A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen due to promotion to a Chief Pharmacist role of the current Associate Director of Pharmacy for the Royal London and Mile End Hospitals.
Read on to find out what you will need to succeed in this position, including skills, qualifications, and experience.
We are looking for an experienced, ambitious, and forward-thinking individual to lead the pharmacy department, work with the hospital executive board and multidisciplinary teams to deliver the medicines management and optimisation priorities for the hospital.
Based in the Integrated Clinical Services Division and reporting to the Divisional Director, you will work closely with the Medical Director & Director of Nursing to develop a positive culture in medicines management that focuses on the provision of high quality safe and effective care to patients. This will also involve promoting continuous improvement underpinned by honest, open communication and team working across disciplines.
The successful candidate will be an integral member of the hospital’s and pharmacy senior leadership teams and responsible for leading the strategic and operational delivery of pharmacy services across the Royal London and Mile End Hospitals.
This role will be extremely rewarding, and requires a motivated, dynamic individual who is experienced in working at strategic level with a range of stakeholders and a track record for service development and delivering to agreed targets.
The Associate Director of Pharmacy (ADoP) is accountable for the pharmacy services provided on a particular hospital site within Barts Health NHS Trust group of hospitals and is the most senior pharmacist for that hospital.
Reporting directly to the Divisional Director, the post holder oversees the pharmacy services delivery and standards of care and ensures targets and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are met.
The post holder is responsible to the Group Chief Pharmacist for assurance of delivery of the medicines optimisation and medicines management agenda as well as compliance with statutory, regulatory and mandatory standards of pharmacy practice. The post holder also works with the Group Chief Pharmacist and the pharmacy senior leadership team to deliver the strategic direction and development of pharmacy jointly across the group.
The Associate Director of Pharmacy is accountable for the monitoring of the hospital drugs budget and working closely with the hospital executive team ensuring the effective management of the drug budget, including the delivery of medicines-related cost improvement programmes. The ADoP also provides expert advice and guidance on all pharmacy and medicines related issues to the Hospital Executive Board (HEB) and divisional senior leadership team.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: David Fitzgerald Job title: Interim Divisional Director Email address: d.fitzgerald@nhs.net
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