Job overview

The primary role of this post is to lead and provide a comprehensive, high quality clinical pharmacy services to Women’s Health and Maternity Services at the Trust. This includes delivering high quality, cost-effective, safe, efficient and timely pharmacy services for patients and wards within your speciality.

You will be responsible for developing and advising on pharmacy services that affect the phases of a UHCW patient’s journey. This will mean working with teams across the Trust and outside to ensure our patients medications are managed well.  This will include screening all TTOs at ward level, supporting the Women’s and Maternity wards and leading/organising a pharmacy team to meet the demands of the service.

You will be required to develop and monitor key performance indicators that are patient outcome orientated.

A significant part of the role will be working with Clinical Service Leads, the pharmacy governance team, other clinical pharmacists and the Operational team to ensure that a suitably trained and equipped team of pharmacists and technicians are well led to provide ward based, patient centred models of care in Women’s Health.

The post holder will work within our Women’s and Children’s Pharmacy Team and will be required to provide cross cover for the Senior Pharmacist. The post holder will be required to build the required competencies to provide pharmacy services to Neonatal and Paediatrics in addition to Women’s Health in order to achieve this.

Main duties of the job

• Provide effective clinical and medicines management service to patients in your areas at the Trust.
• Lead, develop and deliver education and training in the pharmaceutical aspects of Women's Health and Maternity to other healthcare professionals. 
• To manage more junior rotational staff allocated to your areas including aspects of day-to-day line management and acting as a diploma tutor/designated supervisor as needed. 
• Identify areas within Women's Health and Maternity services where improvements in both quality and cost effectiveness of pharmaceutical care and prescribing may be encouraged.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.