function and support others in a rapidly changing environment (I) Ability to be flexible (I)
- Experience and evidence of engagement around the equality, diversity and inclusion agenda. Able to actively support the development of a culture that recognises and promotes equality, values diversity, and actively leads by example in deploying these qualities. Understands the impact on equality, diversity and inclusion issues in all aspects of service delivery and planning
- Role model our Trust values every day
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Hussein Ladha
- Job title
- Pharmacist Manager Clinical Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01438 284032
- Additional information
Deepika Shah, Deputy Chief Pharmacist
01438 284032
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