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Senior Pharmacist – Outpatient Pharmacy
The closing date is 10 July 2025
As a member of the Outpatients pharmacy team, you will contribute to the provision of a range of pharmaceutical services; issuing prescriptions, giving advice where appropriate, working alongside Outpatient Pharmacy team to ensure all pharmacy duties are carried out in accordance with legal and relevant clinical guidelines, in addition to the departmental procedures to meet the needs of our customers.
There will be a requirement to deputise in the absence of the Superintendent pharmacist so strong professional leadership and decision-making skills, as well as line management of junior staff will form core components of the role.
Main duties of the job
o Support the Outpatient multi-disciplinary teams and Trust services with effective pharmaceutical care and intervention when required for patients, specifically with regards to medicines supply and management.
o Monitoring key quality/performance indicators and service pressures and recommending/implementing actions to address them. Reporting on workforce requirements for meeting service demand.
o To support the Superintendent Pharmacist to lead, develop, deliver and evaluate the clinical pharmacy service.
o Involved in the day-to-day management of designated staff in the Outpatient pharmacy team. Responsible for staff supervision, managing attendance and performance, identifying and facilitating staff training needs.
o Acting as the Responsible Pharmacist for the service as required.
About us
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Job responsibilities
See attached job description and person specification.
Please do not hesitate to get in contact for further discussion.
Person Specification
Essential/desirable
* Demonstrable leadership experience and/or training
* Management experience and/or training
* Clinical Diploma
Skills
* Line management
Professional
* Registered with GPHC
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.
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Outpatient Pharmacy, Royal Hampshire County Hospital
£46,148 to £52,809 a yearper annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
251-FCSS6508-HHCS-A
Job locations
Outpatient Pharmacy, Royal Hampshire County Hospital
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