Pharmacy Clinical Services & Patient Safety Lead - INTERNAL in Rhyl

Job Overview

This post is fixed term/secondment until 28/02/2027 due to meet the needs of the service. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY BETSI CADWALADR UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD.

Job Overview

This post is fixed term/secondment until 28/02/2027 due to meet the needs of the service. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY BETSI CADWALADR UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD.

A rare opportunity has arisen for a compassionate, clinical and dynamic leader with a proven track record of pharmacy clinical services delivery, to take up a fixed term role as the Central Integrated Health Community (CIHC) Pharmacy Clinical Services and Patient Safety Lead Pharmacist. The successful candidate will provide strategic and clinical leadership in addition to providing assurance on the performance, quality and safety standards for pharmacy clinical services across the CIHC.

Main duties of the job

• This role is a key member of the CIHC MDT, and you will work closely with senior clinical and operational staff, to implement the transformational changes, goals and recommendations aligned to the long-term plans and goals described within local and national NHS priorities.

Reporting to the Director of Pharmacy and Medicines Management you will also be part of the wider senior pharmacy management team, contributing to shaping the future direction of pharmacy so that it meets the needs of the users, now and in the future.

Working for our organisation

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and ‘Proud to Lead’ competence framework.

Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered pharmacist
• Masters degree or equivalent in pharmacy
• Management qualification or equivalent experience
• A substantive level of experience in a managerial post
• Post-graduate diploma / MSc in relevant pharmacy area or equivalent documented experience

Desirable criteria

• Post-graduate management qualification
• Teaching/assessing qualification
• Independent/supplementary prescriber

Experience

Essential criteria

• A substantive level of post qualification experience in primary care / secondary care
• Able to demonstrate a suitable level of experience providing specialist pharmacy services
• Responsibility for performance management within pharmacy
• Evidence of strategy development and change management in complex situations
• Experience of writing and implementing business plans
• Internal and multidisciplinary audit

Desirable criteria

• Significant experience of pharmacy management within a NHS Trust/PCO including responsibility for staff and budgetary control
• Demonstrable experience of managing conflicting priorities within tight budgets and/or time constraints

#J-18808-Ljbffr