Associate Chief Pharmacist – Clinical Services

at  East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

We are seeking an experienced and capable clinical pharmacy leader with a track record of delivering high quality and innovative services. The post holder will be responsible for the provision of a comprehensive clinical pharmacy service across a mix of acute and community sites including Conquest Hospital, Eastbourne District General Hospital, Bexhill Hospital, and Rye Hospital. You will support the Chief Pharmacist by promoting and implementing a high quality, safe and cohesive service to all our patients.
ESHT is an integrated acute and community Trust providing healthcare for the people of East Sussex. Our acute clinical services team provide medicines optimisation across a broad range of specialties and functions including pharmacist run clinics in specialties including stroke, cardiology and neurology. The community team supports our intermediate care units, virtual wards and domiciliary service. The medicines value team supports our efficiently programmes through pathway optimisation and cost-effective use of biosimilars. We operate an aseptic unit at Conquest Hospital preparing chemotherapy for both of the acute sites.
The pharmacy service has a high level of digital maturity. We make extensive use of automated medicines storage and recently completed the roll out of a comprehensive ePMA system to all acute adult beds, which is fully integrated with the pharmacy system.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for detailed job description and main responsibilities.
The Pharmacy Department at ESHT has a track record of innovation especially in the areas of system working, cross sector education and training, digital systems and the development of enhanced specialist roles. Our highly experienced leadership team work closely together to provide efficient, cost effective and joined up services whilst maintaining the highest levels of patient safety.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate inclusive and compassionate leadership and the ability to bring teams together to work with a collective purpose toward a common goal and an active commitment to training and development. An ability to undertake collaborative and partnership working with senior leadership both within the organisation and the wider Integrated Care System will be essential to the role as will a focus on addressing health inequality.
You should be an expert clinical practitioner with a track record in innovation, service transformation and quality improvement with recent and extensive practice in a leadership role at a senior level, within a hospital pharmacy service.
A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to nurseries at EDGH and Conquest, staff restaurants and on-site staff accommodation.
In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available to staff 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Onsite parking is available from only £30 a year.
There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for detailed job description and main responsibilities

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