Director of Pharmacy Technical Services

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership; Newport; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Welsh healthcare organization is seeking an experienced Pharmacist to lead Pharmacy Technical Services. You will manage operations, engage with stakeholders, and shape the future of pharmacy services within NHS Wales. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills, extensive experience in hospital pharmacy, and a relevant postgraduate qualification. The position offers flexibility, and the ability to work from home or other locations. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact on healthcare delivery.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Flexible working arrangements

Continuous improvement opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in hospital pharmacy and pharmacy management within an NHS Trust.
• Awareness of Welsh Government strategies impacting pharmacy services.
• Significant experience in a complex NHS organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead and shape Pharmacy Technical Services.
• Manage multi-site operations and engage with stakeholders.
• Ensure service delivery across NHS Wales.

Skills

Leadership skills

Ability to communicate

Ability to influence

Welsh Language Skills

Education

M Pharm, MRPharmS

Postgraduate qualification in pharmacy technical services

Postgraduate management qualification relevant to the NHS

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen foran experienced Pharmacist to lead, shape and influence Pharmacy Technical Services within NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP).

Transforming Access to Medicines is an NHS Wales programme to set up a shared Pharmacy Technical Service for Wales. The post is the senior professional post in the service and will report to the Managing Director of Shared Services, with a professional relationship to the Welsh Government Chief Pharmacist. The post will be a peer member of the Chief Pharmacists Group of the Health Boards and Trusts in NHS Wales. The post holder will act as the senior accountable professional for the medicine's preparation activities. They will play a key role in supporting the mobilisation of the service, a major investment in facilities and equipment, and the process by which the service's people will be assembled. The post will take responsibility for leading the transition from mobilisation into operational service.

Main duties of the job

You will have wide experience of Pharmacy Technical Services in a Secondary Care setting, experience of delivering transformational change, and be used to leading large and diverse teams. You will be knowledgeable about the detail of production activity, accustomed to dealing with clinical, financial, workforce, and executive stakeholders, and with experience of managing multi-site operations.

This is a critical strategic role, as such you will benefit from having strong leadership skills and resilience. You will also need the ability to easily build trusting relationships with peers and stakeholders and to act as an ambassador for NWSSP, as well as the ability to inspire, engage and empower the workforce. Finally, you will need to bepassionateand people centred, embodying the values of NWSSP and NHS Wales.

If you believe you have the relevant attributes, skills and experience required for this role to really make a difference on how pharmacy technical services are delivered across NHS Wales, then we would love to hear from you.

Therewill be a 2 stage recruitment process including a Presentation with a Stakeholder panel followed by a formal panel interview. These processes will take place on separate days, and depending on circumstances may be conducted virtually.

Stakeholder Date: TBC

Interview Date: TBC

About us

At NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership we expect everyone to embrace our values of Listening and Learning, Working Together, Taking Responsibility and Innovating.

Our organisation encourages an agile working approach and we pride ourselves on being a learning organisation motivated by continuous improvement.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values equality, diversity and inclusion, focussing on the wellbeing and belonging of our people.

Excellent customer service is something we strive for, for both our internal and external customers.

Offering a comprehensive benefits package, there is something for everyone. To find out more about working for us, the benefits we offer and guidance on the application process please visit https://nwssp.nhs.wales/working-for-us/

NWSSP work in an agile way where possible, all posts will have a contractual base but as part of agile ways of working that may mean working from home and other locations. We also look at how we balance flexibility with community, and how to manage opportunities to learn from each other.

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Person Specification

Experience

• M Pharm, MRPharmS and member of General Pharmaceutical Council Postgraduate qualification in pharmacy technical services - or demonstrable equivalent experience
• Postgraduate management qualification relevant to the NHS - or demonstrable equivalent experience
• Evidence of engagement with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Faculty - membership, application pending or evidence of portfolio building, consistent with ASII or above
• Awareness of Welsh Government/Department of Health Strategies for NHS Wales and knowledge of health service developments (e.g. NICE) which will impact on pharmacy services.

Skills and Attributes

• Leadership skills and ability to communicate, influence and negotiate on highly complex matters and difficult situations within the service, Health Boards and external bodies
• Ability to develop and maintain strategic alliances
• Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh

Other

• Able to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service and be able to travel to other NWSSP sites

Experience

• Significant experience of working at a senior level in a large, complex NHS organisation
• Significant experience in hospital pharmacy and at least some of which is in pharmacy management within an NHS Trust or Health Board providing pharmacy aseptic or production services within a MHRA licensed unit
• Experience of strategy development and management of change and modernisation processes across a range of complex environments
• Experience of budget management and knowledge of budget management processes
• Experience leading or managing one or more pharmacy services in a large complex NHS organisation
• Extensive clinical pharmacy and technical pharmacy experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Full-time,Flexible working,Home or remote working