Job overview

Are you passionate about career development in pharmacy? Would you like to develop your leadership skills? 

This job may be for you!  We are looking for an experienced clinical pharmacist to lead, manage and develop the Education & Training service, and manage the Pharmacy Audit Programme. 

What we look for:

• An applicant with a passion for education, and a working knowledge of professional requirements for practice & career development, and funding streams
• An accomplished communicator, with skills in team working and self-direction

What we offer:

• Opportunities for training and development, both personal and professional
• Collaborative working within and outside of the Trust

Who we are: The pharmacy teams are friendly and supportive. Our service has a strong multidisciplinary approach with extended roles, including medicines administration and advanced practitioner roles.  Our Training Team has been recognised as excellent and we are known for our keen and flexible approach to development.

HHFT is a fast-follower in the Digitalisation of Hospital Services, with a strong foundation of > 20 years of electronic prescribing.  We have two acute general hospitals (Royal Hampshire County Hospital and Basingstoke & North Hants Hospital) and a community hospital (Andover War Memorial Hospital) to provide a wide range of clinical services to the population of North and Mid Hampshire, and to the wider health system as a tertiary referral centre for Pseudomyxoma peritonei.

Main duties of the job

·        To lead and improve systems to ensure the effective induction of all staff

·        To lead, develop, deliver and evaluate the Pharmacy Business Unit provision for staff undertaking recognised pharmacy courses and provide information required for external funding of training courses

·        To work with local, regional and national training providers to ensure quality training programs are in place, clear competencies are measured, and training is audited

·        To work with the Divisional Pharmacy Team, internal & external customers to ensure effective planning, scheduling, delivery and monitoring of service access, activity and quality targets.  To identify reasons for deviations and take responsibility for the service for development and implementation of possible solutions.

·        To lead, manage and deliver the Pharmacy Audit Programme: ensuring compliance with national guidance and patient safety directives, and contributing to risk management alongside the Trust’s Medicines Safety Officer and Deputy Chief Pharmacist.

·        To ensure the effective management and development of all staff allocated for line management, including ensuring that all staff members have an annual appraisal and development review, managing attendance and performance, and identifying and facilitating staff training needs.

• Lead on the department strategy for incorporating new IETs and responsibilities for Pharmacy graduates, including competency assessment.

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Your Next Career Move Made Easier – Accommodation May Be Offered

We understand relocating can be a big step. Hampshire Hospitals may be able to provide accommodation options for successful candidates, depending on availability.  If this something you would like to explore please contact Southern Housing on 02080 360017