Job Introduction
We are looking for a passionate Lead Pharmacist to work across our Adult Community Services, which includes 4 inpatient rehabilitation wards, community nursing services and specialist nursing services for long term conditions.
You will be part of our Quality & Patient Safety Team who are based at Livingstone Community Hospital in Dartford. Dartford is one of our four sites and you will be required to travel across our other sites in Gravesend, Sittingbourne and Sheppey. As part of the role you will need to have a valid driving license and access to a car to visit the relevant sites.
This is a part-time (30 hours) opportunity where we offer flexible working in line with the needs of the service. Your working hours can be fulfilled during the working day which is between 8am and 6pm with set days being confirmed at interview based on preference.
Main Responsibility
As the Lead Pharmacist you will offer support and expert guidance to our Adult Community Services in North Kent and the responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
- Provide high-quality specialist pharmacy advice and support to all services across the Business Unit, to ensure legal, safe, and effective medicines optimisation, you will influence and support the development of our medicines strategy to promote innovation in medicines optimisation.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with both internal and external colleagues within the business unit, HCRG Care Group and members of commissioning and provider organisations connected to the business unit’s services
- Chair local medicines optimisation meetings with key frontline staff
- Work with the Head of Quality & Patient Safety to share best practice across services, promoting consistency and efficiency.
- Be an active member of the Medication Safety Network
For further responsibilities please see attached our job description.
The Ideal Candidate
To be successful in this role you will be a registered pharmacist with GPhC and have a minimum of 3 years post qualification experience.
This is a high-profile position where you will be responsible for the legal, safe, and effective medicine optimisation responsibilities. Working closely with the Head of Quality & Patient Safety and Chief Pharmacist, you will need a good understanding and expert knowledge of the governance framework to fulfil this role.
This role offers the chance to use your initiative, so the ability to think on your feet, create effective solutions and use your own initiative is key. You will be expected to produce high level reports and present at key committees as our subject matter expert.
This role requires a UK drivers license and access to a car for work purposes
Package Description
As a Band 8a Lead Pharmacist, you’ll be part of our valued team at Livingstone Community Hospital in Dartford.
You will feel valued as a Lead Pharmacist within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- £50,952 - £57,349 (Band 8A) Agenda for change salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
- Working for an organisation that has been shortlisted in the Nursing Times Workforce Awards 2023 for Best Equality and Diversity Project and Best Social Responsibility Programme
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- Free tea and coffee at your base location
- An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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