Principal Pharmacist – Medicine

Lead and shape the future of Clinical Pharmacy for Medicine at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust!We are seeking an experienced and ambitious pharmacist to take on a senior leadership role, driving the development of clinical pharmacy services across a range of medical specialities.As Principal Pharmacist for Medicine, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care while improving patient flow, service efficiency and medicines optimisation. You will lead a well-established team of senior pharmacists and work closely with multidisciplinary and senior clinical leaders to influence service transformation.This is an exciting opportunity to combine strategic leadership with clinical expertise, contributing to innovation, digital development, and the future direction of pharmacy services across the Trust and wider healthcare system.Why join us?

Job description

LeadershipResponsible for leading the delivery, management and development of the Clinical Pharmacy Service to high standards of efficiency and effectiveness for the specialities.Regularly review Clinical Pharmacy roles in line with skill mix and ensure that staff allocation reflects best practice.Maintain workload and performance records and identify and manage significant variances using key performance indicators (KPIs). Use this information to help further develop the service.Monitor activity, plan and co-ordinate changes necessary for the further development of Clinical Pharmacy services. Identify and negotiate for the resources needed to effect the change.Lead on allocated pharmacy work streams to support local and national initiatives.Acts as a role model for less experienced pharmacists and promote best practiceIdentify, develop and take opportunities to further improve the service through established and innovative practicesClinical Pharmacy Service ManagementLead on the recording, reporting and monitoring of Clinical Pharmacy interventions for the specialities.Responsible for Clinical Governance and incident monitoring, within Clinical Pharmacy Services for your specialities and take action to minimise risks.Ensure that the division receives regular reports on finance and governance relating to medicines for the specialities you are responsible for.Monitor medicines usage and expenditure against the local & regional formulary and commissioning guidance to provide recommendations in order to contain costs.Work closely with the other principal & senior pharmacists to ensure a consistent trustwide clinical pharmacy service.Maintain a good working relationship with other section heads and line managers and equivalent throughout the Trust to contribute to the business planning cycle.Work with the other Principal & Senior Pharmacists and managers to further develop and deliver a 7 day pharmacy clinical service.Advise on matters relating to Clinical Pharmacy to ensure safe and effective practices are developed and adhered to.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Masters Degree in Pharmacy
• Registered with the GPhC
• Evidence of commitment to CPD
• Registered independent prescriber
• Postgraduate qualifications in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience as a qualified hospital Pharmacist Management experience at band 8a level or above

skills and knowledge

Essential

• Able to work as part of a team.
• Evidence of leadership skills/abilities
• Ability to manage equipment resources within the Pharmacy Department.
• To be able to manage own service within the given financial/staffing constraints.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to confer complex information to clinical staff and patients.

About the employer

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 286,700, providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and the continued upgrading of existing areas ensures the Trust now has a state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit facilities. Work is also well underway on its multi-million pound new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre which will house a new Emergency Department (including Children's Emergency Department), co-located Paediatric Assessment Unit, Acute Medical Unit and Urgent Care Centre. This is scheduled for completion this year.