Principal Pharmacist

Practice Plus Group; London; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a Principal Pharmacist for its team at HMP Wormwood Scrubs. The role involves managing a large pharmacy team, ensuring safe medication practices, and developing pharmacy services. Candidates should possess a Master's in Pharmacy, leadership experience, and excellent communication skills.

Benefits

Bespoke induction training

Career development opportunities

Employee assistance helpline

Discounts on shopping and leisure activities

Qualifications

• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council required.
• Experience developing effective working relationships with stakeholders.
• Ideal applicants will have a prescriber qualification.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and support to the pharmacy team.
• Ensure safe and effective patient-centered care.
• Facilitate own prescribing clinics.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Leadership experience

Compassionate approach

Education

Vocational Master’s Degree in Pharmacy

Non-medical Prescribing qualification

Job description

About The Role

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have a fantastic opportunity for a PrincipalPharmacistto join our Pharmacyteam atHMP Wormwood Scrubs, a busy category Bremand Prison located in West London,close to East Acton station. The prison houses around 1300 patients aged 21 plus.

This role would suit an experienced pharmacist who has worked in both hospital and community environments. You should have proven management skills, be confident leading a large team and have knowledge of primary care mental health and substance misuse pharmacy services.

Within this role you will be managing a team of 17 Pharmacy staff members including 2 Clinical Pharmacists. We are looking for a great communicator with a passion for developing pharmacy services.

Hours

Monday- Friday

8.30am-4.30pm

Salary

This position isfull time,you’ll receive an annual salaryup to £68,680 per annum depending on experience

How we will support you

• Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course

• Competency framework

• Regional and national career development opportunities

• Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs

• Support from the wider team

Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

What you'll be doing

As a Principal Pharmacist, your responsibilities will vary. You will

• Provide leadership and support to the dedicated pharmacy team and thewider healthcare team around all aspects of safe use and handling of medicines within the secure environment.
• Ensure that there is good partnership working between teams to ensure that safe and effective patient centred care is at the core of what we do and in line with our wellbeing approach.
• Demonstrate high degrees of professional judgement across the role which will encompass both a leadership and clinical aspect.
• Continually develop your professional knowledge and skills and be expected to facilitate yourown prescribing clinics within your sphere of competence.
• Understand cost effective prescribing practices and ensure these are implemented across the team of prescribers and empower the pharmacy team to challenge inappropriate prescribing.
  

If you are interested incareer development,we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include bothinternal and external optionsfor development and learning.

It doesn’t stop there… we also offer:

• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

What we’ll look for in you

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We’re the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.

Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

• we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
• we act with integrity
• we embrace diversity
• we strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

Requirements

• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Vocational Master’s Degree in Pharmacy including pre-registration training
• Non-medical Prescribing qualification
• Relevant post qualifications
• Excellent communication skills
• Leadership experience
• Experience developing effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Non-judgemental and compassionate approach
• Ideal applicants will also have a prescriber qualification

Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you’re looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.