Trust responsibilities: To be part of the Pharmacy team and work with staff within the pharmacy department and across the Trust to enable the objectives of the Trust to be achieved. Professional responsibilities: To be accountable for the delivery of high quality, patient centred, safe and progressive outpatient pharmacy services and work in accordance with GPhC Standards for Pharmacy Professionals 2017. To provide day to day operational management for pharmacy services when acting as Responsible Pharmacist (RP), ensuring compliance with the relevant statutory and professional standards. Clinical practice: To participate in clinical validation and accuracy checking within the outpatient pharmacy. To demonstrate excellent negotiation skills to influence prescribing in order to optimise patient care. Staff management, training & development: To provide day-to-day clinical and professional leadership and supervision of the outpatient pharmacy team when acting as RP. To contribute to the competency-based training and assessment other staff including Pre-Registration Technicians and Foundation Trainee Pharmacists. Operational management: To contribute to the delivery of a high quality and timely outpatient pharmacy service for staff and visitors. To contribute to the planning, development and evaluation of outpatient pharmacy services in accordance with changing needs and developments. Medicines management: To ensure the day-to-day safe and appropriate management of controlled drugs (CDs) in the outpatient pharmacy. Legal responsibility for CDs whilst acting as the Responsible Pharmacist (RP) will remain with the RP. Financial: To contribute to the optimisation and development of the overall profitability of the outpatient pharmacy business. Communication: To develop effective working relationships with the outpatient clinical multidisciplinary team (MDT). Confidentiality: To respect and maintain the privacy of all information given to and/or held within the outpatient pharmacy Quality & safety: To work with the Superintendent Pharmacist to enhance and develop the outpatient pharmacy service to include participation in audit and quality improvement projects. Personal & professional development: To be responsible for keeping up to date with current developments in Pharmacy. Governance: To contribute to the development and review of Standard Operating Procedures. Please refer to the job description for further details We believe success lies in the diversity of our employees and are committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion. We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us. MKUH is committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and as such we offer a range of flexible working practices. We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received. MKUH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of MKUH will have their original documents verified using this technology. By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that information from your application will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system. Your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers. Upon commencing employment with the Trust, all employees (except Medical & Dental Staff on national terms and conditions) are subject to a probationary period lasting a period of six months with an option to extend for a further six months to a total of 12 months.