Job summary
Deputy Chief Pharmacist
Band 8C
Full time, 37.5 hours per week over 7 days (1 WTE)
We have a fantastic opportunity for a dynamic and experienced pharmacy leader who must be highly motivated and enthusiastic to join the senior pharmacy team as the Deputy Chief Pharmacist.
If you relish a challenge and want the chance to develop your leadership, research and managerial skills, this could be the right role for you.
This is a critical position in the Pharmacy Department as the post holder will support the Chief Pharmacist in the operational delivery of a high quality pharmacy service, monitor performance and with a strong background in service improvement, continually develop the pharmacy service across the Trust.
You will need an excellent clinical knowledge base from the secondary care sector, possess significant and proven leadership, project, and change management skills and have an ability to build effective relationships.
You will lead a talented team to ensure that patients receive safe, high quality and clinically effective care.
Interviews will take place on Tuesday 9th April 2024
Main duties of the job
JOB PURPOSE:
- To lead medicines governance, assurance and effectiveness to the Trust. To plan, develop and implement policies and procedures working alongside partners in the local Health Economy, which deliver assurance of safe practice with medicines.
- To deputise in the absence of the Chief Pharmacist.
- To be a member of the senior management team of the Pharmacy Department.
About us
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust provide services across the north west side of the Greater Manchester area ranging from hospital services in Bolton to community services across Bolton, Salford, Ashton, Leigh and Wigan. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. We have a CQC rating as good overall and we have some key areas of outstanding practice with an outstanding rating for being well led at every level.
Over 5,700 people work for the Trust and many of them have been here a long time. People find they don't need to go elsewhere to find a fulfilling career in healthcare. The Trust offer a range of flexible working patterns to enable our staff to balance their work and personal life.
Job description
Job responsibilities
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
There are full details of the job requirements of the role in the attached job description
You can also speak to the Chief Pharmacists about the role or contact any of the Clinical leads lists below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
There are full details of the job requirements of the role in the attached job description
You can also speak to the Chief Pharmacists about the role or contact any of the Clinical leads lists below.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Masters degree in Pharmacy or equivalent.
- Registered as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Recognised postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy.
Desirable
- Relevant Management Qualification
- Supplementary/Independent Prescriber
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Post-registration experience in the NHS, or a similar organisation commensurate to the post.
- Successful management of change in a complex organisation.
- Experience of providing prescribing advice.
- Experience in co-ordinating and prioritising own workload.
- Working experience of clinical health care, with a knowledge and understanding of the associated terminology.
Desirable
- Experience of using Microsoft Office
- Experience in investigating serious untoward incidents relating to medicines.
SKILLS
Essential
- Excellent leadership and motivational skills
- Excellent organisational skills with ability to prioritise a varied workload and work to tight deadlines
- Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
- Well developed negotiating, influencing and analytical skills.
- Good presentation skills.
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team and can handle people of different capabilities and attitudes.
- IT skills, particularly Word.
- Ability to produce good quality, accurate and timely correspondence, reports and meeting notes.
- Good working knowledge of e-PACT and the interpretation of prescribing indicators
Desirable
- Knowledge of pharmacoeconomics
ATTRIBUTES
Essential
- Self motivated with an ability to deliver work in line with Directorate priorities and timescales
- Able to maintain credibility with diverse range of senior health professionals and lay people
- Ability to deal with personal details in an appropriate manner.
- Committed to equal opportunities.
Desirable
- Ability to travel to attend meetings around the borough.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Masters degree in Pharmacy or equivalent.
- Registered as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Recognised postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy.
Desirable
- Relevant Management Qualification
- Supplementary/Independent Prescriber
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Post-registration experience in the NHS, or a similar organisation commensurate to the post.
- Successful management of change in a complex organisation.
- Experience of providing prescribing advice.
- Experience in co-ordinating and prioritising own workload.
- Working experience of clinical health care, with a knowledge and understanding of the associated terminology.
Desirable
- Experience of using Microsoft Office
- Experience in investigating serious untoward incidents relating to medicines.
SKILLS
Essential
- Excellent leadership and motivational skills
- Excellent organisational skills with ability to prioritise a varied workload and work to tight deadlines
- Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
- Well developed negotiating, influencing and analytical skills.
- Good presentation skills.
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team and can handle people of different capabilities and attitudes.
- IT skills, particularly Word.
- Ability to produce good quality, accurate and timely correspondence, reports and meeting notes.
- Good working knowledge of e-PACT and the interpretation of prescribing indicators
Desirable
- Knowledge of pharmacoeconomics
ATTRIBUTES
Essential
- Self motivated with an ability to deliver work in line with Directorate priorities and timescales
- Able to maintain credibility with diverse range of senior health professionals and lay people
- Ability to deal with personal details in an appropriate manner.
- Committed to equal opportunities.
Desirable
- Ability to travel to attend meetings around the borough.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
