Band 8b Lead Pharmacist for Community Health / Deputy Chief Pharmacist

Job overview

Are you looking for a new challenge? Ready for that next career step?

Are you looking to be part of a developing team where you can help drive change? Passionate about delivering safe, high quality care, working with the people we care for, their families and our partners to deliver the best possible outcomes and experience?

Are you excited about neighbourhood teams and developing pharmacies potential within them?

BCHC is committed to improving the quality of patient care through medicines optimisation provided in both the community and in our in-patient units, and to ensure the safe, effective and efficient use of medicines.

We provide community and specialist services within Birmingham and the West Midlands. We deliver over 100 clinical services, out in people’s homes and in over 300 hospitals, health centres and clinics. We provide services for adults, children, people with learning disabilities, those with rehabilitation needs as well as regional dental services.

We are seeking an innovative individual that can help transform our community services. Working with a range of clinicians and services across the Trust you will lead on the community services as well as taking on the role of Deputy Chief Pharmacist

Main duties of the job

As Deputy Chief Pharmacist, the post holder will work with the Chief Pharmacist to ensure the Trust-wide delivery of safe, effective and efficient medicines optimisation and pharmacy services to patients and other service users in the Trust, financial, strategic and staff management and service transformation in line with trust strategy and national priorities. As a member of the Medicines Optimisation senior team, the post holder will assist in the development of the medicines optimisation strategy and the development of medicines optimisation and pharmacy services. The post holder will be a senior and experienced pharmacist and will have responsibilities for the leadership and the development of the community services activity portfolios in addition to the additional roles and responsibilities of the Deputy Chief Pharmacist as outlined in this job description. The portfolio will be flexible dependent upon the skills and experiences of the successful candidate.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To be responsible for organising, implementing, managing and developing the pharmaceutical services in the areas of Community Health, inc dental, childrens, LD, community nursing, and other services where appropriate. 2. To develop service standards and safe procedures around the use of medicines by all health professionals providing community health services and other services for which the post holder is responsible and to monitor and audit performance against these standards. 3. To contribute to the clinical governance of the Trust through interventions which optimise the management of medicines. 4. To provide professional advice on policies and practice to community health services and to other agencies. 5. To provide clinical information and answer complex clinical queries related to medicines 6. To provide and analyse financial information including prescribing data analysis. 7. To participate in the professional development of staff working in the Community Health, Primary Care, pharmacy and other healthcare staff in the trust including students and trainee pharmacists where appropriate. 8. To provide professional leadership and act as a clinical role model through the provision of clinical pharmacy services 9. Be responsible in conjunction with the Chief Pharmacist for the leadership, strategic development

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.