Head of Pharmacy - Bedford Hospital site

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Bedford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS Trust as the Head of Pharmacy, overseeing operations across two busy hospital sites. You'll lead a team, manage budgets, and ensure compliance with pharmacy legislation while driving service improvements. This role offers professional development opportunities in a supportive environment.

Benefits

High quality training and development

State-of-the-art facilities

Qualifications

• Previous excellent performance in a senior pharmacy role.
• Validated expertise in managing Pharmacy Operations and Medicines Supply Chain.

Responsibilities

• Managing and advising on medicine expenditure for a directorate.
• Delivering cost reduction and service improvement initiatives.

Skills

Organised

Excellent written communication

Excellent verbal communication

Education

Pharmacy degree (Masters level)

Post graduate level Diploma in Pharmacy

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Pharmacy degree (Masters level)
• Registration as a pharmacist with the GPhC
• Post graduate level Diploma in a relevant aspect of Pharmacy
• Management qualification or equivalent experience (consistent with post graduate Masters level) - or willing to undertake
• Demonstrates continuous professional development

Desirable criteria

• Member of the RPS Stage II Faculty Member of the RPS (MIIFRPS)
• GCP Training
• Prince 2 Foundation, Agile, Change Management, QI or equivalent accreditation
• CPPE Chief Pharmacist Development Programme
• Independent Prescriber
• Coaching or equivalent accreditation

Experience

Essential criteria

• Previous excellent performance in a senior pharmacy role
• Validated expertise in the management of a Pharmacy Operations and Medicines Supply Chain function, meeting performance targets
• Extensive experience of working as a senior pharmacy practitioner in an acute hospital setting
• Managing and advising on medicine expenditure for a directorate / department
• Delivering on cost reduction initiatives and service improvement initiatives
• Substantial experience with pay and non-pay budgets
• Demonstrable skills of clinical governance, clinical audit, risk management and health and safety management
• Leading, managing / matrix-managing and motivating large groups of staff
• Collaborative working in multidisciplinary settings
• Policy and service development including driving performance and meeting KPIs
• Working across and leading Trust wide projects and initiatives

Desirable criteria

• Experience of leading process redesign work
• Experience of working in a number of hospital pharmacy areas
• Actively engaged in research and development

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Organised and able to devise, plan and manage a number of complex work programmes simultaneously
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to present complex information in a clear and concise manner
• Business case planning, preparation, delivery and service development
• Awareness of, and ability to demonstrate implementation in practice of, GMP, GDP and GCP
• Knowledge and understanding of medicines legislation and governance
• Knowledge and awareness of implications of current developments in pharmacy practice and NHS strategies
• Understanding of national Pharmacy policies and strategies and implications to own practice and the wider Trust

Desirable criteria

• Ability to integrate research into practice
• Ability to formulate, lead and implement service strategies
• Trained Incident Investigator
• Knowledge and awareness of pharmacy education developments and good practice requirements
• Knowledge and experience of Clinical Governance, particularly in respect of medicines use and governance
• Knowledge of medication safety processes and drivers

It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.

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.

Documents to download

• JD Head of Pharmacy (BH site) (PDF, 376.6KB)
• PS Head of Pharmacy BH site (PDF, 64.4KB)
• Head of Pharmacy - LDH site (FR) (PDF, 90.5KB)
• Clinical Service Lines (PDF, 253.5KB)
• Disclosure & Barring Information and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 78.5KB)
• Staff Diversity Network (PDF, 140.3KB)
• Information for Disabled Applicants (PDF, 98.7KB)
• Bedford Hospital Site map (PDF, 2.6MB)
• Staff Benefits (PNG, 1.6MB)