Senior Pharmacist - Women's and Neonatal Services

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 42,000; Part time

Job summary

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is seeking two part-time senior pharmacists to lead the clinical pharmacy service at Birmingham Women’s Hospital. You will oversee delivery across maternity, gynaecology and neonatal directorates, including NICU, and deputise for the Principal Pharmacist when required.

You will work with the Pharmacy and wider multidisciplinary teams to drive service improvement, governance, audit and education, ensuring safe, effective and patient-centred

Qualifications

• Registered pharmacist with GPhC registration.
• Experience leading clinical pharmacy services.
• Experience in audits, governance and training.
• Ability to deputise for Principal Pharmacist when required.

Responsibilities

• To lead, develop and deliver the clinical pharmacy service to ensure patients receive outstanding pharmaceutical care.
• Co-ordinate day-to-day duties, identify gaps and devise plans to manage them.
• Supervise, motivate and support the team for smooth workflow.
• Deputise for the Principal Pharmacist as required.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams to deliver service improvement projects.
• Attend meetings to discuss patient care, safety and cost-efficient medicine use.
• Write directorate reports on finance, medicines safety and governance.
• Support clinical governance, investigate incidents and support medicines optimisation.
• Lead in audit and education/training, and contribute to guideline/policy development.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy leadership

Team supervision

Service development

Audit & education

Education

Registered pharmacist

Job description

This post does not require on-call, out of hours, weekend or bank holiday working but you may be required to provide advice to support the on-call pharmacist or pharmacy team outside your normal working hours., We are seeking two part-time highly skilled, motivated, and enthusiastic senior pharmacists to join our pharmacy team based at our Birmingham Women's Hospital pharmacy site. You will be responsible for leading, supporting and developing the clinical pharmacy service to ensure all our patients receive exceptional pharmaceutical care.You will overseethe delivery of high quality, proactive and patient focused clinical pharmacy services in a range of specialties across the maternity, gynaecology and neonatal directorates to include neonatal intensive care and will deputise for the principal pharmacist when required. Your contribution and dedication really will make a difference to our patients every day you come to work. Weare proud to say we have a dynamic and supportive pharmacy team that aspires to provide safe, effective, and efficient care to every individual who comes through our doors. We strive to promote a happy, collaborative, and empowering work environment so each and every member of our team can thrive and make a meaningful impact.

• To lead, develop and deliver the clinical pharmacy service to ensure all patients receive outstanding pharmaceutical care
• To co- ordinate the day-to-day duties, overseeing any additional duties required, identifying any gaps and devising a plan to manage them.
• To supervise, motivate and support the team to ensure smooth and efficient flow of work
• To deputise for the Principal Pharmacist as required
• To work with the Pharmacy and wider multidisciplinary teams to deliver service improvement projects to enhance patient care, efficiency, quality and safety across a number of clinical areas.
• To attend multidisciplinary team and finance meetings to better patient care, safety and cost efficient use of medicines.
• To write directorate reports, reporting on the finance, medicines safety and governance agenda
• To support clinical governance processes across the divisions, investigating incidents where required and support medicines optimisation.
• To take a lead in audit and education and training.
• To take a lead in guideline/policy development to ensure safe and effective use of medicines compliant with relevant legislation

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.