Senior Advisory Support Improvement Pharmacist

We are an Acute NHS Trust in the West Midlands who are looking to appoint two Advisory/Improvement support Pharmacists with immediate start.
This is an opportunity to support the Trust on a rapid improvement journey following a Care Quality Commission Improvement Notice, it will be for 4 months in the first instance and has an expectation that it could extend.
The candidates will support the Chief Pharmacist and Executive Team by providing expertise in Pharmacy Standards, Medicines Safety, Medicines Optimisation and Improvement, they will have experience at a senior level in Hospital Pharmacy.
Key responsibilities will include:

• Provide support and expertise to ensure operation of pharmacy service provision is progressive, responsive to internal and external demand, patient focused, safe, efficient, effective and sustainable.
• Provide support and expertise to ensure all staff are developed and supported to achieve their maximum potential.
• Provide support and expertise to ensure that National Standards for Hospital Pharmacy services, (e.g. GPHC, RPS, NHSI etc.) are met exceeded and maintained.
• Act as drivers for improvements in the quality of pharmacy services, innovation, modernisation and high levels of stakeholder satisfaction.
• Carry out a review of pharmacy staffing to ensure that it is adequate for service oversight.
• Deliver a series of training days for Drs and Nurses to improve awareness of medication safety issues.
• Provide independent oversight of the improvement plans for CQC.
• Deliver support and guidance for specialist audit and oversight of medicine management standards.
• Develop a forward plan for the next 12 months to generate sustainable development and improvement to achieve reliable and sustainable regulatory compliance.

The ideal candidate for each post will:

• Be a Registered Pharmacist
• Demonstrate excellent leadership skills;
• Be a strategic thinker with proven ability to drive sustainable quality improvement;
• A relevant post-graduate qualification and/or a management qualification would be an advantage.

If you are interested in the role, please contact Donna Larder on (phone number removed) and send a copy of your CV to (url removed) along with your availability and rate.