Chief Pharmacist

• Provide visible strategic, clinical and professional leadership for pharmacy, medicines optimisation and medicines governance, ensuring services are safe, effective, efficient and responsive to patient need.
• Lead, manage and develop pharmacy services across all Trust sites, setting clear standards for quality, performance, workforce, finance and service improvement.
• Provide expert advice and transparent assurance to the Board, Executive Team, divisions and committees on medicines safety, regulatory compliance, professional practice and medicines-related risk.
• Lead governance and quality assurance arrangements for aseptic preparation, radiopharmaceuticals, medical gases, advanced therapy medicinal products, homecare and other complex medicines services.
• Undertake the statutory role of Controlled Drugs Accountable Officer and ensure robust systems are in place for the safe management and use of controlled drugs.
• Lead major transformation with clear clinical, operational and financial benefits.
• Work collaboratively with clinical leaders, healthcare partners and pharmacy networks across Cheshire and Merseyside to redesign pathways, strengthen the pharmacy workforce, improve access and secure best value from medicines.
• Create an inclusive, compassionate and high-performing culture in which pharmacy colleagues are empowered to innovate, develop and deliver outstanding care

• Kind
• Empowered
• Responsible
• Inclusive

Essential

• Master's degree in pharmacy or equivalent and current registration as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Evidence of continuing professional development and senior leadership development appropriate to an executive-level role.
• Postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification and a postgraduate management or leadership qualification, or equivalent senior level knowledge and experience.

Essential

• Understands law and guidance relating to medicines
• Understand the NHS structure and function including the commissioning of cancer service and implications of service provision
• Has a proven track record in managing staff as well as building positive working relationships with clinicians and managers

Essential

• Considerable experience in NHS hospital pharmacy practice
• Significant experience in a senior pharmacy operational and leadership role
• Evidence of management of pay and non-pay budgets Drug and Therapeutics Committee membership
• Evidence of leading large-scale, complex transformation and delivering measurable improvements in quality productivity, workforce, finance and patient outcomes
• Experience of system leadership across organisational boundaries, influencing senior stakeholders and delivering shared priorities through partnerships and provider or place-based collaborations
• Experience of leading digital medicines transformation, using data and technology to improve safety, efficiency, resilience and clinical practice