Associate Divisional Director of Pharmacy - Brighton & Hove

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

As the Associate Divisional Director of Pharmacy you will be a valuable member of the divisional leadership team supporting the trust, its services and the pharmacy team in developing and delivering quality care for the people we serve. This post supports the Brighton & Hove Division for the following functions:

Medicines safety
Medicines effectiveness
Formulary adherence
Medicines guideline development
Medicines spend evaluation and efficiencies
Delivery of the medicines optimisation strategy

Main duties of the job

This post will work in partnership with the Managing Director and the Clinical Director, and with the other Professional Leads and the rest of the Division's Senior Leadership Team to provide demonstrable assurance that the quality of clinical services including patient safety, experience and effectiveness meet the required standards and can be well evidenced and communicated. This will be achieved by effective leadership of the Division's pharmacy team.

About us

As a mental health trust, Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff as well as ensuring our reward packages reflect the immensely important work they do. You can expect:

access to full psychological support, the wellbeing team
excellent supervision programmes
flexible working opportunities
access to a host of discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)
a position within a trust rated as outstanding for caring and good overall by the CQC
generous holiday entitlement
excellent NHS pension scheme

We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/life balance brings about huge health related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home working, part time hours, flexible start/finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Date posted

06 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8c

Salary

£74,290 to £85,601 a year pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

354-CO-21540

Job locations

Mill View Hospital

Nevill Avenue

Hove

BN3 7HZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

please note - the attached job description will provide a more detailed account of the main responsibilities

Job description

Job responsibilities

please note - the attached job description will provide a more detailed account of the main responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to master's level or equivalent in a health-related field
Evidence of significant relevant professional development
Registered pharmacist (General Pharmaceutical Council)
Proven ability to perform at strategic and senior management level

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to master's level or equivalent in a health-related field
Evidence of significant relevant professional development
Registered pharmacist (General Pharmaceutical Council)
Proven ability to perform at strategic and senior management level

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).