Deputy Chief Pharmacist - Paediatrics, Maternity and Patient Services

Are you looking for the opportunity to develop your skills in a forward-thinking and innovative pharmacy team? We would like to invite you to consider joining us in delivering our Pharmacy Vision of excellence. You will be working with our enthusiastic and dynamic team in providing the best clinical service for patients by working closely with other healthcare professionals.

The successful candidate will be a highly motivated, experienced hospital pharmacist with good clinical skills and managerial skills with a working knowledge of the medicines optimisation agenda.

Lead the pharmacy services to paediatrics and maternity.

Lead the dispensary pharmacy services.

Provide a high level of expert clinical pharmacy input as part of the multidisciplinary team within paediatric and obstetric medicine to improve and enhance the quality of patient care. To provide pharmaceutical support and advice to paediatric and maternity inpatients and outpatients.

To act as the line manager for the paediatric and maternity specialist clinical pharmacists and the chief technician, dispensary.

To co-ordinate and deliver on clinical governance initiatives relating to medicines management and use within the area of paediatric and maternity medicine.

Manage and develop staff assigned to dispensary and monitor their performance using Trust policies and procedures and local guidelines for performance reviews and that staff motivation and direction are given through appraisal, general communication and specific feedback. To undertake performance review for all staff managed by this post and report to the Chief Pharmacist.