Principal Pharmacist – Women & Children
Step into a transformative leadership role at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust as Principal Pharmacist for Women & Children. You'll inspire pharmacy teams, champion innovative clinical services, and drive positive change across multiple sites – including supporting a local paediatric hospice. This is your chance to shape patient care, mentor future leaders, and collaborate with passionate professionals. Your expertise will set new standards in medicines optimisation and service excellence.
Responsibilities
* Develop the clinical pharmacy service to patients within specialist areas across the Trust.
* Run the day-to‑day pharmacy clinical services to specialist areas at Frimley Health Foundation Trust (FHFT).
* Support the training and development of pharmacist independent prescribers.
* Act as a role model in clinical pharmacy practice and provide a consistently high standard of clinical service in line with pharmacy objectives.
* Recruit, manage, and develop staff under the postholder.
* Support the Clinical Pharmacy Manager with the day‑to‑day running of pharmacy services to specialist teams across FHFT.
* Provide at least one day a week at each site.
* Ensure close cross‑site relations with the pharmacy team across all sites.
* Work closely with the Clinical Pharmacist Manager, clinicians and senior managers to develop pharmaceutical services to the specialty across the Trust at all sites.
* Promote and develop the use of Independent Prescribing by pharmacists in the delivery of care across the Trust.
* Fulfil the role of an Independent Prescribing Pharmacist within the individual's area of competence, including medicines reconciliation on admission and prescribing of currently prescribed medicines on discharge.
* Manage delivery of the clinical pharmacy service to the clinical area and support cover to other areas when ward cover is needed.
* Ensure the service follows departmental procedures and meets minimum standards agreed with the Clinical Pharmacy Manager, taking current legislation into account.
* Provide strategic clinical pharmacy input into medication error reduction processes within the Trust.
* Liaise closely with the Clinical Pharmacy Manager to ensure appropriate actions are taken to comply with Patient Safety Alerts, NICE guidance, and CQC assessments.
* Fulfil the role and duties of the "Responsible Pharmacist" when required, completing appropriate records as required by the GPhC.
* Help develop and promote suitable shared care arrangements for medicines between hospital and primary care, providing relevant information to patients and health‑care workers.
* Lead the department in supporting the delivery of services to outpatients within the specialty, whether in clinics, day units or homecare.
* Take an active role in committees relating to specialist areas – e.g. clinical governance.
About Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) serves a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire. With a strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future, FHFT is committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.
Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.
We continue to invest heavily in services and facilities, including the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. Our commitment to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition is reflected in environmentally responsible, energy‑efficient design and the integration of renewables and intelligent energy systems.
We recognise the importance of a healthy work‑life balance and encourage flexible working arrangements. As an inclusive and disability‑confident employer, FHFT is proud of our Gold award for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme and offers first‑class development opportunities for all staff.
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