Job summary
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As an experienced pharmacist with extensive hospital dispensary experience, you will lead on all aspects of medicines optimisation and medication use within the pharmacy dispensaries across North Tees & Hartlepool.
You will support medical and nursing teams, as well as allied health professionals in the safe and effective use of medicines. You will manage and deliver services in accordance with relevant professional, ethical and legal standards and locally agreed policies, procedures and guidelines. The post holder will make essential contributions to the delivery of the daily workflow in the inpatient dispensaries, ensuring outstanding quality services for patients, hospital staff and other service users.
Main duties of the job
Through excellent leadership skills, you will be expected to co-ordinate and participate in the day to day management of the pharmacy dispensaries, contributing to professional, clinical and accuracy checking of prescriptions received into the pharmacy, providing advice to service users, leading on investigations of errors and implementing service improvements when necessary. Working within and leading a small pharmacy team, you will use appropriate skill mix within the team to ensure that key performance metrics are met and the service runs safely and efficiently.
The modernisation, improvement and development of medicines supply, as an aspect of medicines management, is the key to achieving our vision for the future of pharmacy services. We will achieve this through the extensive use of digital technologies and IT solutions, and by developing and valuing our colleagues. This post leads on and delivers pharmacy services via the Trust dispensaries, providing error management, intervention feedback, procedure formulation and training.
About us
At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.
We recruit for values and "Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool"
Job description
Job responsibilities
See full job description/person specification attached.
Lead on all aspects of medicines optimisation and medication use within the pharmacy dispensary services, supporting medical and nursing teams, as well as allied health professionals in the safe and effective use of medicines.
Manage and deliver services in accordance with relevant professional, ethical and legal standards and locally agreed policies, procedures and guidelines.
Make essential contributions to the delivery of the daily workflow in the inpatient dispensaries, ensuring outstanding quality services for patients, hospital staff and other service users.
Co-ordinate and participate in the day to day management of the pharmacy dispensaries, contributing to professional, clinical and accuracy checking of prescriptions received into the pharmacy, providing advice to service users, leading on investigations of errors and implementing service improvements when necessary.
Working within and leading a small pharmacy team, use appropriate skill mix within the team to ensure that key performance metrics are met and the service runs safely and efficiently.
The modernisation, improvement and development of medicines supply, as an aspect of medicines management, is the key to achieving our vision for the future of pharmacy services. We will achieve this through the extensive use of digital technologies and IT solutions, and by developing and valuing our colleagues.
This post leads on and delivers pharmacy services via the Trust dispensaries, providing error management, intervention feedback, procedure formulation and training.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See full job description/person specification attached.
Lead on all aspects of medicines optimisation and medication use within the pharmacy dispensary services, supporting medical and nursing teams, as well as allied health professionals in the safe and effective use of medicines.
Manage and deliver services in accordance with relevant professional, ethical and legal standards and locally agreed policies, procedures and guidelines.
Make essential contributions to the delivery of the daily workflow in the inpatient dispensaries, ensuring outstanding quality services for patients, hospital staff and other service users.
Co-ordinate and participate in the day to day management of the pharmacy dispensaries, contributing to professional, clinical and accuracy checking of prescriptions received into the pharmacy, providing advice to service users, leading on investigations of errors and implementing service improvements when necessary.
Working within and leading a small pharmacy team, use appropriate skill mix within the team to ensure that key performance metrics are met and the service runs safely and efficiently.
The modernisation, improvement and development of medicines supply, as an aspect of medicines management, is the key to achieving our vision for the future of pharmacy services. We will achieve this through the extensive use of digital technologies and IT solutions, and by developing and valuing our colleagues.
This post leads on and delivers pharmacy services via the Trust dispensaries, providing error management, intervention feedback, procedure formulation and training.
Person Specification
Qualifications/registration
Essential
- MPharm or equivalent
- Registration as a pharmacist with GPhC
Postgraduate qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate clinical diploma or equivalent
Desirable
- Qualified (or training to be) independent prescriber
Post-registration experience
Essential
- Significant post-registration experience in a hospital environment
- Experience of managing service and people
Desirable
- Experience of change management
Skills and attributes
Essential
- Leadership and negotiation skills
- Good influencing and negotiation skills
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications/registration
Essential
- MPharm or equivalent
- Registration as a pharmacist with GPhC
Postgraduate qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate clinical diploma or equivalent
Desirable
- Qualified (or training to be) independent prescriber
Post-registration experience
Essential
- Significant post-registration experience in a hospital environment
- Experience of managing service and people
Desirable
- Experience of change management
Skills and attributes
Essential
- Leadership and negotiation skills
- Good influencing and negotiation skills
Desirable
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).
