Senior Lead Pharmacist (Clinical Services & Performance)

The Royal Berkshire; Reading; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust in Reading is seeking a Band 8B Senior Lead Pharmacist – Clinical Services & Performance to provide senior clinical and operational leadership across clinical pharmacy services.

You will drive performance using KPIs and data, lead workforce deployment and service transformation, and contribute to pharmacist prescribing and medicines optimisation, ensuring safe, effective and patient-centred care.

Qualifications

• Lead performance and development of clinical pharmacy services using data and service intelligence.
• Develop pharmacist prescribing and medicines optimisation.
• Deputise for Associate Chief Pharmacist – Clinical Services as required.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior clinical and operational leadership across clinical pharmacy services.
• Oversee workforce deployment, rota management, capacity and resilience.
• Drive service transformation and digital solutions in clinical pharmacy.

Job description

Band 8B Senior Lead Pharmacist - Clinical Services & Performance

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and dynamic pharmacist to join our pharmacy team as Senior Lead Pharmacist – Clinical Services & Performance.

This is a pivotal senior leadership role at the heart of clinical pharmacy services, providing clinical and operational leadership across the Trust.

Working closely with the Associate Chief Pharmacist, clinical Lead Pharmacists and multidisciplinary teams, you will lead the performance and development of clinical pharmacy services, using data and service intelligence to drive improvements in patient flow, productivity, quality, medicines safety, workforce performance and service resilience.

You will play a key role in developing our clinical pharmacy workforce and future models of care, including the integration of pharmacist prescribing, service transformation and medicines optimisation, while supporting efficient use of resources and financial sustainability.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to combine senior clinical leadership, operational performance and service transformation to deliver measurable improvements in patient care and the quality and effectiveness of clinical pharmacy services.

You will provide senior clinical and operational leadership across clinical pharmacy services, with specific responsibility for delegated Care Groups, ensuring services are safe, effective, responsive and patient-centred.

A key focus of the role will be driving clinical service performance, using KPIs, data and service intelligence to improve patient flow, productivity, quality, medicines safety and workforce performance, while identifying variation and addressing areas of underperformance.

You will oversee workforce deployment, rota management, capacity and service resilience, supporting Clinical Lead Pharmacists and wider teams to deliver consistent and effective clinical pharmacy services.

You will lead and support service transformation and medicines optimisation, including the development of pharmacist prescribing, digital solutions and new models of clinical pharmacy practice, while contributing to financial sustainability and efficient use of resources.

As a senior pharmacy leader, you will contribute to clinical governance, quality improvement, workforce development and strategic planning, deputising for the Associate Chief Pharmacist – Clinical Services as required and representing pharmacy at relevant Trust and system-level forums.

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our Trust "CARE" values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kush Bhargava Job title: Associate Chief Pharmacist - Clinical Services Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0118 322 7800

Kush Bhargava (Associate Chief Pharmacist - Clinical Services) 0118 322 7800 / [e-mail]