University Hospitals of Liverpool Group Chief Pharmacist

Job description

Job responsibilities

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Provide clinical leadership to transform the way the Trusts handle medicines, in every respect, to optimise their role.

Provide clinical leadership for all aspects of Medicines Optimisation within the Group Trusts and WCFT, within the Primary Care Networks in Cheshire and Merseyside across the Integrated Care System and beyond to other local health communities.

Continue to develop the Medicines Optimisation strategic plan to align MU&PS services to meet Group Trust-wide needs to drive both quality improvement and productivity gains.

Lead and implement the consequent transformational change.

Work with commercial partners to deliver operational efficiencies.

Enable excellent partnerships with national and local commissioners while also building relationships with primary care providers such as GPs and Community Pharmacists as new clinical leadership structures emerge.

Work with the ICB and specialist commissioners to deliver on commissioning intention requirements in respect of high-cost medicines and associated quality and performance targets.

Undertake the statutory roles and responsibilities of the Superintendent Pharmacist as required by all applicable legislation

Act as Controlled Drug Accountable Officer for the Trusts and be the licence holder for the Home Office Controlled Drug Licences.

Be the licence holder for MHRA Wholesale Dealer's Authority, Aseptic Specials Licences for Aintree, Royal ASU and Radiopharmacy.

Provide professional leadership to MU&PS Teams at Group and Sites to meet current statutory obligations.

Deliver, through the Pharmacy Senior Leadership Team, the active management of all aspects of pharmacy service, making optimal use of resources available.

Work with the Group and WCFT executive teams and site HLTs to address issues relating to pharmacy service provision of the wider Medicines Optimisation agenda.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Masters Qualification in Pharmacy (4 years)
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Post-graduate qualification relevant to hospital pharmacy practice
• Management qualification relevant to the NHS or equivalent experience
• Membership of the Royal College of Pharmacy

Experience

Essential

• Recent practice in a leadership role within hospital pharmacy as a Chief Pharmacist
• Recent experience in leading transformational quality improvement project work
• Experience of managing multi-stranded situations where there may be conflicts of opinions involving a wide range of stakeholders

Knowledge

Essential

• Sound knowledge and understanding of financial management systems relevant to NHS, including understanding of Standing Orders, Standing Financial Instructions and Capital and Corporate Planning procedures
• Evidence of commitment to Continuing Professional Development
• Comprehensive knowledge and practical understanding of financial and commissioning frameworks
• Specialist knowledge and experience with management and response to Medicine Guidance Notes, MHRA Alerts, Care Quality Commission inspections, NHS Improvement, Internal and external auditing, Serious incident investigation and management of untoward events
• Have sound knowledge and understanding of GDP, GMP, Clinical Trials Directives plus national strategies relevant to the delivery of pharmacy services

Skills and Qualities

Essential

• Evidence of successful operational management in a senior position
• Strong, inclusive leadership style
• Ability to work under significant pressure and to demanding timescales
• Positive working relationships with senior colleagues
• Ability to monitor, maintain and improve service delivery and to lead service re-design
• Strong understanding of corporate and clinical governance and ability to improve performance across a range of competing programmes of work
• Commitment to own personal and professional development and the development of others
• Professional image and positive approach to problem solving showing tolerance, understanding, tact and diplomacy
• Able to interpret highly complex data and present highly complex information in an informative manner to a wide range of individuals
• Ability to travel independently

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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Employer details

Employer name

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Liverpool Hospital and UHLG sites

Liverpool

L7 8XP

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/