Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 9
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Job ref
- 284-25-7046135-DMRG
- Employer
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Birmingham Children's Hospital
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- 拢105,385 - 拢121,271 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Chief Pharmacist
NHS AfC: Band 9
Flexible working arrangements may be considered and discussions with the recruiting manager regarding this are encouraged.听听
Job overview
The Chief Pharmacist will hold corporate responsibility, delegated from the Chief Medical Officer, for provision of strategic, clinical and professional leadership on the safe, effective and cost-effective use of medicines and pharmacy services across the Trust.听
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Main duties of the job
The post is directly responsible for all aspects of medicines optimisation and management of risks associated with medicines across the Trust. This includes compliance with associated national standards e.g. Care Quality Commission (CQC), Medicines Health Regulatory Agency (MHRA), National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC); and the delivery of all contractual requirements relating to medicines identified by the Commissioners.
听The post is responsible for the professional leadership and management of the Pharmacy department and the wholly owned subsidiary Birmingham Children鈥檚 Hospital Pharmacy Limited.
听The role has definitive responsibility for the safe use of medicines across the Trust and ensuring there are appropriate systems and accountable structures in place to provide board level assurance on all safety and statutory requirements. The post holder will be the Controlled Drugs Accountable Officer (CDAO) for the Trust. The post will report directly to the Chief Medical Officer in relation to this corporate role.
Working for our organisation
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women鈥檚 and Children鈥檚 NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MPharm or equivalent degree in pharmacy
Desirable criteria
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MPharm or equivalent degree in Pharmacy
- Registration of the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Postgraduate Diploma/MSc in Clinical Pharmacy
- Significant management and leadership experience at a senior level in the NHS
- Have a sound knowledge of legislation, national standards and good practice around medication supply, storage and prescribing/use
- Evidence of delivering substantial financial savings via cost improvement programmes
- Extensive evidence of dealing with incidents and risk management
- Experience of writing board level reports, policies and procedures
Desirable criteria
- Experience of ensuring the safe management of digital systems involving medicines
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Matthew Train
- Job title
- Director of Operations - Medicine Division
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07786250949
- Additional information
Please contact Matthew Train ([email protected]) or Dr Satish Rao ([email protected]) for further details
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