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Clinical Pharmacy Team Leader - Paediatrics (XR09)
NHS
Leeds
On-site
GBP 45,000 - 60,000
Full time
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Job summary
A leading NHS trust is seeking a Clinical Pharmacy Team Leader to manage and develop pharmacy services for Women's and Children's healthcare. This role requires an enthusiastic leader with clinical expertise, capable of inspiring a diverse team and influencing the direction of pharmacy services.
Qualifications
- Masters qualification in Pharmacy (4 years), or equivalent qualification, plus 1 year pre-registration training.
- Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Significant post registration experience as a clinical pharmacist, including 2 years as a specialist.
Responsibilities
- Manage a team of pharmacists delivering specialist clinical pharmacy services.
- Develop and manage pharmacy service delivery and resource use.
- Provide leadership and ensure compliance with legal and statutory requirements.
Skills
Education
Job description
Areyou an enthusiastic and proactive leader looking for your next challenge? Doyou enjoy working in a dedicated team environment? We are looking for an passionate andmotivated Pharmacist to lead and manage a team of pharmacy professionals,alongside the pharmacy services to Womens & Childrens at Leeds TeachingHospitals Trust. I
Areyou interested in being part of an innovate pharmacy department and beinstrumental in influencing the direction of pharmacy services to bothWomens & Childrens? If you want to work in a dynamic, forward-thinkingteam to make a difference to patient care, we would love to hear from you!
Expected ShortlistingDate
18/07/2025
Planned InterviewDate
22/07/2025
Youwill be responsible for the provision and development of clinical pharmacyservices to Women's and Children's.
Youwill lead and line manage a team of clinical pharmacists that are responsiblefor clinical pharmacy across a range of specialities (including hepatology,nephrology, cystic fibrosis, PICU, neonates, obstetrics, gastro,rheumatology, surgery, pain, palliative care, allergy, immunology, neurology,parenteral nutrition, cardiology, endocrinology and general medicine)
Youwill work alongside the Lead Pharmacist for Paediatric and AdolescentOncology and Haematology developing strategic plans and staffing requirementsfor pharmacy services to these areas.
Youwill develop and manage the delivery of pharmacy services to ensure efficientuse of resources and systems including monitoring drug expenditure anddelivery of financial savings. You will be responsible for the provision ofinformation to CSU's regarding clinical and financial governance, and issuesaround service delivery and future developments.
Thereare fantastic opportunities for get involved in quality improvement andpractice research projects
Wewant you to inspire our diverse and highly skilled team of clinical pharmacystaff and play a key leadership role in the Trust, and wider care systems, indelivering our vision of medicines optimisation for Women's and Children's.
LeedsTeaching Hospitals is one of the biggest NHS trusts in the UK, offering arange of both general and specialist hospital services, with excellentclinical outcomes for patients. We have an international reputation forexcellence in specialist care & research.
LeedsChildren's Hospital is one of the largest Children's hospitals in the UK,treating patients from across Yorkshire and the North of England as asecondary and tertiary referral centre. The vision for the hospital is to bethe leading provider of healthcare for children and young people in the Northof England, providing the highest quality of care and treatment as close tohome as possible.
Weare
aCentre for excellence in Supportive Care for Paediatric Oncology &Haematology
aCentre for excellence for Paediatric Muscular Dystrophy
oneof three Paediatric Liver centres in the UK
oneof ten Paediatric Renal centres in the UK
oneof the largest neonatal units in the UK
LeedsTeaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job advertsare subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or removeadverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in theshortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while thisprocess is completed, and contact the named contact if you have anyquestions.
JOBDETAILS
JOBPURPOSE
Tomanage a team of pharmacists delivering specialist clinical pharmacy servicesto specified Clinical Service/Support Units (CSUs) within the Trust. To bethe first point of contact, and support for the CSUs, on all mattersrelating to pharmacy.
JOBDIMENSIONS
Provide expert opinion, both withinand outside pharmacy, to ensure the safe and effective delivery of drugtherapy to defined clinical areas.
Provide pharmaceutical professionalleadership for defined clinical areas by liaison with pharmacy operationalservices and key members of the CSU. Be responsible for professionalleadership for specified area of Trust e.g. locality hospital.
The post holder will also performthe role of a lead clinical pharmacist to a defined clinical area. In thisrole, the post holder will ensure medicines are used appropriately, safely,and cost-effectively in accordance with Trust policy, standard operatingprocedures and medicine legislation. The post holder is expected to determinehow the outcomes are best achieved in specific circumstances.
Manage a team of specialistpharmacists providing clinical pharmacy services to the defined clinicalareas and CSUs
Responsible for the provision ofinformation to the CSUs regarding clinical and financial governance, andissues around service delivery and future developments
Responsible for the co-ordinationof training for pharmacists and other healthcare professionals on aspects ofdrug use within defined clinical specialities.
