Clinical Pharmacy Manager

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellbeing

Staff benefits

Professional development

Job summary

University Hospitals Tees invites a highly motivated pharmacist to join the clinical pharmacy leadership team, delivering strategy and overseeing the expanded clinical pharmacy service across sites. You will supervise senior pharmacists, pre-registration pharmacists, technicians and support staff to ensure safe, effective use of medicines.

The role requires Band 8a level leadership, excellent clinical and management skills, and a commitment to teamwork.

Qualifications

• Pharmacist with registered status and proven leadership in a hospital setting (Band 8a level or above).
• Excellent teamwork and collaboration across service lines are essential.
• Commitment to inclusive recruitment and staff development.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and management to the clinical pharmacy team.
• Develop and deliver a coordinated clinical pharmacy service across Clinical Service Units.
• Support quality improvement initiatives and innovation within the department.
• Ensure compliance with national guidance and audits.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Team management

Hospital pharmacy

Autonomous working

Quality improvement

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate pharmacist seeking to utilize and strengthen their leadership skills. This post-holder will join the existing Clinical Pharmacy Managers in providing leadership and management to the expanding clinical pharmacy team at University Hospitals Tees, to deliver the clinical pharmacy strategy.

We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist with excellent clinical pharmacy, leadership, and management skills. Experience in a team management role in a hospital setting at a Band 8a level or above is essential (please see the Job description and/or person specification for further details). Excellent teamwork skills are a priority and will contribute to the development of clinical pharmacy services, quality improvement, and innovation within the department, driven by your initiative and enthusiasm. You will also need to be able to work autonomously and effectively contribute to the priorities of the pharmacy leadership team.

You will be responsible for developing and managing the provision of a coordinated and comprehensive clinical pharmacy service for designated Clinical Service Units within the organisation, to ensure the safe and effective use of medicines.

The clinical specialities that the successful candidate will oversee will be negotiated based on the candidate's previous experience and competence. The overall clinical pharmacy service is divided among the team of Clinical Pharmacy Managers.

The post involves managing and supervising the duties of senior and directorate pharmacists, pre and post registration foundation pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and support staff to ensure we are compliant with national guidance and recommendations of our auditors.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.

Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.

We are committed to supporting our staff through an inclusive and supportive working environment, offering health and wellbeing initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive recruitment process and welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates, including those whose first language is not English.

We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.