Principal Pharmacist - Medicine Division

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Principal Pharmacist for the Medicine Division. This role involves managing paediatric pharmacy services, providing expert clinical advice, and leading the pharmacy team to ensure compliance with standards. The successful candidate will contribute to the development of electronic prescribing systems and undertake audits and research to enhance services.

Qualifications

• Accountable for the delivery and management of paediatric Pharmacy services.
• Expert advice on paediatric drug therapy to pharmacy, nursing, and medical staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the medical Pharmacy team.
• Ensure compliance with medicines legislation and CQC standards.
• Develop and monitor pharmaceutical standards of care.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical Pharmacy

Risk Management

Audit

Research

Job description

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An exciting opportunity has been generated to assist the associate chief pharmacist in the delivery of the clinical services to Alder Hey.

This is a new role within the trust making the clinical services more robust.

They will be accountable for

• The delivery, management and development of paediatric Pharmacy services within the division of medicine throughout the Trust in accordance with professional standards and Medicines Management Frameworks.
• Providing expert paediatric clinical pharmacy advice, undertaking risk management assessments and ensuring compliance with relevant medicines legislation and CQC standards.
• Leading and developing audit and research within the medicine division with regards pharmacy services
• Leading and managing the medical Pharmacy team
• To manage and develop the provision of a safe and effective paediatric pharmacy service to the division of medicine.
• To provide expert advice on paediatric drug therapy to pharmacy, nursing and medical staff across the division of medicine.
• To lead the medical Pharmacy Team, including pharmacists and technicians and ensure the provision of in-house specialist paediatric medicine training for all pharmacists and technicians relative to their needs
• To liaise with senior clinicians across Division of Medicine regarding safe medication practice and risk management
• To contribute to the development and ongoing improvement of the Division’s Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration system
• To develop, implement and monitor pharmaceutical standards of care, undertake audit and research within the Division of Medicine pharmacy service
• To deputise for associate Chief Pharmacist – Clinical services when needed
  
  

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care to over 275,000 children and young people each year. In addition to the hospital site located in the West Derby area of Liverpool, Alder Hey has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Alder Park building in the nearby borough of Sefton.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Andrew Lilley Job title: Associate Chief Pharmacist Email address: [e-mail]

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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