Pharmacist Team Manager Unplanned Care

Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust,

Our mission is: Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities

Our vision to 2030 is: To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service

Job overview

We are recruiting for a Pharmacist Team Manager Unplanned Care who share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

It is an energising time for us at the Trust, having just acquired Teaching status and working with VMI on our ENH Production System. The pharmacy department is working side by side with senior clinical and operational leads to improve our discharge processes and this post holder will be at the forefront of all the exciting development and will support implementation and change.

Being driven and adaptable are essential characteristics for this role as there is a unique opportunity to work within the senior pharmacy team to shape the future of the clinical pharmacy service at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

A significant proportion of the role will involve strategic development of the unplanned care clinical pharmacy service, working with Pharmacist Manager – Clinical Services, senior nursing and clinical colleagues.

To act as the lead pharmacist for a defined area / directorate / aspect of pharmacy (in addition to above).

To plan, manage and develop the clinical pharmacy service to the unplanned care division in order to promote the safe, timely and cost-effective use of medicines.

To work with the Pharmacist Team Manager for Planned Care and support the Pharmacist Manager – Clinical Services & Digital Transformation and Deputy Chief Pharmacist to ensure robust clinical services are provided daily.

To act as Head of Department as required.

To line manage relevant directorate pharmacists within the unplanned division.

To be a Pharmacist Independent Prescriber within the Trust working in accordance with Trust Policy as approved by Therapeutics Policy Committee (TPC).

To carry out general dispensing and associated clinical and pharmaceutical duties and to assist with the provision of the pharmaceutical service to the trust.

Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for the main duties and responsibilities for this post and other relevant information

Person specification

Qualifications / Training

• Masters Degree MPharm or equivalent (A)
• Competency assessed and examined professional registration (GPhC) (A)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice (A)
• Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice (P)
• Recent relevant hospital pharmacy experience (A)
• Non-medical prescribing qualification (A)

• MSc in relevant field (A)
• Training qualification (eg - train the trainer) (A)
• Teaching Qualification (relevant) (A)
• Relevant management / leadership training course (A)

Previous Experience

• Post registration experience in hospital pharmacy (A)
• Supervision and Management of staff (A/I)
• Appraising staff (A/I) Previous experience of implementing changes / service development in clinical pharmacy practice (A/I)

• Diploma tutoring (A)
• Training experience (A)
• Appraising staff (A/I)

Skills

• High level of professionalism (I
• Possess leadership skills (I)
• Good communication skills (I)
• Ability to motivate others (I)
• Able to use initiative (I)
• Assertive, confident (I)
• Good organisational skills (I)
• Able to work with minimal supervision (I)
• Ability to manage own time (I)
• Good team member (I)
• Able to cope with stress (I)
• Effective training skills (I)
• Good oral and written presentation skills (I

• Good networking skills (I)
• Use of MS office programmes (I)
• Experience of writing guidelines (I)

Knowledge

• Excellent Clinical Knowledge (I)
• Able to use clinical knowledge at consultant level (I)
• Highly specialised knowledge of drugs used and therapeutic trends within specialised area (I)
• Awareness of NICE, NPSA and involved in the implementation of relevant guidance (I)
• Audit methodology (I)
• Able to critically appraise research data (I)

Other requirements

• Ability to work to deadlines and meet targets (I)
• Ability to function and support others in a rapidly changing environment (I) Ability to be flexible (I)
• Experience and evidence of engagement around the equality, diversity and inclusion agenda. Able to actively support the development of a culture that recognises and promotes equality, values diversity, and actively leads by example in deploying these qualities. Understands the impact on equality, diversity and inclusion issues in all aspects of service delivery and planning
• Role model our Trust values every day

Our values

We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.

Include

We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect

We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve

We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Committed to our Community

In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing [email protected]

We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.

Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.

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Secondments/Fixed term

Where a vacancy is advertised as a temporary position, the duration will be specified in the advert. If the vacancy becomes permanent towards the end of the specified duration, the successful applicant may not be required to re-apply and can be slotted into the role on a permanent basis if appropriate.

If you are an internal applicant applying for a temporary working arrangement, please see the attached notes on secondments.