Head of Pharmacy Clinical Services

Do you want to be part of an innovative, dynamic department that is committed to delivering the best care by the best people? We are looking to appoint people who are as passionate about high quality care as we are.

Due to promotion the Pharmacy Department are looking to appoint an an ambitious an knowledgeable pharmacist to the role of Head of Pharmacy Clinical Services.

The post-holder will work with the Deputy Director of Pharmacy See jo ensure that the clinical pharmacy service is safe, effective and responsive.

This is an exciting time for the department who are undergoing a lot of positive change. We have ambitious plans to develop our clinical pharmacy services, making even better use of our resources to serve our population most effectively.

To work with the Deputy Director of Pharmacy to develop, manage and promote a responsive, proactive, patient focused clinical pharmacy service to the clinical areas within the Trust.

Lead by example in an agreed specialism ensuring a consistently high quality service is delivered to the ward area, in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.

Contribute to the strategic development and monitoring of the Clinical Pharmacy services delivered at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals.

Manage, coach and develop staff within the ward based medicines management teams.

To work with the Pharmacy Senior Leadership Team on the safe, effective and economic use of medicines across the Trust ensuring optimal use of medicines budget for the relevant speciality and identification and delivery of medication related cost improvement plans.

To contribute to the delivery of the broader Medicines Optimisation and Governance Strategy across the Trust. These outcomes will be achieved primarily through leadership of clinical staff and the publication and implementation of guidelines and procedures to encourage best practice.

To work in conjunction with the multidisciplinary and wider pharmacy teams to optimise patient flow and patient outcomes

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.

We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.

We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nick Howcroft Job title: Head of Pharmacy Clinical Services Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01253956535