Job vacancy: Chief Pharmacist, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Nottingham

Job summary

Main area: Pharmacy
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 9
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 186-507-24-CS

Employer: Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Duncan Macmillan House
Town: Nottingham
Salary: £99,891 - £114,949 pa pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: Today at 23:59

Chief Pharmacist

NHS AfC: Band 9

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will provide clinical and professional leadership, quality and risk management and lead the strategic development of the service as well as ensuring maintenance of a research and development framework. You will ensure that the Trust's Pharmacy services are progressive and responsive to internal and external demand, patient focused, safe, efficient, effective and well-led.

You will be the expert voice on pharmacy matters to the Executive Board; responsible for the oversight and governance of medicines, including the development, implementation and maintenance of a medicine’s optimisation strategy.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Degree in Pharmacy
Current registration with General Pharmaceutical Council GPhC)
Postgraduate qualification in Management or Leadership to Masters level or equivalent
Postgraduate certificate or diploma qualification in a Clinical Pharmacy topic

Desirable criteria

College of Mental Health Pharmacy (CMHP) member

Experience

Essential criteria

Extensive experience of strategic planning, planning and organisational skills
Experience of the interpretation of national policy and local implications thereof
Experience of effective leadership of a service provision, including staff management and associated human resources processes

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Extensive knowledge of medicines optimisation and medicines management including budget setting
Knowledge of controlled drugs and medicines legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management/leadership
Knowledge of NHS Commissioning Processes
Knowledge of mental health and community health prescribing issues in primary and secondary care

Desirable criteria

Knowledge of pharmacy and EPMA systems
Knowledge of antimicrobial stewardship

Skills

Essential criteria

Excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills, presentation skills and written communication skills
Planning and organisational skills, including advanced time management and prioritisation skills
Ability to motivate self and others to encourage collaborative working to improve performance
Ability to gain the confidence and credibility of a range of professionals, service users and carers

Additional Information

The closing date given is a guide. We reserve the right to close the post early once we have received a sufficient number of applicants, so we advise you to submit your application early to prevent disappointment.
We will be requesting references by email. Please ensure you include email addresses and contact numbers for your referees to avoid delay in the recruitment process.
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