Provide a minimum of at least onesession of professional supervisory cover in the dispensary, asepticdispensary, Medicines Information Department or other related activity. Thepost holder will be required to work evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays ona rotational basis.
To act as the responsiblepharmacist in line with local procedures.
4. ORGANISATIONAL CHART
ClinicalDirector
*Nonspecialist Clinical Pharmacist (not always directly line managed)
5. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCEREQUIRED
Masters qualification in Pharmacy(4 years), or equivalent qualification, plus 1 year pre-registrationtraining.
Member of the GeneralPharmaceutical Council
Postgraduate Diploma in ClinicalPharmacy or equivalent experience or qualification
Significant post registrationexperience as a practising clinical pharmacist, including two years as aspecialist pharmacist in an area relevant to the post. Ability to demonstrate competency in thesix areas required for RPS Faculty advanced levels of practice, independentof the sector of practice.
Proven ability to have successfullydealt with highly complex clinical and managerial issues which required thepharmacist to analyse and formulate a response, based on a range of sources,some of which may not be in agreement, In these situations, it maybenecessary to find a novel solution to an unusual clinical or managerialsituation. The pharmacist will have developed negotiating and persuasiveskills when interacting with other clinical team members, hospital managers,patients and relatives
Experience of dealing with a widevariety and grade of hospital staff on a regular and ongoing basis, includingsenior medical and managerial staff.
Specialist knowledge of a clinicalarea/department which demonstrates abilityto manage a caseload, preferably within the clinical speciality.
6. THE LEEDS WAY VALUES
Ourvalues are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see thisas a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by ourstaff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:
Accountable
Empowered
Allour actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values
Additionallythe following are core values which relate specifically to this post:
Professional attitude
Committed to CPD
Deal with customers with honestyand integrity
Highly motivated to ensure thatservice is continually assessed to ensure improved patientoutcomes/experience.
Empathetic and sensitive tocustomer needs (these include both patients and members of NHS staff)
Strict adherence to patientconfidentiality
7. CORE BEHAVIOURS AND SKILLS
Team player and leader
Professional attitude
Committed to CPD
Calm disposition
Deal with customers with honestyand integrity
Lateral thinker and good problemsolver
Excellent communication skillswritten, verbal, and listening
Can use own initiative
Excellent time management skillswith effective prioritisation skills and the ability to working underpressure
Highly developed influencing andnegotiating skills
Adaptable to changing circumstancesand situations
8. CORE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Knowledge of and complies withappropriate medicines legislation e.g. Medicines Act 1968 and Misuse of DrugsAct 1971
Broad clinical knowledge throughpre /post graduate experience.
Appropriate understanding and theapplication of knowledge to clinical practice.
Take responsibility for actions,understands own limitations and knows when to seek advice.
Knowledge of and complies withpatient confidentiality legislation.
9. PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OFRESPONSIBILITY
Provide pharmaceutical care to agroup of patients in various specialities on a rotational basis. Beresponsible for ensuring that the legal and statutory requirements inrelation to medicines are met and ensure that the delivery of pharmaceuticalcare to patients in the defined clinical area meets both national and localstandards.
Provide professional pharmacistcover on a sessional basis to inpatient and outpatient dispensaries,Medicines Information, Aseptic services and Mental Health, in order to meetlegal requirements.
Participate in the dispensing andchecking of clinical trial materials
Participates in documenting ofprescribing and administration near misses(interventions)
Pharmacists who are registered asprescribers will, with the agreement of the clinical director of thespeciality, prescribe within their level of competence, to support patientcare.
Assist clinical colleagues in thedevelopment and implementation of policies and procedures for the informed,economic use of medicines
Assist clinical colleagues withhorizon scanning activities for new treatments and products in the relevantarea and with submissions to the Drugs and Therapeutics committee
Assist clinical colleagues in theprovision of accurate financial and risk-management data to the appropriateClinical Management Team for the speciality
Participate in the provision ofEducation and Training activities for all pharmacy staff
Participate in research anddevelopment programs and audit within pharmacy services
Receive prescription payments frompatients where appropriate.
Participate in the departmentslate night and weekend working arrangements.
- MPharm
- Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
- Non-Medical Prescriber
- Computer Literate
- team dynamics and effective leadership strategies to optimise performance
- Understanding and appreciation of local and national pharmaceutical clinical strategies
- Advanced Clinical pharmacy knowledge in relevant area
- Understanding of NHS government policy and it's applications
- Team Player
- Enthusiastic and self motivated
- Able to work under own initiative
- Be highly adaptive to changing circumstances
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Leadership
- Lateral Thinker and Good Problem Solver
- Excellent communication skills (written, verbal and listening)
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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