Deputy Director of Pharmacy

Job summary

The post holder joins an experienced and innovative Pharmacy Strategic Leadership Team (SLT) reporting to the Director of Pharmacy.

The post holder will have the strategic and operational freedom to shape a strong team to ensure we are able to deliver today and build our strategy for where we want to be tomorrow, aligned to the department strategic vision. As a role model and champion for Clinical Pharmacy, the post holder will maintain and lead a profile within Pharmacy, the Trust and into our wider system partners.

The existing post holder has been successful in the recruitment to the Director of Pharmacy role. This opens the way for a dynamic and dedicated pharmacist to lead our pharmacy services as the Deputy Director of Pharmacy at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust.

Recent strong Trust investment into pharmacy clinical services has allowed us to expand our profile and clinical service offerings across the Trust. This summer our bespoke automated dispensary goes live, we have also moved our fluids towards an outsourced managed service. Hot on its heels is our Trust wide Electronic Patient Record (EPR) rollout which promises to greatly improve our medication management across the Trust.

We have the foundations to push on and deliver our vision that a majority of our teams are patient facing, adding value to every step of the patients medication journey, which takes us beyond our boundaries and into partnership with our ICS colleagues.

Main duties of the job

Please be advised there is a proposed selection process due to take place on 6th/7th June

Key responsibilities of the role will be to:

• As an engaged and informed leader to lead our Pharmacy Services
• Co-develop and deliver a Pharmacy Strategy which is aligned to our Trust strategy
• Develop and sustain performance metrics that connect the dots
• Drive the Medicines Optimisation agenda across our wards and clinical areas
• Work in partnership at a Deputy Director level with the wider trust, external provider and system colleagues

About us

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence designated organisation - please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.