This new and exciting role has been created to join the Senior Pharmacy Management Team at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to help shape the pharmacy workforce of the future. Being professionally and operationally responsible for the technician and assistant workforce (over 150 WTE staff), the successful candidate will help provide strategic leadership for this staff group across all sites within the Trust.
A strategic thinker, who demonstrates exceptional leadership skills and operational knowledge of hospital pharmacy services, along with in-depth knowledge of pharmacy workforce issues, will excel in this role.
Working locally, regionally, and nationally, the successful candidate will ensure that the STH Pharmacy Technician/Assistant workforce is at the forefront of workforce development initiatives. Advising the Chief Pharmacist directly on all professional issues, the post holder will ensure that all legal and statutory requirements are met.
Key Responsibilities: Strategic Management and Business Planning
Professional Leadership
Operational Management – dispensary and medicines management teams
Workforce Development
Governance and Patient Safety
Management responsibilities for a senior team (1 WTE band 8a, 3 WTE band 7) covering all hospital sites
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. It is an energetic and vibrant organisation that places patients and staff at the heart of everything they do. We provide a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Sheffield, as well as specialist care for patients from further afield, including cancer, spinal cord injuries, renal, and cardiothoracic services.
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 development opportunities, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.
The trust supports flexible working arrangements such as part-time hours, condensed hours, or job sharing. Candidates are encouraged to specify any flexible working preferences in their application.
For further details or informal visits, contact:
Graham Marsh, Chief Pharmacist, graham.marsh1@nhs.net, Tel: 0114 271 4164
Chris Winnard, Deputy Chief Pharmacist (Operations), christopher.winnard@nhs.net, Tel: 0114 271 4164
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