Senior Pharmacist - Women's and Neonatal Services

Job overview

Are you ready to make a difference?

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.

If you want to be a part of an ambitious team that continually strives to deliver outstanding clinical care to women, babies and their families then we need you!

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 oversee the 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.

We are 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.

Main duties of the job

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

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and personal specification to view the full details for this opportunity at the Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and personal specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional details.

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.