Pharmacy & Medicines Optimisation Transformation Lead

at  East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Pharmacy & Medicines Optimisation Transformation Lead to drive transformative projects that align with our recently launched Pharmacy Vision/Strategy. This is a brand new role and involves working closely with the Chief Pharmacist, our diverse Pharmacy team and stakeholders across the Trust. You will focus on the design, leadership, and implementation of strategic initiatives to enhance pharmacy services, improve patient outcomes, and optimise medicines use. As a leader in transformation, you’ll play a crucial role in promoting a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration across the Trust and wider healthcare system.
It is an exciting time to join our Pharmacy team who are currently in the process of transformation and modernisation across a range of areas, for example: patient flow, workforce, clinical pharmacy services and medicines governance.
This post will work across our Colchester and Ipswich locations where you will work on-site closely with our pharmacy team, however some degree of home working will be possible.
This post is fixed term for 12 months. Internal applicants currently employed by ESNEFT will be offered on a secondment basis only
This role offers an exciting opportunity for a transformative leader who’s passionate about pharmacy services and healthcare improvement. Join us in shaping the future of medicines optimisation and patient care within the NHS.
To plan, lead and monitor Pharmacy-specific change projects, ensuring delivery of outcomes which are aligned with system-wide and organisational strategies, business plans and programmes of work.
To ensure that the Pharmacy Transformation projects are planned and managed effectively and ensure safe and seamless integration with other existing processes and services.
To engage with colleagues across all parts of the Trust and wider system, bringing together expertise, skills and ideas to maximise patient outcomes and service improvements.
To promote and support a culture of quality improvement within the Pharmacy and wider Trust.
This role will work closely with the Trust’s Transformation Team, who are responsible for supporting transformation in a range of service areas relevant to the Pharmacy Transformation Project Manager. The role will also report to the Head of Transformation to ensure that any wider transformation processes impacting pharmacy are informed by the service.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England , employing more than 12,000 staff
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you
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