An exciting opportunity to lead a diverse, dynamic and forward-thinking pharmacy team has arisen due to internal promotion. We are looking for an effective and innovative pharmacy leader to be our Deputy Chief Pharmacist and complement the senior pharmacy team. The post holder in conjunction with the Chief Pharmacist, lead on the Pharmacy service strategy, prescribing strategy and work closely with the Trusts' MSO on the medicine safety agenda. You will be expected to work with senior leaders across the Trust and regularly deputise for the Chief Pharmacist across a variety of forums
You must be able to lead by example, motivate and empower teams to ensure consistently high standards, with a focus on compassionate and inclusive leadership. As a role model and champion for Clinical Pharmacy, the post holder will maintain and lead a profile within Pharmacy, the Trust and with our wider system partners, as well as provide leadership to the wider MDT as lead NMP for the Trust.
Recent strong Trust investment into the pharmacy services has allowed us to roll out automation across all inpatient wards and we are currently exploring automation in Theatres. We have Trust wide EPMA and are looking to deploy an EPR system. We recently relocated to a new department and have installed a new Omnicell Dispensing robot in the Pharmacy department . The Pharmacy Department has been Shortlisted in the Trust staff and Department awards for 'Team of the year' - an accolade the team WON in 2021.