Chief Pharmacist

Job overview

• As delegated by the Chief Executive to hold corporate responsibility for medicines management.
• To ensure the Trust board of directors receive timely and appropriate assurance in relation to medicines management.
• To be directly accountable to the Chief Medical Officer for the Trust wide pharmacy and medicines management services.
• To maintain the Trusts pharmacy and medicines management services in line with nationally agreed standards, including – but not limited to - the Care Quality Commission and the NHS Litigation Authority.
• To be the RDASH Accountable officer (controlled drugs).
• To maintain close working relationships with business divisions in order to support the development of   their medicines management processes.

Main duties of the job

• To provide strategic leadership and direction for pharmacy and medicines management throughout the Trust. To ensure the systems and processes of medicines management meet the governance requirements of the Trust. To maintain management and financial control on the Trust pharmacy and medicines related services. To work collaboratively across the local health communities and relevant partners to ensure safe and cost effective use of medicines. To ensure that governance arrangements in relation to medicines management protect patients from medicines related harm. To ensure the reporting systems associated with pharmacy and medicines management are fit for purpose and provide the appropriate level of assurance in relation to pharmacy and medicines management. To line manage RSDASH employed pharmacy staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications