Job overview
At Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH) we have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Superintendent Pharmacist to join our Pharmacy Senior Leadership Team to lead our Outpatient Pharmacy Service. You will be a Pharmacist with significant hospital pharmacy outpatient experience, strong business acumen and well versed in regulatory legislation ensuring that any changes to procurement, dispensing, and supply activities comply with all current legal and statutory obligations ( GPhC, MHRA, CQC) for pharmacies.
GOSH Pharmacy have been on a transformation journey to modernise the Pharmacy Service and facilities to deliver expert care to our paediatric population. Working with the Outpatient Pharmacy Board, you will be the accountable officer on creation and ongoing maintenance of an independent Outpatient Pharmacy in preparation for the future developments including, but not limited to, the GOSH Children’s Cancer Centre (CCC).
We are looking for a highly skilled, dynamic and enthusiastic individual to support our journey as we look forward to new ways of working, pushing digital boundaries and assuring a smooth transition of pharmaceutical care for our patients and families.
Main duties of the job
This role will involve direct management of an independent company budget, set up of commercial opportunities, ensuring a reportable forecast for the management board, and working across multiple services and across internal and external stakeholders. You will create a new Outpatient Pharmacy Team and operating model providing new opportunities for the wider profession within the specialist environment.
PLEASE NOTE: This role sits within the commercial Outpatient Pharmacy Service. While we are working towards offering access to the NHS Pension Scheme, this is not yet approved and therefore does not currently form part of the employment package. Further details will be available once approved.
Working for our organisation
We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as the communities we serve, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including people with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic heritage, people with a disability, and people from LGBTQ+ communities. By growing an ever more diverse workforce, we’ll have a greater range of perspectives and knowledge, meaning that we can provide the children and young people at our hospital with even better care.
Our hospital is committed to creating an environment that is open and inclusive. Our staff are encouraged to engage with colleagues through the following networks: REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage) ENABLED (Enhancing Abilities & Leveraging Disabilities Network), PRIDE and Women’s networks; all of which are sponsored by a member of our Executive Management Team.
We want to ensure that all of our people, regardless of their background, are seen and heard. We want to attract applicants that share our commitment to inclusion and that understand diversity is a strength that is embraced and valued.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
Combined Values
Essential criteria
* Combined Values
Academic/Professional qualification/Training
Essential criteria
* Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
* MPharm or equivalent or BPharm/BSc Hons for those qualified before 2002.
* Clinical Pharmacy Diploma or equivalent Post-graduate qualification
Desirable criteria
* Management qualification
* Independent Prescriber
Experience/Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Substantial previous experience of working in an operational role
* Experience interacting with hospital Electronic Patient Record (EPR)/Electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA) systems
* Experience of managing change and leading service developments
* Experience of training and supervising staff
* Experience of managing staff and leading projects
* Experience of developing standards and key performance indicators
* Experience of audit and service improvement
* Experience of writing / implementing clinical guidelines and SOP’s
* Experience of growing and maintaining and pharmacy business
* Knowledge of all regulation in relation to Wholly owned subsidiaries and superintendent pharmacist roles
* Experience of using computerised systems of stock management and procurement
* Experience of financial reporting and budget statements
* Significant commercial experience planning and developing new business and services
* Experience of Business to Business (B2B) and Business to customer (B2C) service level agreement (SLA) relationship management
Desirable criteria
* Previous experience of working in a Wholly Owned Subsidiary Pharmacy or equivalent
* Experience in procurement of medicines (including unlicensed medicines)
* Experience of working within a Hospital Outpatient or Inpatient Pharmacy setting
* Experience of being part of a regulator inspection process ( GPhC)
* Experience of securing and managing pharmaceutical services as per the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework
* Experience in working within/providing a pharmacy service within paediatrics
Skills/Abilities
Essential criteria
* Good negotiation skills dealing with conflict and complaints
* Able to prioritise and meet deadlines
* Innovation – planned and implemented a new service or method of working.
* Leadership and time management skills
* Ability to undertake audits/Practice Research
* Professional accountability skills
* Ability to motivate and act as a role model
* Ability to identify and implement best practice
* Ability to identify and manage risk
* Advanced level pharmaceutical care skills