Senior Lead Pharmacist (Clinical Services & Performance)

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

• Skills & abilities

  Highly developed leadership and people-management skills (A/I)

• Skills & abilities

  Ability to provide complex clinical, operational and professional advice and make autonomous decisions (A/I)

• Skills & abilities

  Strong analytical skills with ability to translate data and strategy into measurable improvement (A/I)

• Skills & abilities

  Ability to lead complex service transformation and quality improvement (A/I)

• Skills & abilities

  Strong organisational skills with ability to manage competing priorities and operational pressures (A/I

• Skills & abilities

  Excellent communication skills, including conveying complex information to a range of stakeholders (A/I

• Skills & abilities

  Ability to line manage, supervise, coach, mentor and develop pharmacy professionals (A/I)

• Skills & abilities

  Ability to critically appraise evidence and translate national guidance into practice (A/I

• Skills & abilities

  Competent in relevant digital and electronic prescribing systems (A/I)

• Skills & abilities

  Ability to identify performance variation, challenge underperformance and drive delivery of agreed standards and outcomes (A/I)

• Knowledge and Experience

  Significant senior hospital pharmacy experience, including leadership of clinical pharmacy services across multiple specialties (A/I)

• Knowledge and Experience

  Experience of operational service management, including workforce, rota, capacity and performance management (A/I)

• Knowledge and Experience

  Experience of influencing and working collaboratively with senior clinical and operational stakeholders (A/I)

• Knowledge and Experience

  Experience of using KPIs, data and performance intelligence to improve clinical services, productivity and patient flow (A/I)

• Knowledge and Experience

  Experience of guideline, SOP or prescribing pathway development and implementation (A/I)

• Knowledge and Experience

  Experience of service development, quality improvement and leading complex change (A/I)

• Knowledge and Experience

  Experience of clinical governance, medicines safety, risk management, audit and implementation of national guidance (A/I)

• Knowledge and Experience

  Experience of medicines optimisation, including formulary/D&TC processes, prescribing optimisation, complex polypharmacy and deprescribing (A/I)

• Knowledge and Experience

  Experience of financial and resource management, including efficiency/productivity programmes and business planning (A/I)

• Knowledge and Experience

  Up-to-date knowledge of pharmacy legislation, NHS policy and workforce developments, including pharmacist prescribing (A/I)

• Personal Qualities & Other

  Visible, credible and inclusive senior leader (I)

• Personal Qualities & Other

  Demonstrates integrity, accountability and professionalism (I)

• Personal Qualities & Other

  Strong commitment to patient safety, quality and performance improvement (I)

• Personal Qualities & Other

  Strategic thinker with a strong focus on delivery and outcomes (I)

• Personal Qualities & Other

  Proactive, resilient and able to work effectively under pressure (I)

• Personal Qualities & Other

  Commitment to staff development and continuous professional development (I)

• Personal Qualities & Other

  Demonstrates behaviours consistent with Trust values and equality, diversity and inclusion (I)

• Personal Qualities & Other

  Able to participate in departmental rotas and work flexibly across Trust sites (I)

• Education, qualifications & training

  Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) as a Pharmacist (A)

• Education, qualifications & training

  Postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification at diploma or MSc level, or equivalent experience (A)

• Education, qualifications & training

  Independent Prescriber (A)

• Education, qualifications & training

  Evidence of postgraduate training or development in leadership, management, education or clinical practice (A)