An exciting job share opportunity has arisen for an experienced senior pharmacist with a keen interest in medicines governance and community services and the ability to lead, inspire, innovate and manage service change and staff.
The successful applicant will work alongside the existing Head of Medicines Management following a reduction in hours to lead and deliver the medicines management strategy for community services across Sheffield.
The successful applicant must be a registered pharmacist with a post graduate qualification in clinical pharmacy or equivalent with experience in working at a senior level and an in depth understanding of pharmacy risk and governance issues.
You will have excellent time management, communication and prioritisation skills and the ability to manage your workload independently. You will need to collaborate with a wide range of colleagues across community, hospital and social care on complex issues.
You will also need to be approachable, adaptable and willing to learn new skills.
To lead clinical pharmacy, particularly in palliative care and non-medical prescribing and supply of administration of medicines in the community, under the direction of the Chief Pharmacist and in liaison with the Deputy Chief Pharmacist (Clinical).
To lead on all aspects of pharmacy governance for Community Services, in close liaison with the Pharmacy Healthcare Governance Manager and Chief Pharmacist.
To provide leadership within Community Services regarding development and implementation of non physician prescribing (including independent pharmacist prescribing).
To plan for and develop strategic initiatives relating to the provision of clinical pharmacy functions in Community Services and ensure services are delivered to a high quality in a safe and cost-effective manner in accordance with relevant legislation
To provide professional leadership to the operational clinical pharmacists and medicine management technicians in delivering a comprehensive pharmacy service to patients and staff within Community Services.
To provide line management responsibilities for the Community services medicines management team.
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Sheffield.
As a teaching hospital, we have a great commitment to education, training, and development of staff, including undergraduates from many professions. You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it services. The NHS offers a wide range of benefits including pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance and career, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.
The trust will give you time to use your skills and help you develop a fulfilling career as well as a commitment to support flexible working and can support such things as, part time hours, condensed hours, or job share. These options are not exhaustive, and we would encourage candidates to state any forms of flexible working they would like to explore in their application.
NHS organisations recognise the benefits of having a diverse workforce. As a trust and department, we are working to promote and improve inclusion and representation from under-represented groups including global majority ethnicities, LGBTQ+ identities, and colleagues with disabilities. We wouldwelcome applicants who are members of these groups and other underrepresented groups to apply.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Graham Marsh Job title: Chief Pharmacist Email address: graham.marsh1@nhs.net Telephone number: 01142714164
To arrange a visit or speak to a member of the team, please contact Kerry Oldham : kerry.oldham@nhs.net
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