Chief Pharmacist - ref. o14840503
Thank you for your interest for the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT), it is an exciting time to join us and being part of our journey to improve mental health care across North London and deliver excellent services to our local people. We will achieve this through the North London Way, as we:
- Collaborate at every level by living our Values to create the right conditions for us all to work together.
- Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care.
- Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes.
- Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high-quality care across all our services.
- Ensure that research, Quality Improvement, and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services.
- Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do
We proactively welcome diversity in our workforce and pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer. We aim to recruit from our local communities and provide opportunities to all including apprenticeships, veterans, care leavers and more.
The North London Way to deliver, Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.
Our trust website is: https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/
Job overview
The North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is seeking an experienced Chief Pharmacist to lead our pharmacy services. This role involves providing strategic direction, professional leadership, and ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation and standards.
If you are a highly motivated and experienced pharmacy professional looking to make a significant impact in mental health services, we encourage you to apply.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities- Develop and manage a comprehensive Medicines Optimisation strategy.
- Oversee the pharmacy workforce and budgets.
- Ensure quality assurance, risk management, and compliance with CQC requirements.
- Manage safe and effective electronic pharmacy systems.
- Act as the Controlled Drug Accountable Officer, ensuring compliance with legislation and governance.
- Manage financial and workforce resources, ensuring expenditure is within budgetary boundaries.
Working for our organisation
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
- We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
- With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
- We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
- We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Person Specification
Qualifications:
- Essential: Masters Degree in Pharmacy, General Pharmaceutical Council registration, member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society, postgraduate clinical qualification relevant to hospital pharmacy practice.
- Desirable: RPS faculty membership, MBA or MSc in management, research methodologies training, QI training, specialist pharmacy area training.
Skills and Abilities:
- High-level communication, critical thinking, and analytical skills.
- Leadership and management abilities.
- Ability to work independently and make autonomous decisions.
- Teaching and training skills.
Experience and Knowledge:
- Extensive pharmacy and NHS management experience.
- Experience working with senior Trust staff at a corporate level.
- Knowledge of pharmacy and prescribing issues in mental health.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Masters Degree in Pharmacy
- General Pharmaceutical Council registration, member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- postgraduate clinical qualification
- formal management or leadership qualification
- MBA or MSc relevant to management
- Research methodologies training
- QI Training
Experience
Essential criteria- Extensive pharmacy and NHS management experience
- knowledge of pharmacy & prescribing issues in mental health,
- experience of managing service budget
- Evidence of publishing (posters at conferences, editorials or peer reviewed papers).
Skills
Essential criteria- High Level of Communication
- Evidence of Leadership skills
- Strategy writing skills