Lead Pharmacist- Women's and Children's Services and IV MedicinesNHS

Job summary

Lead Pharmacist- Women's/Children's and IV Therapy -Band 8A - 37.5 hours- Permanent

Job Shares / Part Time or Flexible working will be considered

We are looking for an enthusiastic pharmacist to join our friendly team as our new Lead Pharmacist for Women's/Children's and IV Therapy. With a new Chief Pharmacist, an ambitious 2 year departmental strategy and our Pharmacy robot newly replaced; we are in a prime position to support you to become an outstanding Lead Pharmacist for Women's/Children's and IV Therapy.

We would fully support you to undertake relevant post graduate training and also leadership training.

Participation in the extended hours, weekend, Bank Holiday and on-call service will be required.

Main duties of the job

The Lead Pharmacist for Women & Children's Services and IV Medicines is responsible for the strategic leadership, development and delivery of clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation services across Paediatrics, Neonatal and Maternity services.

The post holder will provide highly specialised pharmaceutical care, advanced clinical pharmacy practice and independent prescribing to ensure patients receive safe, effective and evidence-based treatment.

The post holder will act as the Trust Lead for IV Medicines, providing professional leadership, governance oversight and strategic development of injectable medicines practices across the organisation.

The post holder will lead medicines optimisation, medication safety, quality improvement and service development initiatives within Women & Children's services whilst working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to improve patient outcomes and experience.

The post holder will provide professional leadership and support to pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and trainee staff, contributing to workforce development and succession planning across the pharmacy service.

The role will represent Pharmacy at specialty, divisional and Trust-wide governance groups and contribute to regional and national pharmacy networks where appropriate.

Job description

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

About us

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Excellence

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.